Bhubaneswar: A low-pressure area has developed over the Northwest Bay of Bengal off the Odisha coast, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The system, which formed at 8:30 am today, is likely to move slowly northwards and intensify into a more marked low-pressure system over the next 48 hours. According to the latest weather update, the associated cyclonic circulation extends up to 7.6 km above mean sea level, tilting southwards with height. This weather system may bring lig...Read More
Hyderabad: BRS Rajya Sabha MP Diwakonda Damodar Rao and senior lawyer Gandra Mohan Rao called on party MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha at her residence in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, on Monday. The meeting, which lasted over two and a half hours, comes in the backdrop of Kavitha's recent letter to party president K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) a few weeks after the party's silver jubilee celebrations were held on April 27. The timing of this meeting has triggered a political buzz, especially as both Damodar ...Read More
New Delhi: With 104 active cases of Covid-19 reported in Delhi, Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta convened a meeting at Raj Niwas on Tuesday to chalk out plans to combat the threat. According to the Covid-19 dashboard of the central government, Delhi is in third place in the country in new Coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, the Chief Secretary of the Delhi government instructed hospitals and Covid-19 sample collection centres to go for genome sequencing of all cases....Read More
Bengaluru: The BJP on Tuesday expelled two of its MLAs in Karnataka, S T Somashekar and A Shivaram Hebbar, for six years for their alleged "anti-party activities," party's state president B Y Vijayendra said. The party high command took a decision after long deliberations, he told reporters here. Somashekar and Hebbar represent Yashwanthpur and Yellapur assembly constituencies, respectively. The expelled MLAs have not responded immediately. In an official letter issued by Om Pathak, Member Sec...Read More
Assam Child Marriage: Assam achieved a significant milestone as it witnessed a sharp 81 per cent decline in child marriages across 20 districts between 2021-22 and 2023-24. The achievement is a result of a strict legal crackdown by the state government, which vowed to eradicate child marriage by 2026. It also reflects the determination of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who had earlier vowed to eliminate child marriage in Assam by 2026. The latest data showed significant progress in m...Read More
(CNN) -- India's financial capital and one of its largest cities has experienced its wettest May in more than a century, with the unusually early arrival of the monsoon season causing a ferocious weekend downpour that turned roads into rivers and flooded a newly inaugurated underground train station. Mumbai, a city of more than 12 million, has recorded more than 400 millimeters of rainfall this month so far, according to data from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), with much of the dow...Read More
Kuwait/Hyderabad, May 27 (Maxim News) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi sharply criticised Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Asim Munir for presenting a fake photo of a military operation to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp Speaking to the Indian diaspora in Kuwait, alongside BJP MP Baijayant Panda, Owaisi mocked Pakistan's "desperate PR tactics" and accused Islamabad of supporting terror networks through illicit funding. "Yesterday, the Pakistani Army Chief gave a photo to the PM...Read More
Imphal: In a series of coordinated operations, the Indian Army and other law enforcement agencies arrested 13 cadres from hill and valley-based underground groups in Manipur and recovered 23 weapons, grenades, ammunition, and other war-like stores. According to a statement from the Defence Wing, the Indian Army, along with Assam Rifles, Manipur Police, CRPF, BSF, and ITBP, carried out intelligence-driven operations across Kangpokpi, Senapati, Imphal East, Imphal West, and Thoubal districts over...Read More
By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI, May 27 (Reuters) - India's defense minister has approved a framework for building the country's most advanced stealth fighter jet, the defense ministry said on Tuesday, amid a new arms race with Pakistan weeks after a military conflict between the neighbors. Indian state-run Aeronautical Development Agency, which is executing the program, will shortly invite initial interest from defense firms for developing a prototype of the warplane, envisaged as a twin-engine 5th...Read More
Thiruvananthapuram, May 27: Monsoon rains accompanied by gusty winds continue to lash Kerala, causing widespread damage across the state. Several incidents of trees being uprooted, house wall collapses, and electrical short circuits have been reported from different parts of the state. Since the onset of the monsoon last week on May 24, three casualties have been reported, prompting the state government to open a dozen relief camps in affected districts of the state. The most major disruption o...Read More
