New Delhi, 7/5: Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that 70 lakh Indians stuck abroad during the Covid pandemic were brought back, with the External Affairs ministry working in shifts, with each team working for eight hours like a factory. Around 4,000 people, including 11-12 per cent from Karnataka, were brought back…
Bangalore, 7/5: In a blistering attack on the Congress during his last campaign rally ahead of the May 10 Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the party of openly advocating for “separating” Karnataka from India. He alleged that the “disease” of the “tukde-tukde gang” had reached the Congress’s top level. When…
Chattisgarh, 7/5: A security guard of a residential building was arrested for allegedly tying a stray dog with wires and dragging it to death in Chhattisgarh’s Durg city, police said on SundayThe accused was arrested on Saturday under section 429 (killing or maiming animals) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and relevant provisions of the…
Meghalaya, 7/5: The People’s Democratic Front (PDF), along with its two MLAs, has merged with the ruling National People’s Party in Meghalaya, increasing its tally to 28 in the 60-member assembly. The merger came a few days ahead of the May 10 Sohiong Assembly bypoll. All rank and file of the PDF, led by…
Mumbai, 7/5: Amid the ever-changing political situation in Maharashtra, BJP MLA Nitesh Rane on Sunday dropped a bomb on Sunday by claiming that Shiv Sena (UBT) head Uddhav Thackeray’s close aide Sanjay Raut would soon join the Sharad Pawar-led NCP. The Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP have dismissed the claim. Nitesh, an MLA from…
New Delhi, 7/5: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has given an application in Badaun court, for carrying out a survey of the Jama Masjid there. A lawyer on behalf of the ASI appeared before the court, agreeing to carry out the survey and also sought time for it. Mukesh Patel, state president…
New Delhi, 7/5:Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the voters of Manipur are feeling “grossly betrayed” just a year after putting the BJP in power and called for the imposition of President’s rule in the state that has witnessed violent clashes. Violent clashes had broken out in Manipur last week between tribals and…
Kashmir, 7/5: No fresh contact was established with holed up terrorists in the forested Kandi area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, where a massive search operation to track ultras entered the third day on Sunday, officials said. Five Army personnel and a terrorist, who is said to be part of the group that carried…
New Delhi, 7/5:The ongoing protest by wrestlers at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar is showing no signs of dying down amid various allegations levelled against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The wrestlers, who have been at the protest site since April 23, have accused Brij Bhushan of multiple incidents of sexual harassment and inappropriate touching and…
