New Delhi, 7/5: Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that 70 lakh Indians stuck abroad during the Covid pandemic were brought back, with the External Affairs ministry working in shifts, with each team working for eight hours like a factory. Around 4,000 people, including 11-12 per cent from Karnataka, were brought back…
Bangalore, 7/5: In a blistering attack on the Congress during his last campaign rally ahead of the May 10 Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the party of openly advocating for “separating” Karnataka from India. He alleged that the “disease” of the “tukde-tukde gang” had reached the Congress’s top level. When…
Chattisgarh, 7/5: A security guard of a residential building was arrested for allegedly tying a stray dog with wires and dragging it to death in Chhattisgarh’s Durg city, police said on SundayThe accused was arrested on Saturday under section 429 (killing or maiming animals) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and relevant provisions of the…
Mumbai, 7/5: Amid the ever-changing political situation in Maharashtra, BJP MLA Nitesh Rane on Sunday dropped a bomb on Sunday by claiming that Shiv Sena (UBT) head Uddhav Thackeray’s close aide Sanjay Raut would soon join the Sharad Pawar-led NCP. The Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP have dismissed the claim. Nitesh, an MLA from…
New Delhi, 7/5: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has given an application in Badaun court, for carrying out a survey of the Jama Masjid there. A lawyer on behalf of the ASI appeared before the court, agreeing to carry out the survey and also sought time for it. Mukesh Patel, state president…
Kashmir, 7/5: No fresh contact was established with holed up terrorists in the forested Kandi area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, where a massive search operation to track ultras entered the third day on Sunday, officials said. Five Army personnel and a terrorist, who is said to be part of the group that carried…
New Delhi, 7/5:The ongoing protest by wrestlers at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar is showing no signs of dying down amid various allegations levelled against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The wrestlers, who have been at the protest site since April 23, have accused Brij Bhushan of multiple incidents of sexual harassment and inappropriate touching and…
Jaipur, 6/5: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot hit out at the BJP on Saturday over an alleged threat by a party candidate in Karnataka polls to wipe out Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and his family, asking when will the Centre break its silence on the indecent behaviour. Sharing an audio clip on Twitter, Congress Karnataka…
J&K, 6/5: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on May 6 arrived in Rajouri to take stock of the situation amid operations by security forces to neutralise terrorists, a day after an explosion claimed the lives of five Indian Army soldiers in the district. The five soldiers were killed during the anti-terror ‘Operation Trinetra’ of the…
Manipur, 6/5: Medical entrance exam NEET-UG scheduled on May 7 has been postponed in Manipur in view of the law-and-order situation there, the National Testing Agency announced Saturday. The exam date for candidates whose test centre was in Manipur will be announced soon. “NEET (UG)-2023 exam postponed for the candidates who were…
