Namma Metro resumes full Purple Line services after Tuesday evening chaos

Bengaluru,24/6: Namma Metro commuters can breath a sigh of relief as full services resumed from 5 am on Wednesday, June 24, following a night of severe disruption that left thousands stranded during peak hours in Bengaluru.Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) announced that the technical snag, which had crippled operations at the busy Cubbon Park…

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In a first, US Senate votes to check Trump’s war powers

Washington, 24/6: The Senate on Tuesday adopted a resolution instructing President Donald Trump to end the war in Iran or seek congressional authorization to continue it, delivering the most significant bipartisan rebuke yet of the conflict.The resolution does not have the force of law and is therefore unlikely to compel an immediate change in policy….

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Psycho killer’ poisons 8 men in Chhattisgarh village, attends their funeral; arrested

Balodabazar (Chhattisgarh), 23/6: A gruesome serial murder spree orchestrated by a “psycho killer” gripped a village in Chhattisgarh’s Balodabazar district, where a shopkeeper allegedly used lethal doses of borax powder to poison eight men over a period of four months. The 46-year-old accused, Ram Sahay Jaiswal, evaded suspicion for months by helping grieving families and…

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Electricity worker dies due to electrocution: Demand for government help.

Subarnapur, 23/6: Information has been received that an electricity department employee died due to electrocution in Kapasira village of Dunguripali police station in Subarnapur district. According to the information received, Hemanta Seth (32), father of Dukhishyam Seth, working in the Kapasira Grid station , was working on a power pole behind the Shiva temple of…

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11 India-bound ships transit Strait of Hormuz after US-Iran peace MoU

New Delhi, 23/6: Eleven India-bound ships have safely transited through the Strait of Hormuz after the United States and Iran finalised a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at ending the recent conflict in West Asia.The Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint for global energy shipments and international commerce, had been under close watch amid tensions…

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MP CM Mohan Yadav’s family acquired 168 acres of land for Rs 45 cr amid Ujjain infra push; Congress calls it engine of plunder

New Delhi, 23/6: The Congress on Tuesday attacked Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav after a news report claimed that Yadav’s family bought acres of land in Ujjain in zones benefiting from infrastructure projects, and said the “engine of plunder” is running at full speed under the BJP’s “double-engine” government in the state.In a post…

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Tamil Nadu govt moves Supreme Court against Madras HC order allowing lighting of lamp on Thirupparankundram Hill

New Delhi, 23/6: The Tamil Nadu government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Madras High Court order allowing the lighting of a lamp on the Thirupparankundram hill in the state. The C Joseph Vijay-led state government had moved the apex court on June 11 and filed the petition through the Tamil Nadu government counsel…

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Union Minister George Kurian, who failed to get RS re-nomination, steps down; President Murmu accepts resignation

New Delhi, 23/6:Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs George Kurian has resigned from the Council of Ministers after his Rajya Sabha term came to an end. The BJP decided not to renominate him in the recent Rajya Sabha elections. President Droupadi Murmu has accepted his resignation, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said on Tuesday. Kurian was…

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Lucknow fire: Building gutted in blaze was approved for residential use, got demolition order in 2016

Lucknow, 23/6: The three-storey building in Lucknow where a tragic fire claimed 15 lives got a demolition order in 2016 which was revoked two months later, the UP government said in a statement late on Monday night. The building, located in Sector D of the upscale Aliganj Scheme locality, received the demolition order over unauthorised…

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Kashmiri Pandits should move on, stop being prisoners of past’: Mehbooba Mufti

Kashmir, 22/6: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said that Kashmiri Pandits should move on and stop being prisoners of the past by investing in a shared future in the valley.Mufti visited the Kheer Bhawani temple in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district and interacted with Kashmiri Pandits on the occasion of the annual Kheer Bhawani mela….

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