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's defence minister has approved a framework for building the country's most advanced stealth fighter jet, the defence ministry said on Tuesday, amid a new arms race with Pakistan weeks after a military conflict between the neighbours. Indian state-run Aeronautical Development Agency, which is executing the programme, will shortly invite initial interest from defence firms for developing a prototype of the warplane, envisaged as a twin-engine 5th generation fighter, t...Read More
Visakhapatnam: The southwest monsoon set in over Andhra Pradesh (Rayalaseema region) on Monday, arriving nine days ahead of schedule, bringing rain to parts of the Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra Pradesh. For the second year in a row in the past one decade, the monsoon entered AP region earlier as the usual date of onset is on June 4. Last year, the monsoon arrived in AP on June 2. Director of IMD, Andhra Pradesh Stella S said southwest monsoon has further advanced into some more parts of centra...Read More
New Delhi, May 26 (PTI) UK's University of Liverpool is set to open a campus in Bengaluru and will welcome first batch of students in August next year, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced on Monday as he handed over the the Letter of Intent to the varsity administration here. The move comes after the University of Liverpool, part of the UK's prestigious Russell Group, received a formal approval from the University Grants Commission (UGC) to open the first foreign university ca...Read More
New Delhi, May 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a CRPF trooper from Delhi for sharing sensitive information with Pakistani Intelligence officers, an official said on Monday. Moti Ram Jat was actively involved in espionage and had been sharing classified information related to national security with Pakistanis since 2023, said the anti-terror agency. The agency has also managed to detect the trail of money he used to receive from Pakistani officers throug...Read More
Bengaluru, May 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Following rumours that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has sought for relocation of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the premier defence manufacturing industry run by the Centre and based in Bengaluru, Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries M.B. Patil said on Monday there is nothing wrong in setting up a HAL unit in Andhra, but the relocation of the existing HAL facility is not acceptable. Minister Patil said that he would s...Read More
New Delhi, May 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced biennial elections to eight Rajya Sabha seats from the states of Tamil Nadu and Assam will be held on June 19 and the results will be declared the same day. The biennial elections are being held as the terms of eight members of the Council of States (Rajya Sabha), representing the two states, are set to expire between June and July, the Election Commission said in a statement. From Assam, two seats wi...Read More
Malappuram (Kerala), May 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Trouble has broken out in the Congress's Kerala unit over the selection of the candidate for the upcoming Nilambur Assembly by-election. The Election Commission on Sunday announced that the by-election will be held on June 19, along with four other seats in three other states. The election became a necessity after two-time Left-supported Independent legislator P.V. Anvar surprised all by resigning as the legislator in January this year after a serio...Read More
Bengaluru: The Karnataka BJP has criticised the Congress-led state government's decision to file a defamation case in connection with a newspaper advertisement that highlighted the government's failures. The advertisement, presented as a "charge sheet", was released on the occasion of the Congress government completing two years in office. BJP State President B.Y. Vijayendra said on Monday, "A second chapter of 'emergency' has begun in Karnataka. But the power to reverse it lies with democracy...Read More
Malappuram (Kerala), May 26 (PTI) As the crucial Nilambur bypoll is just weeks away, trouble is brewing for Congress-led UDF with former MLA of the constituency and now Trinamool leader P V Anvar exerting pressure regarding its candidate selection. The ex-legislator had said on Sunday that he would support any "devil" being field by the UDF to defeat Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and "Pinarayism". Anvar, however, told reporters here on Monday that that "devil" should have some virtue and wou...Read More
New Delhi, May 26 (PTI) Realty firm Kolte-Patil Developers Ltd has posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 66.29 crore for the quarter ended March on higher income. Pune-based Kolte-Patil Developers Ltd had posted a net loss of Rs 26.18 crore in the year-ago period. Total income increased to Rs 723.20 crore in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal from Rs 527.71 crore in the corresponding period of the preceding year, according to a regulatory filing. During the full 2024-25, the company's net...Read More
