Ahmedabad, 2/10: BJP is likely to romp home comfortably in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections later this year as the AAP is unlikely to be a big factor, according to ABP-CVoter survey on Sunday. The survey also predicted that the Congress’ numbers may further diminish. In Gujarat, the ruling BJP is likely to improve…
Mumbai, 2/10: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s security was beefed up significantly following specific inputs through a phone call vis-a-vis threat to his life. The Maharashtra government’s Home department has ordered a probe and the call is being traced. Security at Varsha, the official bungalow of the Chief Minister at Malabar Hill…
New Delhi, 2/10: Mallikarjun Kharge pitched for a consensus on Congress president election when rival candidate Shashi Tharoor telephoned him recently but decided not to force him after the senior MP, whom he described as his “younger brother”, insisted on a democratic fight. Launching his bid for Congress president post on Gandhi Jayanti on Sunday…
UP, 2/10: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has been admitted to Medanta hospital in Gurugram. The former Samajwadi Party chief was shifted to ICU, shortly after being taken to the hospital.
Pulwama, 2/10: A policeman was killed and a CRPF personnel injured when militants attacked a security forces team in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said. The attack took place in Pinglana area of the south Kashmir district. “Terrorists fired upon a joint Naka party of CRPF & Police at…
Indonesia, 2/10: The death toll from an Indonesian football riot that turned into a stampede jumped to 174 on Sunday, an official told local media. “At 9:30 am (0230 GMT) the death toll was 158, at 10:30 am the figure rose to 174 deaths. That’s the data collected by the East Java disaster mitigation…
New Delhi, 2/10: Petrol and diesel sales in India jumped in September as economic activity picked up with the nearing festival season and the ending of the monsoon raised the demand, preliminary industry data showed. Petrol sales soared 13.2 per cent to 2.65 million tonnes in September when compared to 2.34 million tonnes of consumption…
Ahmedabad, 2/10: Founder chairman and managing director of Suzlon Energy and renowned expert on renewable energy Tulsi Tanti died due to cardiac arrest on the evening of October 1, a company official said on Sunday. Tanti, 64, who was also the chairman of the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association, was on his way…
Ahmedabad, 2/10: On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the first phase of the Ahmedabad Metro and took a ride in it. A beaming Modi was flanked by top leaders from the state BJP; and, as it happens on such carefully staged occasions, the PM mixed with the hoi polloi as well, including schoolkids….
