A businessman allegedly received death threats for non-payment of extortion money amounting to Rs 10 crore in the Pitampura area of Delhi, the officials said on Monday. The victim is a resident of the Pitmapura area of Delhi and has a mechanical instrument business, added the officials. According to Delhi Police, the victim […]
Maharashtra: 40-foot-long wall collapsed in Thane West following incessant rain
A 40-foot-long wall collapsed behind Viviana Mall in the Varthak Nagar area of Thane West following incessant rain, according to an official. No injuries were reported in the incident, said a Thane Municipal Corporation official. Further information is awaited. Meanwhile, on Sunday, a portion of a building in Mumbai’s Rajawadi Colony, Ghatkopar (East), collapsed […]
PM Modi chairs key meeting with Cabinet ministers after his State visits to US, Egypt
Prime Minister Narendra Modi who arrived in Delhi last night after concluding his US and Egypt state visits chaired a cabinet meeting in the national capital on Monday. Union Ministers Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Hardeep Singh Puri along with senior officials attended the meeting. Earlier today Shah had met with PM […]
Kerala: JP Nadda to address public meeting on completion of 9 years of Modi govt
BJP national president JP Nadda reached Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. Welcomed by party workers, he will address a public meeting here today on the completion of 9 years of the Modi government. Under the ‘Maha Jan Sampark Abhiyan’, all the prominent leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are doing programmes across the […]
PIL filed in Calcutta HC challenging Rajiva Sinha’s appointment as election commissioner
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Calcutta High Court on Monday challenging the West Bengal election commissioner’s Rajiva Sinha appointment. The matter is likely to be heard next week. Rajiv Sinha was appointed as the SEC on June 7 and the panchayat elections were declared on June 8 for July 8, […]
Mumbai: 2 trapped inside partially collapsed building in Ghatkopar die, bodies recovered
Bodies of two persons, including a 94-year-old woman, were recovered on Monday morning a day after a portion of a three-storeyed building collapsed in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar (East) area, officials said. The incident took place in Ghatkopar’s Rajawadi Colony, and the deceased were identified as Naresh Palande (56) and Alka Mahadev […]
Robbery at gunpoint inside Pragati Maidan tunnel in Delhi; CM Kejriwal slams LG over law and order
A delivery agent and his associate were allegedly robbed of Rs 2 lakh at gunpoint by four unidentified men inside the Pragati Maidan tunnel here, Delhi police said on Monday. The incident took place on Saturday inside the Pragati Maidan tunnel when the victims were going towards Gurugram in a […]
Assam: Devotees offer prayers to Goddess Kamakhya at annual Ambubachi Mela in Guwahati
A large number of devotees on Monday offered prayers to Goddess Kamakhya after the main door of the temple reopened after Nivritti ceremonies at the Ambubachi Mela. The annual four-day-long Ambubachi Mela commenced on June 22, and after the Pravritti ceremonies, the temple’s main door was closed for three days and three […]
Jammu-Srinagar national highway blocked for vehicular movement after landslides
The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was blocked for vehicular traffic following landslides due to heavy rainfall in Mehad and Cafeteria Morh of Ramban district on Sunday. As per the latest visuals, there is a long queue of vehicles on the highway. #WATCH | Following landslides due to heavy rainfall in Mehad and […]
NIA arrests 4th accused in CPI(M) terror funding case for revival of banned outfit in Bihar’s Magadh Zone
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested the fourth accused in connection with the CPI (Maoist) terror funding case, the agency official said. The NIA, in a statement issued on Monday, said that the accused was arrested on Friday for making efforts for the revival of the banned outfit in Magadh Zone of Bihar. As […]
Tamil Nadu: Chennai hotel staff dies after his leg gets trapped outside lift
A 24-year-old housekeeping staff was crushed to death at a hotel in the Royapettah area of Chennai after one of his legs got trapped outside the service lift, police said. The deceased was identified as K Abhishek, a resident of Haider Garden main road in Perambur. Police have booked three […]
Rajya Sabha MP Hardwar Dubey passes away at 74
BJP Rajya Sabha MP Hardwar Dubey passed away on Monday morning at a hospital, said his son Pranshu Dubey. Hardwar Dubey was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a sitting MP in the Rajya Sabha. The Rajya Sabha MP passed away this morning at the age of 74 at a hospital in Delhi. He […]
J-K: Ramban administration orders closure of schools up to class 10 due to heavy rains
District administration Ramban of Jammu and Kashmir has ordered for closure of all schools, upto class 10 for the day amid ongoing heavy rains across the district. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ramban, Mussarat Islam ordered the closure of the schools up to class 10. However, teachers will attend to their duties. […]
MP: 8 injured as wedding pandal collapses due to heavy rain in Damoh
Around eight people were attending a wedding function were injured when a pandal collapsed due to heavy rain and gusty wind in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh on Sunday night, the police said. One of them said to have sustained serious injures and has been referred to Jabalpur for treatment, they said. According to officials, around […]
Flood situation in Assam gradually improving; 2.72 lakh people still affected
The flood situation in Assam has been gradually improving, but still, nearly 2.72 lakh people in 15 districts are affected. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 874 villages under 37 revenue circles in Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Darrang, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Nalbari, and Tamulpur districts […]