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Four children, all close friends, went missing in Khorabar town of Gorakhpur district on Wednesday evening. Their bicycles and clothes on the bank of the Rapti river have raised fears that they may have drowned while bathing, officials said. According to Gautam Gupta from the disaster management office, rescue teams were rushed to the spot after information was received around 6:15 pm. However, the search operation was initially hampered by poor visibility. Sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Deepa
Hyderabad, July 18 (UNI) In view of the ongoing heavy rains in Hyderabad, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has directed all concerned departments to stay on high alert and ensure swift response to public grievances. The Chief Minister instructed officials from GHMC, HMDA, Water Works, Electricity, and Police departments to work in close coordination to prevent any rain-related disruptions. He also emphasised the need for immediate action in areas facing waterlogging, power outages, or other rain-induced issues. CM Revanth Reddy further directed the deployment of SDRF, NDRF, Hydra teams, and ot ...Read More >
According to his brother Mohammad Shakib Alam, Hussain, who also lived partly with his in-laws in Barui village, was returning home when his bicycle broke down near Bhattapar village under Roh police station, forcing him to look for a puncture shop. A 50-year-old cloth vendor who was robbed and assaulted by a mob, had his ears cut off and was branded with an iron rod in Nalanda district last week, died during treatment on Friday night, officials said. Mohammad Athar Hussain, a resident of Gagan ...Read More >
Kolkata, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The West Bengal unit of BJP, under the leadership of its new State party President Samik Bhattacharya is making all efforts to ensure a political rally in the state, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing it, before Trinamool Congress's annual Martyrs' day rally in Kolkata on July 21. An insider from the state committee of BJP said that the week before July 21, the Prime Minister is scheduled to go for an election campaign in Bihar where the Assembly polls are scheduled later this year. "We are trying hard so that the Prime Minister can spare some time ...Read More >
Medak: Telangana State BJP President N. Ramchander Rao on Friday appealed to the people to give the committed party an opportunity to meet the aspirations of the poor and downtrodden. Addressing a large gathering of party workers in Medak, the BJP chief remarked that citizens have experienced the rule of the BRS and the Congress party and have had bitter experiences with the deceitful practices of both. He urged people to support the BJP wholeheartedly in the upcoming local body elections as a way to teach the ruling Congress party a lesson for its unfulfilled promises. Rao emphasized that t ...Read More >
Imphal, June 29 (UNI) A series of successful operations carried out by Manipur Police and security forces during the last 24 hours led to the arrest of several individuals involved in vehicle theft, insurgent activity, and the recovery of a significant cache of arms and ammunition. Police arrested a vehicle lifter identified as Syed Riyaj from his residence at Lilong Chaobok in Thoubal District. The arrest was made under Lilong Police Station. Authorities seized a blue two wheeler without registration number, along with a key and an Aadhaar card believed to be linked to the suspect. In a s ...Read More >
New Delhi: The death sentence of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who was sentenced to death in Yemen, has been postponed for the time being. She was to be executed by shooting today, July 16. According to media reports, activist groups and influential religious leaders intervened in the matter, after which the death sentence of Nimisha Priya was postponed. Earlier, many efforts were also made at the diplomatic level to save Nimisha from the death penalty. There is also news that the victim's family has not yet agreed to clemency or blood money. As a last-ditch effort to save her, Kanthapuram A. ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge was admitted to MS Ramaiah Hospital in Bengaluru after developing a fever late Tuesday night, sparking concern among party workers and political leaders across the country. Doctors at the hospital are closely monitoring his condition and have assured that there is no immediate cause for alarm. Kharge, 83, was reportedly brought to the renowned medical facility after he complained of persistent fever. A medical team quickly initiated a series of diagnostic tests to determine the cause. While his condition is said to be stable, doctors have kept ...Read More >
