Bengaluru, 22/5: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar faced public ire on Wednesday as they toured flood-hit areas of Bengaluru, where over a thousand families have been struggling with their houses inundated by rainwater mixed with sewage. Blaming the previous BJP government for delaying flood mitigation works, the chief minister set new…
Jammu, 22/5: Security forces on Thursday launched a cordon and search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district after an exchange of fire with suspected terrorists, officials said. The firefight took place between the security forces and the suspected terrorists during a search operation following a tip-off about their presence in the Shingpora area of…
New Delhi, 21/5India on Wednesday expelled another Pakistani official working at the High Commission in New Delhi for “indulging in activities not in keeping with his official status in India”. The official has been asked to leave India within 24 hours. India on May 13 expelled a Pakistani official working at the Pakistan High Commission…
Bengaluru, 21/5: MA Saleem, a 1993-batch IPS officer, is the new chief of Karnataka police. In a notification issued on Wednesday, the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR) placed Saleem in concurrent charge of the Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP) until further orders. He replaced Alok Mohan.
Patna, 21/5: All India Mahila Congress chief Alka Lamba on Wednesday announced that the women of Bihar will get a monthly stipend of Rs 2,500 if the Mahagathbandhan, of which her party is a constituent, comes to power in the state after the assembly polls . Lamba made the promise during a press conference here,…
Jaipur, 21/5: A 23-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly duping at least 25 men by getting married to them and later absconding with cash and valuables, the police said Wednesday. Anuradha, a resident of Shiv Nagar in Bhopal, was arrested by the Sawai Madhopur police on May 18. She was arrested in Bhopal, where…
Narayanpur, 21/5: More than 26 Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in the forests along the border of Narayanpur-Bijapur districts in Chhattisgarh, officials said on Wednesday. A ‘supporter’ of police was killed and a police jawan was injured in the gunfight, they said.
Guwahati, 21/5: Mizoram was on Tuesday declared as the first fully literate state under the Centre’s Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society (ULLAS) initiative. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Lalduhoma at a celebratory event held at the Mizoram University at Aizawl in the presence of Union Minister of State for Education, Jayant…
Bengaluru,21/5: The High Grounds police in Bengaluru have opened a case against the BJP’s IT cell chief, Amit Malviya, and television anchor Arnab Goswami over allegedly spreading false information about the Congress party having an office in Türkiye. Following a complaint by the Indian Youth Congress’s legal cell head, Shrikant Swaroop BN, the case was…
Bengaluru, 20/5: A Bengaluru court on Tuesday allowed the statutory bail applications moved by gold smuggling suspects Kannada actor Harshavardini Ranya alias Ranya Rao and Tarun Konduru Raju. Vishwanath Channabasappa Gowdar, Presiding Officer, Special Court for Economic Offences, stated that the two were entitled to default bail on executing a personal bond of Rs 2…
