Gandhinagar: Stating that it was time to decide whether the next generation will "have a plastic-free or plastic-laden environment," chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Thursday said that the campaign against single-use plastic should become a mass movement in Gujarat. Presiding over the state-level programme in Gandhinagar to mark World Environment Day, the chief minister also unveiled several projects aimed at environment protection. "The Prime Minister has envisioned environment-friendly develo...Read More
New Delhi: The Delhi government has barred hospitals in the national capital from buying medical devices, consumables, equipment and machinery directly, asking them to make all purchases exclusively through the government's e-procurement process. "Direct purchases or cart-based procurement on the GeM (Government-eMarketplace) portal by hospitals are strictly prohibited," the state health ministry said in an order, warning disciplinary or legal action in case of any deviation. The government's ...Read More
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 5 (ANI): Karnataka BJP State President BY Vijayendra on Thursday demanded an inquiry by sitting High Court judges and a minimum compensation of Rs 50 lakh for the families of the 11 people who died in the stampede during RCB's victory celebration. Speaking at a press conference at the BJP legislature party office in Vidhana Soudha, Vijayendra analysed the situation in the state, stating that the 'Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, and Home Minister should...Read More
Bengaluru Stampede: Following the tragic stampede outside Chinnaswamy Stadium that claimed 11 lives and injured 47 others, Karnataka IPS officer Seemanth Kumar Singh has been appointed as the new Bengaluru Police Commissioner. The appointment came just hours after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah ordered the suspension of Commissioner B Dayananda and several other senior police officials. Singh, a 1996-batch IPS officer, was serving as Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) of the Bengaluru Me...Read More
Hyderabad: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports about a 35-year-old auto driver's custodial death at Rajendranagar police station on on May 13. The commission issued a notice to Telangana DGP and sought a detailed report within two weeks.The victim was alleged to be having some issues with his wife, who took him to the police station to resolve the matter. After counselling the couple, the man was taken to a room where policemen allegedly bea...Read More
Hyderabad: BRS MLA from Jubilee Hills, Magani Gopinath, was hospitalised after he suffered a heart attack at home on Thursday. His condition is stated to be critical. The three-time MLA from Jubilee Hills has been suffering from various problems for the past year. After he was admitted to AIG, former minister T Harish Rao and other BRS leaders visited the hospital. They said that the doctors have put him under observation for the next 48 hours and hoped that he would recover soon.The 62-year-old...Read More
SRINAGAR: A security high alert has been sounded across Jammu and Kashmir ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit on Friday, his first after the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor launched by India on the night of May 6-7, as a direct response to it. While the security arrangements in the hinterland are notably stringent, the anti-infiltration grid along both Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) with Pakistan is on high alert, the official sources said, adding tha...Read More
Mumbai: MNS chief Raj Thackeray's son Amit on Thursday said alliances do not happen by talking in the media and asserted that Shiv Sena (UBT) head Uddhav Thackeray and his father should talk to each other for any possibility of a tie-up. "Two brothers should sp-eak. We talking on this issue will not make any difference. I don't have any issue with the two brothers coming together, but I have seen this in 2014, 2017 [a reference to MNS unsuccessful effort to stitch an alliance with the then undiv...Read More
Bhopal, June 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Senior BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh Cabinet Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Parliamentary affairs, Kailash Vijayvargiya stirred controversy on Thursday with remarks disapproving of women wearing short outfits, asserting that such a trend is a foreign concept of beauty and not aligned with Indian tradition. A six-time legislator and a state government minister, Vijayvargiya emphasised that in Indian culture, women are regarded as a form of Goddess and...Read More
Gwalior, June 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia criticised the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, for his oblique usage of the word 'langda ghoda' (lame horse) to refer to the old members of the grand old party during his visit to Bhopal on June 3. Without mentioning Rahul Gandhi's name, Scindia, who was earlier with Congress, said that he won't use any "insulting word" for the disabled, who are "God gifted", but some people are demeaning them. "Disable...Read More