Gurgaon: Two days after a law student died and his friend suffered critical injuries when a car knocked them down as they stood near railing on the service lane of Delhi-Jaipur highway in the early hours of Tuesday, a civil engineer was arrested on Thursday.Mohit (31), an employee of a private company in the city, told police that he got drowsy while driving. He is staying at a PG facility in Sector 14.The student who died, Harsh Singhal (25), was a resident of Om Nagar colony. His friend Abhishek Kumar (23), who is from Shanti Nagar in Sector 11, is undergoing treatment at a private hospital ...Read More >
Haridwar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sakshi Maharaj on Sunday demanded that hotel, dhaba and eatery owners on the Kanwar Yatra routes should display their names and identities on boards outside their business establishments. The owners, who hide their identities under fake names, on the Kanwar Yatra routes should not be spared, he told reporters here. "Tampering with faith of the Hindu devotees during the Kanwar Yatra will not be tolerated," said the Unnao MP. The food shops on the Kanwar Yatra routes should have a board outside with the names of their owners clearly written on them, h ...Read More >
Chennai: Preliminary investigations attribute the fire on the goods train near Tiruvallur to a possible spark from overhead electrical equipment (OHE) igniting fuel leaking from a derailed wagon.The incident paralysed services on the busy Chennai-Arakkonam route and left nearby residents engulfed in thick black smoke. The disruption left thousands of rail passengers stranded, many of whom were unable to get updates as railway helplines went unanswered for hours. The train carrying diesel from Chennai Harbour to Walajah Road Siding was exiting Tiruvallur station around 5.30am on Sunday, when a ...Read More >
Lucknow, Jul 17 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh's capital city has secured the third position in the category of urban spaces with population exceeding 10 lakh, while Prayagraj was adjudged the Cleanest Ganga City in the ninth edition of the Swachh Survekshan. Lucknow also became the first city in the state to achieve a 7-star Garbage Free City rating in the 2024-25 survey. Gorakhpur achieved double success, ranking third in the Safai Mitra Surakshit Sheher category and fourth among cities with a population between 3 to 10 lakh. Agra has been recognised as the Emerging Clean City of Uttar Pradesh, securi ...Read More >
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Bengaluru Crime: A woman's body, believed to be between 30 and 35 years old, was found stuffed inside a sack and dumped in a garbage truck in Bengaluru early Thursday. The identity of the woman is yet to be confirmed. Police said the sack was discovered by BBMP sanitation workers who immediately alerted the authorities. The body was found with her hands and neck tied, raising strong suspicion of murder. Officials stated that the body had been placed inside a gunny bag before being thrown into the garbage vehicle. Joint Commissioner of Police, C Vamsi Krishna, confirmed that the body has been ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister Suresh Gopi stirred controversy on Tuesday by claiming that those elected by "corpses" are now serving the state. Speaking at a neighbourhood meet called "Kalungu" in Idukki district, he alleged that cadavers from 25 years ago had cast votes in Kerala elections. Media reports have previously highlighted incidents of deceased voters being listed as active in Kerala's voter list, he said, while indirectly referring to the accusations of "scientific rigging " against the Left parties. The minister was responding to allegations of voter fraud in Thrissur consti ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The US embassy in India has warned that "committing assault, theft, or burglary in the United States won't just cause you legal issues -- it could lead to your visa being revoked and make you ineligible for future US visas". The warning was issued days after a video of an Indian woman who tried to leave a store with a cart full of items without paying went viral. This also prompted the embassy to say, "The US values law and order and expects foreign visitors to follow all US laws."Responding to queries on the issue, the ministry of external affairs said that "whether a person is liv ...Read More >
MADURAI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who arrived in Madurai on Saturday night, will be taking part in the BJP's state core committee meeting during the day on Sunday, and address party functionaries at Velammal Global Hospital Ground in the evening. BJP sources said Shah will be visiting the Meenakshi Amman Temple on Sunday morning, where he is expected to spend around 30 minutes. He will then hold a meeting with the state's core committee, which includes union minister for state L Murugan, BJP state president Nainar Nagenthran, former governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, former state unit pr ...Read More >
