Srinagar, 19/7: Torrential rain triggered flash floods and landslides across Poonch, a border district in Jammu and Kashmir, on Sunday, killing several people, including three women, while many others remained missing, officials said. Surankote tehsil along the Line of Control (LoC) was the worst-hit area, where cloudburst-like rainfall turned seasonal streams into raging torrents within…
Bangalore, 18/7: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda’s wife Chenamma passed away on Saturday due to cardiac arrest. She was 89. The hospital had said that Chennamma had some chest congestion. “We regret to inform that Mrs Chennamma suffered a massive cardiac arrest despite being on the road to recovery today at 4 pm,”…
New Delhi, 18/7: The BJP on Saturday justified the hospitalisation of activist Sonam Wangchuk, saying that the move was compliant with the Delhi High Court’s order to monitor his health as his indefinite hunger strike entered the 21st day. The ruling party slammed the opposition parties, questioning if they wanted his health to deteriorate only…
Ahmedabad, 18/7: At least eight people were killed and 15 others injured in a powerful explosion at a firecracker factory in Ahmedabad on Saturday afternoon. Preliminary investigations revealed that the licence for the makeshift factory, which was operating on an open farm, had been cancelled. Despite this, the factory continued to function.The explosion occurred at…
Mumbai, 18/7: Just two days before the commencement of Monsoon session in Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla approved the merger of six MPs from Shiv Sena (UBT) with Eknath Shinde’s faction. The Speaker also approved separate seating in the Lok Sabha for 20 MPs who broke away from TMC to form NCPI (Nationalist Citizens…
New Delhi, 18/7: A combative Gitanjali J Angmo, the activist-wife of Sonam Wangchuk who was forcefully removed from his hunger strike protest site on health grounds, on Saturday said she will lead the July 20 Parliament march if her husband cannot join it even as she alleged that the government hospital has declined to share…
Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan paid a goodwill visit to the office of the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA), Mumbai, on Friday night. On the occasion, Salman Khan inaugurated the SRA’s modern Data Collection and Verification Support Centre (IT Server Room).The facility reportedly has been established to make digital governance more efficient, secure, and effective, and…
Bhubaneswar, Jul 18: In a major crackdown on organised crime, Odisha Police on Friday arrested 21 members of two separate inter-state gangs allegedly involved in stealing and snatching mobile phones and other valuables from commuters in Bhubaneswar and devotees attending the ongoing Rath Yatra in Puri.The police recovered more than 40 stolen mobile phones, along…
Bhubaneswar, July 18: The panchayat and urban local body (ULB) elections will be held between April and June 2027, said the State Election Commission (SEC) Secretary Santosh Kumar Dash on Saturday.“The State Election Commission has started preparations for conducting panchayat and ULB elections. Draft reservation list for the posts of chairpersons in urban local bodies…
The Holy Trinity — Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, and Devi Subhadra — will be ceremonially taken to the Adapa Mandap of Gundicha Temple today in the sacred ‘Pahandi Bije’ ritual, marking a key phase of the Rath Yatra festivities.The deities, who have been atop their majestic chariots at Saradha Bali, will be escorted by servitors…
