Guwahati, July 30 — Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on Thursday conducted an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas in Sivasagar, Charaideo, and Jorhat districts to assess the extent of damage caused by the current wave of floods and review the ongoing relief and rescue operations.…
Kannur (Kerala), July 30 — The Kerala High Court on Thursday issued notice to Payyannur MLA V. Kunhikrishnan on an election petition filed by former MLA T.I. Madhusoodanan, who has sought to set aside the former’s victory in one of the most politically sensitive constituencies in the…
Patna, July 30 — With polling concluded in the Bankipur Assembly by-election, political parties have begun staking a claim to victory. Tejashwi Yadav, Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, expressed confidence that the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) would emerge victorious when votes are…
Gandhinagar, July 30 — The Gujarat Police has activated a statewide disaster preparedness and response mechanism ahead of the forecast of heavy rainfall, with Director General of Police (DGP) Gyanendra Singh Malik directing all city, district and range police chiefs to remain on high alert and…
Jaipur, July 30 — Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday chaired a high-level review meeting at Parliament House in New Delhi to assess the progress of the Greenfield Airport under construction at Shambhupura in Kota district. The meeting was attended by Union Minister for Civil Aviation Kinjarapu…
New Delhi, July 30 — The Centre’s Production Linked Incentive Scheme for the Food Processing Industry has attracted investments to the tune of Rs 9,207 crore and generated around 3.35 lakh direct and indirect employment opportunities, exceeding the target of 2.50 lakh jobs, the Parliament was…
Lucknow, July 30 — In a major initiative to promote economic empowerment and self-reliance among persons with disabilities, the Uttar Pradesh government will organise 'Divyangjan Rozgar Abhiyan 3.0' across the state from August 3 to 10, government officials said on Thursday. The campaign aims to…
New Delhi, July 30 — A Special POCSO Court in Varanasi sentenced a man accused of sexually assaulting a child to life imprisonment and slapped a penalty of Rs 2.75 lakh on him, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official said on Thursday. The Special Court convicted and sentenced the accused…
New Delhi, July 30 — Prime Minister Narendra Modi, chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Thursday, issued directions for making all efforts to safeguard the interests of Indian citizens and the country’s diaspora from the adverse impact of the West Asia conflict.The CCS…
New Delhi, July 30 — The Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government on Thursday hit back at Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge after the Congress President alleged that the government had ordered a cane charge on protesting students and accused the Centre of priotising…
Kolkata, July 30 — The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is undertaking a fresh probe in the ghastly rape & murder of a woman junior doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital here in August 2024 on the Calcutta High Court's order, has replaced the investigating…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, July 30 — The Bombay High Court on Thursday slapped a cost of Rs 5,000 each on four NEET aspirants for filing petitions, based on incorrect information, and challenging the results declared by the National Testing Agency (NTA) earlier this month. The petitioners --…
Srinagar, July 30 — As the nation readies to mark the seventh anniversary of abrogation of Article 370, the atmosphere may get clouded by political rhetoric and reverberations but one thing that has remained static over the past few years and has buoyed public sentiments locally is the rising…
New Delhi, July 30 — The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Madhya Pradesh government to make arrangements for members of the Muslim community to offer Friday namaz at a plot stated to be adjacent to the disputed Bhojshala complex in Dhar.While clarifying its earlier interim order on the issue,…
New Delhi, July 30 — Genuine student participants at the students' protest at the Jantar Mantar in the national capital earlier this month will not face any legal action, and those arrested or detained will be released expeditiously, a Delhi Home Department official said on Thursday. The…
New Delhi, July 30 — For most part of the four months that he has been in office, Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah, or Balen popularly, has been under media scrutiny for his largely reclusive style, where his limited engagement with the Parliament and President Ramchandra Paudel stands…
New Delhi, July 30 — Participating in the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill in Rajya Sabha, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) member Praful Patel on Thursday questioned the language the protesters used during the protest. Patel said the events of the past few months…
Hazaribagh, July 30 — Jharkhand police have arrested six criminals linked to the notorious gang of Dhanbad-based gangster Prince Khan following an encounter on the 13 Mile Transporting Road in Barkagaon, Hazaribagh district, officials said on Thursday. One of the accused sustained a bullet injury…
Kolkata, July 30 — A single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday rejected the plea of Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, seeking blanket protection on all future FIRs against him in any case.The single-judge Bench…
New Delhi, July 30 — The Ministry of Tourism signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with InterGlobe Aviation Limited, the parent company of commercial airline IndiGo, on Thursday to promote India as a preferred global tourism destination through a strategic, non-exclusive and non-financial…
Chennai, July 30 — A Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Court in Chennai on Thursday sentenced gangster Chota Rajan to seven years' imprisonment after finding him guilty of fraudulently obtaining an Indian passport using forged documents and a false identity. The court also imposed a…