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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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23/6: The three-storey building in Lucknow where a tragic fire claimed 15 lives got a demolition order in 2016 which was revoked two months later, the UP government said in a statement late on Monday night.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…
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….
New Delhi, 22/6: The Indian government is in talks with the UAE to sell some of its flagship defence systems, including the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, four Indian sources said, as the Gulf nation steps up arms procurement following the war in the Middle East.The discussions, which have not been previously reported, include the potential…
New Delhi, 22/6: Several organisations support the protest by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at the Jantar Mantar here demanding resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over NEET-CBSE fiasco but also have advice and warning for the youth-led movement. Quite a few of them have suggestions, including expanding the scope of demands to disbanding National Testing…
Lucknow, 22/6: At least 15 students were killed and others injured in a massive fire that broke out at a commercial building in Lucknow on Monday. According to the sources, the fire, which was believed to have been caused by a short circuit, trapped several students inside. Many students jumped from the first floor of…
