Mumbai, 26/6: Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, who was hospitalised due to Covid-19, is likely to be discharged from the hospital on Sunday after his recovery, news agency ANI reported citing Raj Bhavan sources. Koshyari’s presence is crucial in Maharashtra at the moment since the Maha Vikas Aghadi government’s hold on the state looks…
Ahmedabad, 25/6:Activist Teesta Setalvad was on Saturday detained by the Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) from Mumbai in connection with an FIR registered against her at the Ahmedabad city crime branch, sources said. “Teesta Setalvad has been picked up by the Gujarat ATS from Mumbai in connection with an FIR registered by the…
Mumbai, 25/6: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday claimed that the rebel Maharashtra ministers in the Eknath Shinde camp will lose their posts “in 24 hours.” Earlier in the day, the party’s national executive authorised Sena president and state chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to take action against the rebel MLAs led by…
Assam, 25/6: Drinking water has become costlier than petrol in Silchar town in South Assam, still grappling with the devastating flood. With no drinking water since the serious flood inundated his house at Sonai Road in Silchar town on June 20, Biju Das was left with no option but to buy two bottles…
Assam, 25/6: The flood situation in Assam remained grim on Saturday with the death count rising to 118 and Silchar town in Cachar district submerged for the sixth straight day, officials said. Ten more people have died in the past 24 hours — two each from Barpeta, Dhubri, Karimganj and Udalguri districts and…
Andhra Pradesh, 25/6:Several people in various parts of Sullia taluk in Dakshina Kannada allegedly experienced tremors on Saturday. People in the villages of Markanja, Kodappala, Goonadka and Aranthodu experienced mild shaking. Deputy Commissioner Dr Rajendra K V sad that people from Sampaje, Aranthodu areas in Sullia informed him of the tremors they…
US, 25/6: The end of constitutional protections for abortions in the United States on Friday emboldened abortion opponents around the world, while advocates for abortion rights worried it could threaten recent moves toward legalization in their countries. The US Supreme Court’s overturning of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision “shows that these types…
Mumbai, 25/6:The ongoing political crisis in Maharashtra resulted in the rebel Shiv Sena leaders under Eknath Shinde camping at the five-star Radisson Blu Hotel at Guwahati in BJP-ruled Assam. Seventy rooms were booked for the leaders for seven days, the cost of which is estimated at around Rs. 56 lakh, according to an…
UP, 25/6:Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Saturday said that her party would support the candidature of Droupadi Murmu for President “keeping our party and movement in mind”. “We’ve decided to support NDA’s Presidential election candidate Droupadi Murmu. We’ve taken this decision neither in support of BJP or NDA nor against opposition but…
Bhubaneswar,24/6: A day after claiming that a “powerful national party” was supporting his group of MLAs in the ongoing political drama in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde on Friday said no national party is in contact with them. Asked if BJP was backing his group, Shinde told a TV channel, “When I said a…
