New Delhi, ,30/5: The 75-day campaigning for the seven-phased Lok Sabha elections – the longest in Indian election history after the 1951-52 polls – ended on a combative note on Thursday with the ruling BJP-led NDA hoping for a record third term and the OppositionI.N.D.I.A. seeking to reverse its electoral misfortunes of the past ten…
Jammu, 30/5: Twenty-one people were killed and 47 injured after a bus carrying pilgrims skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Jammu district on Thursday, officials said. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha has expressed anguish at the loss of lives in the accident. The accident took place at…
Mumbai,30/5: A special court in Mumbai on Thursday sentenced gangster Chhota Rajan to life imprisonment in the case of murder of hotelier Jaya Shetty here in 2001. Special judge for cases under the Maharashtra Control Of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), AM Patil, held Rajan guilty under the Indian Penal Code provisions for murder.
Kanyakumari, 30/5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday embark on a near two-day meditation exercise at the famed Vivekananda Rock Memorial here, and the district has come under a thick security blanket following the high profile event.
Guwahati, 30/5: One person died and over 40,000 people were affected as incessant rains, in the aftermath of cyclone Remal, resulted in the increase in water levels of several rivers across Assam on Wednesday leading to floods in eight districts. A person drowned in Karimganj district, taking the toll to five since Tuesday, while two…
New Delhi, 29/8: The Union government Wednesday started granting citizenship under the CAA in West Bengal, Haryana and Uttarakhand, the Home Ministry said. The applicants in the three states were granted citizenship on Wednesday by the respective State Empowered Committee, the ministry said in a statement.
Bhubaneswar, 29/5: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday said that he was in good health and campaigning for the Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections for the past one month. He (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) has stated publicly earlier that I am his good friend. All he had to do was pick up a…
New Delhi, 29/5: The Supreme Court registry on Wednesday refused an urgent listing of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea for extension of interim bail by 7 days on health grounds This comes after the Aam Aadmi Party national supremo on May 28 sought an urgent listing of the matter in the SC. Kejriwal has…
New Delhi, 28/5: The CBI has charged suspended TMC leader Shahajahan Sheikh, his brother and five others with criminal conspiracy and attempt to murder in connection with a mob attack on an Enforcement Directorate team in Sandeshkhali on January 5. The agency’s first charge sheet in the case was filed on Monday before a Basirhat…
Ireland, 28/5: Ireland officially recognised a Palestinian state on Tuesday, the government said in a statement, defying Israel which had condemned the plan. The government approved the recognition in a cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning. “The Government recognises Palestine as a sovereign and independent state and agreed to establish full diplomatic relations between Dublin…
