Flood-like situation in Rajasthan’s Kota worsened on Tuesday due to incessant rainfall, officials said. An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter has been called to conduct a rescue operation in Baran district while schools in all four districts of Kota division — Kota, Baran, Jhalawar and Bundi — have been shut, they said. Several areas in […]
A special court here on Monday extended the judicial custody of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut till September 5 in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the redevelopment of a Mumbai ‘chawl’. Raut, 60, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on August 1 in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the […]
Six people were killed and 13 others were feared dead in separate incidents of flash flood and landslide triggered by heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Saturday. Twenty-two people, who were stranded following a flash flood in the state’s Hamirpur district, were evacuated safely, they said. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur expressed condolences […]
Showing a marginal increase in the number of Covid cases, India reported 15754 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, stated the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday. With this, India’s active caseload now stands at 1,01,830 with active cases now constituting 0.23% of the country’s total positive cases. As per […]
Aiming to hit another home run in Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav has slammed the “dictatorial” government at the Centre and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must be ousted from power. “We have to oust the dictatorial government. Hatana hai, Modi ko hatana hai,” RJD chief Lalu Prasad said on Wednesday […]
The BJP has launched a social media campaign – Desh ki Badli Soch (country’s mindset has changed) – to project Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a favourable light by comparing his Independence Day speeches with those of his Congress predecessors. On Tuesday night, the party shared on its Twitter handle many graphics quoting parts of speeches made […]
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar retained the all-important home department, giving him direct control over the state police, as portfolios were on Tuesday allocated in the new cabinet. Nitish has also kept with himself general administration, cabinet secretariat, election and any other departments not assigned to others, said an official communication. Deputy CM Tejashwi Prasad […]
On the country’s 75th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said corruption and nepotism are two main challenges that are not confined to politics alone and asked people to have ‘nafrat’ (hatred) for these evils and focus on ‘Panch Pran’ (five resolves) to ensure a developed India in the next 25 years. In […]
Former Mumbai zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Sameer Wankhede, who was being probed for allegedly submitting a fake caste certificate for getting a government job, was given a clean chit by the caste scrutiny committee, an official said on Saturday. The order was issued by the Social Justice Department of the Maharashtra […]
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, who reached the national capital on Thursday late evening, will meet Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi today, a move which comes days ahead of the floor test in the Bihar Assembly on August 24. Tejashwi arrived in Delhi for the celebration of Raksha Bandhan. He will also meet RJD […]