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…
New Delhi, 18/7: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke has begun an indefinite hunger strike after Delhi Police moved activist Sonam Wangchuk to hospital on Saturday. The Delhi Police said that the move was carried out on the directions of the Delhi High Court and after expert medical advice. In a statement, police said…
New Delhi, 18/7: Activist Sonam Wangchuk has been shifted to a hospital after his health deteriorated on the 21st day of his indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar on Saturday, with Delhi Police saying the move was carried out on the directions of the Delhi High Court and on expert medical advice. Wangchuk joined the…
New Delhi17/7: Amid concerns over the large-scale denial of welfare benefits to those affected by Special Intensive Revision and Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar’s caution that it may affect such excluded voters, the Supreme Court on Friday.A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi, and V Mohana was considering a…
Lords, 17/7: Amidst growing rumours that the the third One-day International (ODI) against England at Lord’s on Sunday (July 19) will be Rohit Sharma’s final international outing, the team management has thrown its weight behind struggling opener. Rohit has already quit Test cricket and T20 Internationals. The 39-year-old managed a laboured 26 off 47 balls…