VILLUPURAM: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss called on his father and party founder S Ramadoss at the Thailapuram farmhouse on Thursday in an apparent effort to end the cold war between the two and resolve the ongoing issues between them. The meeting lasted about 45 minutes.However, political observers believed that the meeting did not resolve the issues between the father and son, as neither met the press, hinting that they had not reached an amicable solution for reconciliation."The much-awaite...Read More
New Delhi, June 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday reiterated India's shared commitment to speed up the India-EU free trade agreement (FTA). Addressing the Italy-India Business Forum during his official visit to Italy, the minister said has had three meetings, in less than 35 days, with "my friend Maros Sefcovic, EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security". "This shows our shared commitment to speeding up the India-EU FTA," he told the gatheri...Read More
New Delhi, June 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating monumental Railway projects on Friday that promise to reshape the Jammu and Kashmir region's infrastructure. Among these, the illustrious Chenab Rail Bridge, soaring to a height unparalleled by any railway arch bridge in the world, stands as a testament to human ingenuity. Alongside it, the Anji Bridge, India's pioneering cable-stayed rail bridge, will further fortify connectivity in this rugged terrain. With t...Read More
New Delhi: Six people, including a three-year-old child, were injured in five separate fire incidents reported across the city on Thursday.According to Delhi Fire Services (DFS), a fire was reported on Pankha Road in west Delhi's Janakpuri around 5.30am, in which two buses and a car were gutted. Two fire tenders were sent to the site. No casualties were reported. At 9.35am, a fire broke out in a house in southeast Delhi's New Friends Colony. According to police, a resident called workers to clea...Read More
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday inaugurated a waiting hall for the attendants of patients at All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Gupta said govt and society needed to work together for a developed country and a developed Delhi."I always say that govt and society need to come on one platform and work together, and only then will the goal of Viksit Bharat and Viksit Delhi be realised," CM said.Built for Rs 6 crore by Dhanuka Agritech Ltd as part of its corporate social respo...Read More
Ludhiana, Jun 5 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Thursday asserted that there should be no "politicisation" of the armed forces, even as he accused the BJP of milking Operation Sindoor for political gains. "Such politics should not be done. I salute the armed forces. But there should be no politicisation of the army," he said. Also Read | Gautam Gambhir Reacts On Bengaluru Stampede During RCB's IPL 2025 Victory Celebrations During IND vs ENG Pre-Departure Press Conference, Says 'Was N...Read More
Rajkot: A 31-year-old constable posted at A Division police station in Morbi was arrested by the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) on Wednesday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2.35 lakh.According to ACB officials, the complainant had bought a plot of land at Nani Vavdi village in Morbi district on Sept 6, 2024. A complaint about alleged document forgery concerning the plot was later filed at the Nagar Darwaja police outpost.In connection with that case, Hitesh Makwana, the constable, allegedly ...Read More
Solapur, Jun 5 (PTI) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday asked his party workers to gear up for local body polls. Addressing an event where former Congress leader Siddharam Mhetre and his supporters joined the Shiv Sena, Shinde said party workers have to run a campaign to ensure there is a Shiv Sena office in every village in the state. He said the Mahayuti government got stupendous success in the state assembly polls and it was time to focus on local body polls. "We h...Read More
Ludhiana, Jun 5 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Thursday asserted that there should be no "politicisation" of the armed forces, even as he accused the BJP of milking Operation Sindoor for political gains. "Such politics should not be done. I salute the armed forces. But there should be no politicisation of the army," he said. "Have you ever seen any former prime minister donning a military uniform....? But now the uniform is being used for political gains. It should not happen," he s...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 5 (PTI) Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra has married senior advocate and former BJD MP Pinaki Misra in Germany. On Thursday evening, Moitra (50) posted a photograph on X which showed her and Misra (65) cutting a cake with the message, "Thank you everyone for the love and good wishes!! So grateful." TMC leaders congratulated Moitra and Misra on social media. Tagging Moitra's post, party general secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee said on X, "Heartfelt congratulati...Read More
