Srinagar, 24/10: In a closely watched Rajya Sabha election in Jammu and Kashmir, the I.N.D.I.A bloc secured three of the four vacant Upper House seats on Friday, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) captured the remaining seat, amid reports of cross-voting. The election, held for the first time in over a decade since the abrogation…
Chinnatekur (Kurnool), 24/10: In one of the worst road tragedies in recent times, at least 19 passengers and one biker were burnt to death when a Bengaluru-bound private sleeper AC bus caught fire in the early hours of Friday near Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh. The horrific accident occurred between 3 am and 3:30 am on…
Samastipur/Begusarai, 24/10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched his Bihar assembly poll campaign with back-to-back rallies in Samastipur and Begusarai districts, asserting that the NDA under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will break all previous electoral records The PM also called the INDIA bloc a “mahalathbandhan” (a tie-up in which people beat each other with…
Mumbai, 24/10: Legendary adman Piyush Pandey — known for famous campaigns like the BJP’s 2014 slogan ‘acche din aane wale hai’, Fevicol adhesive’s ‘fevicol ka jod, tutee nahi’ and Cadbury dairy milk’s ‘kuch khaas hai’ — has passed away. He was 70. Pandey’s trademark moustache made him an interesting personality.
Hyderabad, 24/10: In a tragic incident at least 20 persons are feared dead when a moving bus caught fire on the Kurnool highway in the early hours of Friday. The bus was completely gutted in flames, resulting in a heavy loss of life. The mishap occurred near Chinnatekur village in Kallur mandal, close to Ullindakonda…
Kyiv/Moscow, 22/10: Russia and Ukraine pounded each other with heavy overnight missile attacks as diplomatic efforts to end the war faltered, with the White House saying there were no imminent plans for presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to meet. Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday that Russian attacks had killed six people, including two children,…
Bengaluru, 22/10: A dermatologist in Bengaluru was arrested for “sexually harassing” a 21-year-old woman who visited his clinic here for a consultation, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred on October 18 at around 7:30 pm, when the woman visited Dr Praveen (56) for treatment of a skin infection.
Pathanamthitta (Kerala), 22/10: The wheels of the helicopter which carried President Droupadi Murmu for her Sabarimala visit got stuck in a depression in the newly concreted helipad at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium at Pramadam here when it landed on Wednesday morning. After the President left for Pamba by road, visuals on TV channels…
Berhampur, 22/10: In a significant developments in high profile Police achieved a major breakthrough in the Pitabas Panda murder case by arresting former Berhampur MLA and Ganjam district BJD president Bikram Panda. The arrest came after hours of intense interrogation over suspected financial links to the crime.police on Tuesday late night took former MLA…
Gorakhpur (UP), 22/10: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath slammed Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday, terming him a “traitor” to Lord Ram and Lord Krishna, days after the Samajwadi Party chief came under the BJP’s diatribe for his remarks on lighting diyas. U.S. President Donald Trump said he spoke to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on…
