Kolkata, Sep 8 — West Bengal Minister Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday backed state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya's remarks that food choices are a matter of personal preference, while emphasising that Bengal's long-standing cultural traditions, including offering fish to deities, must be…
Gandhinagar, Sep 8 — Gujarat’s Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) has launched a statewide special drive against the unauthorised sale, storage and misuse of medicines containing codeine, with officials prohibiting codeine-based syrup worth more than Rs 83 lakh at a firm in the…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday departed for Sri Lanka for a three-day visit to the island nation, focussed at strengthen bilateral maritime and defence cooperation. During his visit, Singh will hold talks with Sri Lankan leadership on various issues to further…
Guwahati, Sep 8 — Congress MP and Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi, on Tuesday expressed grief over the death of Manipuri musician Chongtham Vikram Singh, who was allegedly beaten to death after objecting to noise outside his residence in South Delhi. Gogoi took to X to…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday visited the AIIMS Trauma Centre and met people injured in the Satya Niketan building collapse. She assured the affected families that the government would extend complete cooperation and all necessary assistance. After meeting the…
Vadodara, Sep 8 — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Gujarat on Tuesday drew a strong public response in Vadodara, where preparations are underway for a programme centred on development projects, connectivity and an interaction with young people, before he is scheduled to travel to Navsari to…
Hyderabad, Sep 8 — Telangana Assembly Speaker, Gaddam Prasad Kumar, said on Tuesday that action will be taken after receiving a report about Monday’s incident at the Assembly entrance in which women legislators of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) were allegedly assaulted by police personnel.Stating…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday expressed condolences to the family of Manipuri musician Chongtham Vikram Singh, who died after being assaulted by a group of delivery workers and dhaba staff outside his apartment in Delhi. LoP Rahul Gandhi…
Vadodara, Sep 8 — Young people, including members of Gen Z, turned out in large numbers in Vadodara on Tuesday to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing excitement and enthusiasm over his visit to the city and the development projects scheduled to be unveiled during his programme.…
Bengaluru, Sep 8 — Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, R. Ashoka, on Tuesday accused the state government of pushing the 108 'Arogya Kavacha' free ambulance service into a crisis and warned that any disruption to the emergency service after September 20 would…
Kolkata, Sep 8 — Marathon search operations by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials at a media entity owned by Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Nadimul Haque, which started on Monday morning, were finally completed early on Tuesday and are said to have detected major financial…
Pune, Sep 8 — Pune Crime Branch has busted an inter-state gang involved in stealing transformers and copper wires from them in and around the city, arresting three accused and recovering stolen property worth Rs 12.73 lakh, officials said on Tuesday. According to police, the Unit 7 team was…
Kolkata, Sep 8 — The CPI-M has called for a protest march in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Tuesday after its party office there was vandalised and set on fire.The party alleged that on Monday night, miscreants affiliated with the BJP attacked the party's district office on DBC Road in…
Lucknow, Sep 8 — A fresh political controversy erupted on Tuesday, a day after an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) team examined a nearly 20-foot-deep well discovered during debris removal at the site where a mosque was demolished inside the Saharanpur Collectorate premises. The inspection was…
Jaipur, Sep 8 — A leopard entered a park in Rajasthan's Kota city early on Tuesday, triggering panic among morning walkers and visitors. The leopard came into the Chhatra Vilas Garden, commonly known as CB Garden, at around 6 a.m. and later climbed a Jamun tree nearly 40 feet tall, where it…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday commemorated Dr Bhupen Hazarika's 100th birth anniversary, praising the legendary Assamese singer-composer for voicing Assam and Northeast India's spirit nationwide through his music. Hazarika, born on September 8, 1926 and known as…
Bengaluru, Sep 8 — Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar made a surprise early-morning visit to the Yeshwanthpur APMC market here on Tuesday and interacted with farmers, traders and vendors to understand the problems they face.During his visit, Shivakumar personally enquired with farmers about…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — A 54-year-old Manipuri musician died after he was allegedly assaulted by a group of delivery workers and dhaba employees following an altercation over drinking and shouting outside his residence in Kilokari village here, police said, adding the accused, including a juvenile, have…
Chennai, Sep 8 — Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay will chair a high-level meeting on Tuesday to consider locations for Tamil Nadu’s proposed integrated Legislative Assembly and Secretariat complex, a project intended to ease pressure on the government’s administrative headquarters at Fort St George.…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — The number of honey-trap cases reported in India over the last few years has been growing, despite advisories and warnings, as several officials continue to fall prey to these networks.An official said that Pakistan's ISI, which runs these networks, has appointed scores of…
New Delhi, Sep 8 — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended birthday wishes to Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh, praising his initiatives to strengthen the sector and empower weavers and artisans. "Best wishes to Union Minister Shri Giriraj Singh Ji on his birthday. He is undertaking…