Patna: A couple in Bihar's Saharsa district was hit and killed by a speeding car. The husband was then dragged for 3 kms, dumped in the boot, and buried another 14 km away, said the Police on Thursday. The body was disinterred as one of the accused, who allegedly helped conceal the crime, was arrested by authorities. The car was registered under the name, Anoj Kumar Singh, who gifted it to his son-in-law. A cousin of the said son-in-law, Keshav Kumar Singh was driving the car when it hit the co...Read More
Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 5 (ANI): Pointing out the developmental works done by the Centre and his administration in Ayodhya, where Ram Janmabhoomi Temple is located, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that earlier bullets were fired on people coming to the city, but now people visiting the temple were welcomed with a shower of flowers. The Chief Minister was apparently referring to the police firing on karsevaks during the Ram Janmabhoomi protest in 1990....Read More
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], June 5 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel graced the distribution ceremony of 50 JCB machines organised by the Bharwad Yuva Sangathan - Gujarat Pradesh, held at Town Hall in Gandhinagar on Thursday. During the event, 50 economically disadvantaged youths from the Bharwad community were provided with JCB machines without any down payment, as part of an initiative to empower them towards self-reliance, according to the press release. Commending the effort...Read More
Guwahati: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday, convened a crucial meeting with party leaders from Manipur to address the escalating situation in the violence-hit state. According to sources, the high-level discussion, held at the new AICC headquarters at Indira Bhavan, also included Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! Foll...Read More
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): The Rouse Avenue court on Thursday, after getting clarification from the public prosecutor, renotified the Najeeb Ahmed disappearance case for order on a closer report and protest petition. JNU student Najeeb Ahmed has been missing since October 2016. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Jyoti Maheshwari renotified the matter for order on June 30. The court said that the public prosecutor addressed the clarification on the proctorial inquiry conducted i...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 5 (PTI) India on Thursday pitched for greater use of Iran's Chabahar port to cut distances and costs, with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar calling for devoting more resources by India and Central Asian nations to boost regional connectivity. In an address at a business conclave joined by foreign ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, Jaishankar also underlined the need for closer engagements between financial institutions of India an...Read More
Lucknow, Jun 5 (PTI) A three year old girl was allegedly raped and is said to be in a critical condition, police here said on Thursday. According to police, the incident occurred on late Wednesday night when the girl, daughter of daily wage labourers, was sleeping under a metro station. The accused took the girl away while her parents were sleeping and raped her at a secluded place, police said. Following the report, senior officials, including the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Ashi...Read More
Bengaluru, June 5 (PTI) In a major development, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday suspended Bengaluru police commissioner B Dayananda and several other senior police officials in connection with the stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium that killed 11 people. He also ordered the arrest of representatives of the RCB team, the event management firm DNA Entertainment Private Limited, and the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), hours after an FIR was registered against th...Read More
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Ahead of flagging off the Vande Bharat Express between Katra and Srinagar on June 6, marking the completion of the Katra-Sangaldan rail link project, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that key infrastructure projects worth Rs 46,000 crores which are being inaugurated will have a positive impact on people's lives. In a post on X, PM Modi shared, 'Tomorrow, 6th June is indeed a special day for my sisters and brothers of Jammu and Kashmir. Key infrastructure proj...Read More
Hyderabad, Jun 5 (PTI) Opposition BRS MLA Maganti Gopinath was hospitalised here on Thursday after he complained of a heart-related issue. Gopinath, MLA from Jubilee Hills, was rushed to a private super-speciality hospital and is currently being treated in the ICU, BRS MLC Sravan Dasoju told PTI. The MLA was responding to the treatment and he will remain under observation for 48 hours, he said. Dasoju suggested that the MLA's condition may be "stress-induced," noting that Gopinath was reporte...Read More