Guwahati: After relentless rain for almost a week, showers in worst flood-affected northeastern states, Assam and Manipur, finally receded to deficient level over the last 24 hours. The number of flood affected population in Assam has declined by more than one lakh, with the number down to 5.6 lakh on Thursday as compared to 6.79 lakh on Wednesday, according to a report from Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).However, ASDMA confirmed two more death in the last 24 hours. While a ch...Read More
Guwahati: Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced a massive healthcare infrastructure overhaul for Assam, while inaugurating the Neotia Bhagirathi Woman and Childcare Centre (NBWCC) in Guwahati here on Thursday.During the event, the Assam CM revealed plans to invest Rs 4000 crore in expanding the Gauhati Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) into a 5000-bed facility.He also praised the newly-inaugurated NBWC centre saying that he was happy that the group had invested in Assam " I am sure that t...Read More
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Amid the Opposition's allegations on Census, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday clarified that Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on many occasions, has assured that in the delimitation exercise, concerns of Southern states will be taken care of. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Home Affairs, in a post on X, said, 'Budget has never been a constraint for Census as fund is always ensured by the Govt. HM Amit Shah has clarified on many occasions that in the d...Read More
Haridwar: A woman politician has been arrested for allegedly letting her boyfriend and others repeatedly rape her 13-year-old daughter in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The horrifying crime, which occurred between January and March, was exposed when the minor bravely confided in her father, prompting a police investigation that led to the arrest of the accused. The accused was arrested with her boyfriend and one more. According to police reports, the minor was gang-raped multiple times, often in the pr...Read More
Washington, Jun 5 (PTI) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, leading a multi-party delegation to the US, was Thursday asked a question by his journalist son whether government interlocutors sought evidence of Pakistan's culpability in the Pahalgam attack to which he replied India would not have conducted Operation Sindoor without convincing evidence. "That shouldn't be allowed. This is my son," Tharoor said laughing, during an interaction at the Council on Foreign Relations when his son Ishaan Tharoor, ...Read More
Hyderabad: Under the leadership of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, the Telangana Cabinet convened a comprehensive meeting focusing primarily on employees' demands and welfare. The nearly five-and-a-half-hour session involved detailed discussions on reports submitted by officials' committees concerning employee issues, pending Dearness Allowance (DA) payments, and health security bills, Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka confirmed. The cabinet decisions were later shared with the media by Bhat...Read More
Bengaluru, June 5: 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 them und...Read More
Mumbai: NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule on Thursday asserted that her party will remain in the INDIA bloc. Ruling out reconciliation with cousin Aji Pawar, Ms. Sule said there has been no discussion on reuniting the two NCP factions. Ms. Sule, who returned to India after her four-nation visit as the head of a multi-party delegation set up by the Union government after the 'Operation Sindoor', said she had already assured Congress leaders that NCP (SP) will remain in the INDIA bloc. Last month, Sh...Read More
Bengaluru, June 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday announced the suspension of five senior police officers, including the Bengaluru Police Commissioner and DCP (Central Division) in connection with the to stampede incident near the Chinnaswamy Stadium here on June 4 which resulted in the death of at least 11 people. The government has also appointed a new Police Commissioner for Bengaluru city. An order stated: "On June 4, there was a stampede during the victo...Read More
Jammu, June 5 (UNI) Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said direct train service between Jammu and Srinagar would commence in September this year.Speaking to reporters at Katra on his arrival a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to flag off Katra-Srinagar train, Ashwini said that work on Jammu Railway station is going on."The work is expected to be completed by September. With the availability of platform 5 and 6, Vande Bharat trains will run between Jammu and Srina...Read More
Silchar: Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gaurav Gogoi on Thursday alleged a severe shortage of food and medicines in the relief camps for flood-affected people in Silchar. On the second day of his Barak Valley tour, Gogoi distributed relief materials and interacted with flood victims, besides criticizing the BJP-led state govt."There is a serious shortage of ration and medicines. The BJP-led govt has failed miserably in flood management. Instead of focusing on relief and rehabi...Read More
New Delhi: Following a directive from the Delhi Police Commissioner to strictly enforce number plate regulations, the traffic police have launched a widespread crackdown on vehicles with improperly displayed or decorative number plates. As of May 2025, more than 27,000 drivers have been booked for violations.The enforcement drive targets non-standard number plates that use unusual fonts, colours, religious symbols, or caste and community slogans. According to official data, there were 17,795 vio...Read More
New Delhi: Delhi govt has imposed a strict ban on direct purchases and cart-based procurement through the Government e-Market (GeM) portal for hospitals. The administration clarified that no healthcare facility or institution has the authority to make cart purchases or initiate bidding independently.The order emphasised that any non-compliance with these guidelines will face serious consequences, potentially leading to disciplinary or legal proceedings as determined by the relevant authority.The...Read More
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday deferred pronouncement of the order on the acceptance of CBI's closure report in the case of the disappearance of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, missing since Oct 2016.Additional chief judicial magistrate Jyoti Maheshwari posted the matter for June 30 after seeking clarifications from the CBI.After Ahmed was reported missing, his mother, Fatima Naees, moved court. The court directed CBI to take over the case. In Oct 2018, the agency closed its investigation, claim...Read More
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