Kolkata 26/12: Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda arrived here in the early hours of Tuesday, a party leader said The two senior BJP leaders will assess the organisational preparedness in West Bengal ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls next year, he said. Shah and Nadda reached Kolkata airport…
Sonitpur, 26/12: An Adivasi woman on Sunday was attacked with sharp weapons and burnt to death for allegedly practicing witchcraft in Assam’s Sonitpur. The victim was a mother of three and police have arrested five people over the matter. They are all residents of the same village.
Bengaluru, 25/12: Karnataka has reported three Covid deaths and 34 cases attributed to JN.1, a new subvariant of the novel coronavirus, the health department announced on Monday. These are the first confirmed cases and deaths caused by the new virus strain that’s spreading fast and has been described by the World Health Organization (WHO) as…
Kashmir, 25/12: Amid ongoing anti-terror operations and allegations of the custodial deaths of three civilians, Army chief General Manoj Pande arrived in Jammu on Monday to review the prevailing security situation in Jammu and Kashmir. General Pande reached Jammu and later left for the Rajouri-Poonch sector to review the operational preparedness of the force and…
New Delhi, 25/12: The three criminal bills to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), and the Evidence Act were on Monday enacted into law after President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent. An image showing the three bills getting the presidential nod.Credit: Rashtrapati Bhavan The Bharatiya Sakshya Sanhita, 2023, The…
Bhubaneswar, 25/12: The world famous Shri Jagannath Temple has been envisioned and conceptualised to render full proof security, better facilitation of the devotees, and crowd management measures. The Jagannath temple, the centre of faith for Hindus, draws thousands of devotees every day. In the post covid period, the daily footfall of devotees…
Kolkata, 25/12: TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee doubled down on the jabs directed at Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chair Jagdeep Dhankhar, saying he would continue would the mimicry. Speaking at an event in Srerampore, West Bengal, on Saturday, Banerjee said it was his ‘fundamental right’ to express his views and would ‘do it a thousand…
Iran, 25/12: Iran’s foreign minister denied that his country is helping Yemen’s Houthi rebels attack commercial ships traveling through the Red Sea, warning the waterway won’t be safe as long as Israel maintains its offensive in Gaza. The White House, citing newly released intelligence, said Friday that Iran was “deeply involved” in the planning of…
Mumbai, 25/12: Reliance Industries , India’s most valuable company, and Walt Disney signed a non-binding term sheet to merge their Indian media operations, the Economic Times reported on Monday, citing sources it did not name Under the merger Reliance would own 51 per cent through a combination of shares and cash, with Disney holding…
Kashmir, 24/12: A wreath laying ceremony was on Sunday held in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri for the four soldiers who lost their lives after being ambushed by terrorists in nearby Poonch district, officials said. A search operation to track down the fleeing terrorists continues near the scene of the ambush, while mobile internet services remained…
