New Delhi, 4/6:As India battled the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, then Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma gave contracts to companies of his wife and son’s business partners to supply PPE kits above market rates, AAP leader Manish Sisodia alleged on Saturday citing media reports. At a press conference, he claimed that while…
UP, 4/6: The Uttar Pradesh Police Saturday booked 500 people for rioting and violence in Kanpur that left 40 injured, officials said, as an uneasy calm prevailed in the affected areas this morning. Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and order) Anand Prakash Tiwari said 18 people have been arrested so far over the…
Bhubaneswar,4/6: In a major development, Odisha assembly speaker Surya Narayan Patro has resigned from his post. According to latest rumours, CM Naveen may effect many changes in his cabinet and many new face may get prominent role in the cabinet.
New Delhi, 4/6:India logged a single-day rise of 3,962 coronavirus infections and 26 fatalities, pushing the overall tally to 4,31,72,547 cases and 5,24,677 deaths, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The data updated at 8 am also stated that the number of active cases in the country increased by 1,239…
Shopian, 4/6:Two non-local labourers were injured in a grenade blast in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday evening. “Terrorists lobbed a grenade at Aglar Zainapora, area of Shopian, resulting in minor injuries to 2 outside labourers. Area has been cordoned off. Further details shall follow. @JmuKmrPolice,” Kashmir Zone police said in a tweet….
Hyderabad,4/6:Hyderabad Police on Saturday made their second arrest in the gang-rape case of a minor in the Jubilee Hills area, news agency ANI reported. One of the accused, Saduddin Malik, was arrested on Friday. Five teenagers in a car had gang-raped a young girl in the posh Jubilee Hills area on the pretext of…
Brajarajnagar 3/6: In a major development, Biju Janata Dal candidate Alaka Mohanty won the Brajarajnagar byelection in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district by a huge margin. According to reports, Mohanty secured nearly 65000 votes more than her nearest rival- Congress’ Kishore Patel. BJP candidate Radharani Panda was placed in the 3rd position. After the completion…
New Delhi, 3/6:The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea alleging illegal construction and excavation at Shree Jagannath temple in Puri by the Odisha government. The top court also deprecated the practice of filing PILs for publicity or personal interests and criticised the petitioners for wasting the court’s precious time. A bench of…
Gyanvapi, 3/6:RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said the Gyanvapi dispute involves some issues of faith and the court’s decision on it should be accepted by all, but also there was no need to find a `Shivling’ in every mosque and start a new dispute every day. Addressing the concluding ceremony of the…
Thiruvananthapuram,2/6:A bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday orally remarked that the offence of rape should be made gender neutral while considering a matrimonial dispute moved by a divorced couple over custody of their child. This observation was made by Justice Muhamed Mustaque. “Section 376 is not a gender-neutral provision. If…
