New Delhi, 17/6: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Monday announced that an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) would be given to the next of kin of the deceased in the railway mishap that took place earlier today in West Bengal’s Siliguri. Earlier today, PM Modi condoled…
Srinagar, 17/6: An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday.Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Aragam area of Bandipora district late on Sunday night following information about presence of ultras there, the officials said.
Darjeeling, 17/6: A passenger train and a goods train collided on Monday in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced, leading to the deaths of five persons, and injuries to at least 20-25 others. The 13174 Kanchanjunga Express from Agartala collided with the goods train near Rangapani close to New Jalpaiguri…
New Delhi, 16/6: : Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday directed security agencies to implement area domination and zero-terror plans in the Jammu division like they did in Kashmir to achieve success. He also said the Narendra Modi government is committed to set an example by cracking down on terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir…
New Delhi, 16/6: Rejecting accusations of saffronisation of school curriculum, NCERT’s director has said that references to Gujarat riots and Babri masjid demolition were modified in school textbooks because teaching about riots “can create violent and depcan create violent and depressed citizens.” In an interaction with PTI editors at the agency’s headquarters here on Saturday,…
New Delhi, 16/6: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday said that some irregularities have come to light regarding the NEET examinations while speaking to news agency ANI. Pradhan told the publication, “On the recommendations of Supreme Court, the order has been given for re-test of 1,563 candidates,” further adding, “Some irregularities have come to…
Chitradurga,16/6: The father of one of the accused in the Renukaswamy murder case in which leading Kannada actor Darshan and his actress friend Pavithra Gowda are the key accused, died of heart attack, family sources said. Anukumar, who is the accused number seven in the police FIR, lost his father Chandrappa, on Friday. Family sources…
New Delhi, 16/6: Delhi Water Minister Atishi on Monday wrote a letter to Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora, addressing water shortage issue in the national capital. In the letter, she requested deployment of police personnel to patrol and protect major pipelines
Bhubaneswar, 15/6: In a major development, the much-awaited allotment of portfolios of ministers was approved by governor. As per the release from Raj Bhawan, the CM has retained Finance, Home, General Deputy Chief Minister, Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo has been allotted Agriculture & Energy; while Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida has been allocated Women &…
Narayanpur, 15/6: Eight Naxalites and a jawan of the Special Task Force (STF) were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Saturday, police said. Two other STF personnel sustained injuries in the incident, they said. A huge cache of weapons and other materials belonging to Naxalites were recovered from the encounter site, they…