Nagpur, May 26 (PTI) Union Minister Amit Shah on Monday said India's health infrastructure got a massive boost under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, while previous Congress governments neglected the sector. Addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone of ''Swasti Niwas'', a residential facility for cancer patients and caregivers at the National Cancer Institute in Nagpur, he also lauded the private sector for assisting in government efforts to give a boost to healthcare. ...Read More
New Delhi, May 26 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a CRPF personnel for allegedly spying for Pakistan, officials said on Monday. The accused, Moti Ram Jat, was actively involved in espionage activity and had been sharing classified information related to national security with the Pakistan intelligence officers (PIOs) since 2023, they said. Jat, an assistant sub inspector with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), was receiving funds from the PIOs through various c...Read More
Vadodara, May 26 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a grand roadshow in Vadodara, with family members of Colonel Sofiya Qureshi also part of the enthusiastic crowd that welcomed him. The prime minister started his two-day visit to Gujarat with a roadshow from the Vadodara airport to the Airforce station on the city's outskirts. Family members of Colonel Qureshi, who came into the spotlight for holding regular press briefings about 'Operation Sindoor', were also present in the cr...Read More
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party's Gonda district president, Amar Kishore Kashyap, has landed in trouble after a video of him allegedly engaging in 'inappropriate' behavior with a woman went viral on social media. The controversy has led to Kashyap being served a show-cause notice, putting his position within the party under scrutiny. The notice demands an explanation for his actions, sparking questions about the party's stance on such matters. The viral video, which was reportedly record...Read More
Basti: With the Bihar Assembly elections scheduled later this year, NDA's Uttar Pradesh ally, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) is set to contest 29 seats here. National President of SBSP and Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister, Om Prakash Rajbhar, has staked his claim in the Bihar elections along with the panchayat and Assembly by-elections that are to be held in Uttar Pradesh. Rajbhar has clarified that before the elections in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar Assembly elections will be held and his party ...Read More
New Delhi: Covid cases are rising rapidly in India. Bihar on Monday registered the state's first Covid-19 case of the current wave. A 31-year-old man from Patna tested positive for the infection. The patient, who is undergoing treatment at a private hospital, has "no history" of travelling outside the state recently. "A man from Patna with no history of travelling outside the state recently has tested positive for Covid-19. The level of infection is very mild. The case is being monitored closel...Read More
Mumbai: Monsoon has officially arrived in the city that never stops. Notably, the monsoon has made its earliest arrival in the last two and a half decades. The rainfall in the month of May has broken the city's record of 107 years. Heavy rains lashed the city on Monday morning, leading to widespread disruption in daily life, including traffic congestion, waterlogging and delays in local trains. The southwest monsoon arrived in Mumbai, marking its earliest onset in the city in the last 25 years...Read More
India Afghan visa 2025: India has opened its visa doors to Afghan citizens again after five years. If you're from Afghanistan and need to visit India for medical help, education, family, or urgent reasons, this update is for you. Find out how the new simple online process works and who can apply right now. Indian visa for Afghan students: India has restarted visa services for Afghan citizens after five years This is a big step for people in Afghanistan who want to visit India for medical educat...Read More
Bengaluru, May 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Karnataka government has filed an application before the bench headed by the Chief Justice of India, challenging the grant of the Transferable Development Rights (TDR) certificates to the members of the Mysuru royal family in connection with the acquisition of 15 acres of Bangalore Palace Grounds. The bench headed by Justice M.M. Sundresh and Justice Aravind Kumar had given the order in this regard on May 22. The bench has directed the issuance of TDRs wor...Read More
Jalandhar, May 23 (UNI) Sleuths of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) conducted a raid at the residence of Raman Arora, AAP MLA from Jalandhar Central, on Friday morning. The raid is said to be in connection with alleged corruption matters related to the building branch of the local municipal corporation. A few days back, the state government withdrew security provided to the MLA. UNI GS XC PRS...Read More