New Delhi: The issue of the Bill of Congress-led Karnataka government proposing 4 per cent reservation to Muslims in government contracts was raised in Lok Sabha on Wednesday with BJP MPs demanding its withdrawal, alleging that the move was aimed at partitioning the country. Both MPs Nishikant Dubey and Tejasvi Surya demanded the rollback of…
New Delhi, 19/3: The Delhi government’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has registered a case against former PWD minister and senior AAP leader Satyendar Jain over alleged corruption in a Rs 571-crore CCTV project, an official said on Wednesday. The FIR was registered on Tuesday after obtaining prior sanction under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption…
Nagpur, ,19/3: A group of rioters allegedly touched a woman constable inappropriately and tried to disrobe her during the violence that broke out in Nagpur city after protests against Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s tomb, officials said on Wednesday. The mob also hurled petrol bombs at the police during the violence, they said, adding that the police…
New Delhi, 19/3: The parents of Sudiksha Konanki, the 20-year-old college student who went missing during a spring break trip to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, said they had come to terms with the possibility that she had drowned, and asked for privacy to mourn her,according to officials and a statement to the media Tuesday. Their…
Washington DC, 19/3: Orbiting in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday (March 18, 2025), hitching a different ride home to close out a saga that began with a bungled test flight more than nine months ago. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico in…
Chennai, 18/3: Tamil Nadu Industries Minister T R B Raaja on Tuesday said the government would “very soon” take a decision on the location for Hosur airport with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) submitting a detailed report on its study of the two shortlisted sites. Sources told DH that the AAI has found both…
New Delhi, 18/3: Amid concerns raised by the Opposition over the purity of electoral rolls, the Election Commission (EC) is getting ready to link Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) with Aadhaar numbers of those who have provided it voluntarily. The poll body on Tuesday said it is initiating technical consultations with the Unique Identification Authority…
Hyderabad, 18/3,: Hyderabad’s West Zone Police have registered criminal cases against 11 social media influencers, including three women, for allegedly promoting betting apps on their social media platforms.Police found these platforms directly violating gambling laws and regulations, particularly the Public Gambling Act of 1867. These apps cause significant harm to individuals and society by encouraging…
New Delhi, 18/3: Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Singh on Tuesday said the government will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Centre on April 10 to implement the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) in the national capital with an aim to enrol one lakh people for the health cover scheme within…
New Delhi, 18/3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday wrote to NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who has been stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) for nearly a year, and is slated to return home on Tuesday night. According to news agency PTI, PM Modi invited Williams to India.
