With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) releasing the first list of candidates for 189 out of the 224 seats for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, the party fielded former Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao from the Chamrajpet constituency. A day before filing nomination for Karnataka Assembly elections, the former Bengaluru police commissioner on Wednesday offered prayers […]
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Mizoram: Union minister BL Verma reviews upgradation of Lengpui Airport
Union Minister of State, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) BL Verma on Tuesday reviewed the progress of upgradation works at Lengpui Airport. The upgradation project is funded under ‘North East Special Infrastructure Development Schemes (NESIDS) at a cost of Rs 19.59 crore. The Minister was briefed on the progress […]
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J-K: Govt school students excel in 8th grade exams
The results of class 8 announced in Jammu and Kashmir by the education department on April 10 revealed an outstanding performance by government school children. As per the education department, over 96.6 per cent of the students achieved success, with three students from the Gangu area of Pulwama district securing the first, second, and ninth positions at the […]
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PM Modi to flag off Rajasthan’s first Vande Bharat Express today
In another move towards semi-high-speed railway connectivity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off Rajasthan’s first Vande Bharat Express train, via video conferencing on Wednesday. The inaugural Vande Bharat Express in Rajasthan will ply between Jaipur and Delhi Cantt railway stations. The regular service of this Vande Bharat Express will […]
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4.3 magnitude earthquake hits Araria in Bihar
An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 occured in Araria in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) informed in a tweet. The NCS said the earthquake occurred at 5:35 am IST on Wednesday. According to National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres. The official media handle […]
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Sexual harassment during college fest: DCW seeks report from police, DU by April 18
Following the reports of alleged sexual harassment of girls during college fests, Delhi Commission for Women chairperson Swati Maliwal on Tuesday asked the police, Delhi University and the colleges concerned to submit an Action Taken Report by April 18. In the latest incident on March 28, some outsiders entered the […]
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SC dismisses TN Govt’s appeal against Madras HC order allowing RSS marches
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed Tamil Nadu Government’s appeal against the Madras High Court’s order allowing RSS route marches in the state. A bench of justices V Ramasubramanian and Pankaj Mithal upheld the Madras High Court order which allowed RSS route marches. The Tamil Nadu govt stressed issues concerning […]
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Rajasthan: Sachin launches fast, BJP says “last nail in Gehlot govt coffin”
Senior Congress leader and the former deputy chief minister of Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot, sat on a daylong fast at Shaheed Samarak in Jaipur on Tuesday, calling for action by the incumbent Ashok Gehlot government against alleged corruption during the previous BJP rule under former chief minister Vasundhara Raje. Before launching […]
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MP: 4 killed, 1 injured in accident on Indore-Ahmedabad national highway
Four people were killed while one person was injured after a speeding vehicle hit them on the National Highway 59 in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district, a police official said on Tuesday. The mishap took place on the Indore-Ahmedabad National Highway under the Sardarpur police station limits in the district on the intervening night of Monday […]
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Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav joins ED probe in land-for-jobs case
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday joined the Enforcement Directorate investigation in a land-for-jobs case involving his father and former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and other family members. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader reached the Enforcement Directorate headquarters here in the national capital around 10.53 am […]
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PM Modi to flag off Rajasthan’s first Vande Bharat Express tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off Rajasthan’s first Vande Bharat Express train, via video conferencing, on Wednesday. The inaugural Vande Bharat Express in Rajasthan will ply between Jaipur and Delhi Cantt. railway station. The regular service of this Vande Bharat Express will start from April 13. It will operate […]
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Delhi: Elderly woman killed, son critically injured in Kirti Nagar fire
An elderly woman died and her son was seriously injured after a sudden fire broke out at a flat in Delhi’s Kirti Nagar area on Monday night, police said. The deceased woman was identified as Mahendra Kaur, aged 78 years, police informed further, adding that her son was in critical […]
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Assam: Fire breaks out in Rampur market area of Nalbari district
A massive fire broke out in a market area in Rampur of Assam’s Nalbari district. According to the police, around seven to eight shops were gutted in Monday night’s blaze. As per latest information, the fire was brought under control by the fire department and police. “Firefighters brought the situation […]
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‘Atonement for past deeds’ of Sangh Parivar: Kerala CM on PM’s church visit
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for visiting a church in Delhi on Easter and said it is a good thing if it was done as an “atonement for past deeds” of the Sangh Parivar. PM Narendra Modi on Sunday evening visited the Sacred Heart Church […]
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“BJP is democratic party, not a dictatorship like Congress,” Karnataka CM Bommai
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday took a jibe at the Congress party and said that Bharatiya Janata Party is a democratic party and not a dictatorship party like Congress. Bommai said that this is the reason BJP is thinking well and talking in detail before releasing the first list of candidates for the Karnataka Assembly […]