Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will contest the upcoming bye-election from Champawat Assembly seat, the BJP announced on Thursday. The Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party has given its approval to Pushkar Singh Dhami for the upcoming Uttarakhand Assembly by-election 2022, read the press note issued by […]
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Russian Foreign Ministry not ruling out retaliatory measures against UK journalists
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Thursday did not rule out the possibility of retaliatory measures against UK journalists in response to London’s sanctions targeting, among others, Russian state-owned VGTRK broadcaster. “It is high time to do it,” Zakharova told the Solovyov Live show on YouTube commenting on Russia’s possible retaliatory measures against UK media, adding […]
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UP: Six-member Congress delegation to visit Lalitpur to meet family of rape victim
On the directions of Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, a six-member delegation of the party will visit Lalitpur to meet the family of the alleged rape victim. Earlier on Wednesday, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav met the family of the Lalitpur rape victim. The Samajwadi Party chief claimed that […]
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Assam: 2-day conference of BJP, allied party MLAs to begin in Kaziranga from today
Ahead of the first anniversary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Assam government, a two-day conference of MLAs of BJP and allied parties is going to be held at Kaziranga starting from Thursday. The conference is aimed at improving the skills of the public representatives as well as effective implementation […]
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IPL 2022: RCB’s Josh Hazlewood describes win against CSK as ‘most important’
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) pacer Josh Hazlewood described the 13-run victory over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as the ‘most important’ win for the team so far in the IPL 2022 as it kept them in the quest for the play-offs. Superb bowling efforts from Harshal Patel (3/35) and Glenn Maxwell (2/22) guided […]
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Delimitation Commission signs final order for Jammu and Kashmir
Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir has signed the final order for restructuring of assembly seats in the Union Territory. The Delimitation Commission was constituted in March 2020. For Assembly elections to be held in the newly formed UT, delimitation of seats will be necessary. The bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into union […]
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CBI registers FIR against Indian who killed his Kuwaiti employer couple
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday booked an Indian national accused of killing his employer and his wife in Kuwait for allegedly withholding his passport and making him undergo circumcision surgery against his religious belief. It was alleged that the victims were withholding the accused’s passport to prevent him from leaving them […]
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China hoodwinks world as human rights violations continue in Tibet
Even as China wants the world to believe that things are all rosy in Tibet, recent incidents in which two Tibetans immolated themselves within a span of one month has exposed the human rights violations inflicted by Beijing.Among those who were killed included a 25-year-old popular singer of the capital […]
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Durgapur SpiceJet turbulence an eye-opener, DGCA starts night checks of aircraft cabins
Following the recent incident where passengers on a flight sustained injuries after it ran into turbulence, Aviation regulator Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), led by Director General Arun Kumar, has launched surprise inspections at several major airports in the country to check on issues of aircraft fitness and cabin […]
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YouTube Go to be shut down in August
YouTube Go, which was launched as a lightweight alternative to the regular app in 2018, will be going away in August, the platform has announced. According to GSM Arena, this revelation was made by YouTube in its Community forums. The video platform advised users of the lite app to either […]
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Jodhpur violence: Over 200 persons arrested, 19 cases registered
A total of 211 people have been arrested in connection with incidents of communal clashes in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur ahead of Eid celebrations that left several people injured while 19 cases have been registered, said police. Of the 211, 191 have been arrested under section 151 of the India Penal Code […]
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Hanuman Chalisa row: Navneet Rana released from jail, taken to hospital for medical check-up
Independent MP Navneet Rana was released from Byculla Jail on Thursday afternoon and was taken to Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai for a medical check-up. Earlier in the day, Mumbai’s Borivali Court issued the release order of Navneet Rana and her husband, Ravi Rana, MLA, who were arrested after they declared […]
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Illegal Pakistani migrants in European countries fomenting extremism, security challenges
Illegal Pakistani migrants creating chaos in European countries by fomenting extremism and security challenges in the host countries. Valerio Fabbri, writing in Portal Plus said that apart from acting as agents of extremism, a large section of illegal Pakistani immigrants pose a serious burden on the capacity of law-enforcement agencies […]
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Andhra Pradesh: Chain-snatching case accused hangs self in police station
A man allegedly died by suicide in Bhimadole police station in Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru district on Wednesday. A suspect in a chain-snatching case, Manipalli Appa Rao, was found hanging in the station’s bathroom, said Superintendent of Police (SP) Rahul Dev Sharma. “The accused was brought to the station on May […]
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Siblings’ Death: Irate Mob thrash on-duty doctor, ransack rural hospital in Tripura
Peeved by the death of two minor siblings, an irate mob of villagers on Wednesday ransacked the Manikpur Primary Health Center (PHC) leaving the on-duty medical officer Pranab Debbarma grievously injured at Dhalai district in Tripura, said police. The villagers alleged that the medical negligence caused the lives of the […]