Panchmahal, Sep 19 — Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Saturday joined Seva Yatris in cleanliness and maintenance activities at Ghoghamba in Panchmahal district as the Seva Sankalp bike rally passed through the area. Sanghavi reached the Ghoghamba Bus Station along with the Seva…
Kolkata, Sep 19 — The West Bengal Minister in charge of Panchayat Affairs & Rural Development, Dilip Ghosh, on Saturday announced a special audit to identify corrupt activities in the functioning of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) and panchayats in the hills of North Bengal.…
Mumbai, Sep 19 — Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) President Harshwardhan Sapkal on Saturday demanded that the government immediately declare a drought, credit Rs 50,000 per hectare directly into farmers’ bank accounts, and grant a blanket loan waiver. He warned that if these measures…
Jammu, Sept 19 — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Manoj Sinha on Saturday laid the foundation stone of the Mata Lalleshwari Cultural Cum Heritage Centre at Mata Bhaderkali Asthapan at Thalwal in Jammu. The project, sanctioned under the Capex budget with an allocation of Rs 4.5 crore, is…
Lucknow, Sep 19 — Uttar Pradesh has ordered the transfer of 35 IPS officers in a major reshuffle announced on Saturday. The changes cover officers from the 2014 to 2022 batches and affect several key positions in police commissionerates and districts across the state. Charu Nigam of the 2014…
New Delhi, Sep 19 — In a significant step to strengthen Delhi’s ecological security, green cover, and air quality, the Delhi government, led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, has approved the notification of around 1,000 acres (400 hectares) of additional land in the Southern Ridge as reserved forest.…
New Delhi, Sep 19 — The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has secured a decisive victory in the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections, winning the president, secretary and joint secretary posts. Beyond the electoral numbers, the outcome is being viewed through a broader…
New Delhi, Sep 19 — Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Santrupt Misra on Saturday urged the Central government to explore other methods of funding for infrastructure upgrades and cybersecurity in the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), while ensuring protection for small businesses and consumers.On Friday,…
Mumbai, Sep 19 — Father of the deceased second-year student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, on Saturday, alleged that "caste-based discrimination" and "torture" led his son to commit suicide, while appealing to the government to take strict action against those responsible for…
Nagpur, Sep 19 — Intensifying the demand for a separate column for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the upcoming nationwide caste-based census, Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar on Saturday announced a large-scale agitational campaign culminating in a ‘Chalo Delhi’ march on November 1. The strategy…
Chandigarh, Sep 19 — In its third major strike within four days, Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence (CI) Amritsar has busted another cross-border narcotics smuggling module with the arrest of three key operatives and recovered 17 kg of heroin from their possession, Director General of Police…
Hubballi, Sep 19 — Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday inaugurated the Jagadguru Gangadhar Mahaswamigalu Moorusaviramath (JGMMM) Medical College, KLE Hospital and Medical Research Centre in Hubballi. “An excellent medical-education centre has been established in Hubballi in line with…
Guna, Sep 19 — Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday stressed the need for community participation in conserving rivers and their sources during his visit to Kanja village in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district. Scindia visited the origin of the Kuno River, offered prayers, and reviewed the…
Jammu, Sep 19 — Four Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were injured on Saturday when the vehicle they were travelling in overturned on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district. Officials said four personnel of the BSF were injured after their vehicle overturned on the…
Bengaluru, Sep 19 — Minister of State Shobha Karandlaje on Saturday expressed happiness on 'Tulu' being announced as Karnataka's second additional administrative language alongside Kannada.Speaking to reporters during the 20th Rozgar Mela event in Bengaluru, she said: "My language is Tulu. I am…
Jammu, Sep 19 — A police team raided a jewellery shop in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district and recovered ammunition and Pakistani material from there, officials said on Saturday. Officials added that police team along with a team from the forensic science laboratory (FSL) and Naib Tehsildar…
Chandigarh, Sep 19 — Rajya Sabha MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney on Saturday said Punjab cannot afford to lose another generation to drugs as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched the ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra’, which will travel through all 117 constituencies of the state till September 30. Citing…
Kolkata, Sep 19 — The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday allotted new free symbols to Humayun Kabir-founded Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) and the All India Secular Front (AISF). The AJUP has been given the symbol “table”, replacing its earlier “whistle”. Kabir had contested and won…
Latur, Sep 19 — In a major setback for Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra Cooperation Minister Babasaheb Patil, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in a communication dated September 18, dismissed him from the Board of Directors of the Latur District Central Co-operative Bank. The…
Tadepalli (Andhra Pradesh), Sep 19 — Former Andhra Pradesh Minister Perni Venkataramaiah (Nani) on Saturday accused the TDP-led coalition government of using the alleged liquor scam as a political tool to target former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and divert public attention from what he…
Mumbai, Sep 19 — High-voltage drama unfolded outside 'Matoshree', the Bandra residence of Shiv Sena-UBT Chief Uddhav Thackeray, on Saturday as Satish Salian, father of the late celebrity manager Disha Salian, personally arrived to send a Rs 500 crore defamation notice to MLA Aaditya Thackeray.…