An official identified the ill-fated building as 'Aggarwal Lodge' located near a bus stand. The incident occurred at 5.30 pm, eyewitnesses said, adding that a loud explosion-like sound was heard when the structure collapsed, triggering massive dust clouds. One person was found dead, while 7-10 others are still trapped in the debris, Anuppur Superintendent of Police Moti-ur-Rehman told reporters. Describing the accident as tragic, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said the authorities have been direct ...Read More >
Bengaluru Stampede Probe: The Karnataka government's status report on the deadly stampede outside Bengaluru's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium lays primary blame on RCB, its event management partner DNA Entertainment Networks Pvt. Ltd, and the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), accusing them of unilaterally organising the mass public event without securing legal permission or coordinating with city authorities. The question here arises is - All To Blame But Congress Govt? Watch panel discussion on Times Now's show, Newshour Agenda with Madhavdas GK. ...Read More >
BHOPAL: A four-storied tourist lodge caved in like a pack of cards, killing three labourers, including a woman and injuring three others, in Kotma town of Anuppur district in eastern Madhya Pradesh on Saturday evening. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams from Chhattisgarh's Bhilai and Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, assisted by MP's state disaster and emergency response force (SDERF) recovered the bodies of two men by Saturday night, while the woman's body was recovered from the debris on Sunday morning. The two deceased men have been identified as Hanuman Deen Yadav (55) and Ram Kripal ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 16 (PTI) Economist and former CPI(M) leader Prasenjit Bose joined the Congress during a programme in the metropolis, and asserted that he would support the party in its fight to "save the Constitution". Bose (51) became a part of the Congress at a formal joining ceremony here on Monday in the presence of party leaders Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Syed Naseer Hussain and Kanhaiya Kumar, besides state unit president Subhankar Sarkar. "We have to protect the Constitution, establish a government that is non-communal. Only the Congress can do that. I have joined the Congress to be part of its fi ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Meghalaya police search team on Wednesday recovered a raincoat during their ongoing search operation. Police are searching for tourist Sonam Raghuvanshi (from Indore) in the Mawkma area near Sohrarim. Raja Raghuvanshi, a resident of Indore decomposed body was found in a deep gorge near Weisawdong Falls in Meghalaya's Sohra (Cherrapunjee). Police have confirmed that he was murdered using a dao (machete). The discovery follows the couple's mysterious disappearance on May 23 while vi ...Read More >
New Delhi: The famous orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala of Mumbai who operated on Rishabh Pant after a serious road accident in December of 2022 feels that although the somersaults by Pant are being done rather well, it is an unnecessary event. During his path back home in Roorkee in December 2022, Rishabh Pant was involved in an accident with his luxury car hitting a divider after which he sustained various injuries. He had been treated in Dehradun and then he was flown to Mumbai. Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala conducted a ligament reconstruction surgery on his right knee in the Kokilaben Dhi ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Congress national general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala Monday kicked off a feedback-cum-review exercise in Karnataka, aimed at evaluating the performance of the govt led by chief minister Siddaramaiah and to quell murmurs of dissent.The move also comes amid speculation of a change at the helm and a cabinet reshuffle, but Surjewala firmly denied any connection to changes at the top."This is purely an organisational exercise," Surjewala said. "Unlike what is being projected -- which is a figment of the media's imagination -- these meetings are not to collect feedback for a change ...Read More >
BHOPAL: Development of education infrastructure has helped Madhya Pradesh achieve zero school dropout and increase in the enrollment of students. This was informed by Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav while launching the state-level Pravesh Utsav (Admission Festival) marking commencement of admissions in government schools in the state on Wednesday. The state government launched a four-day 'School Chale Hum' (Let Us Go to School) campaign across Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday to boost enrollment in the government schools. He attributed the achievement of bringing down school dropout to ...Read More >
Indore couple case: Meghalaya BJP minister backs families' CBI probe demand Shillong: Even as the hectic search for the missing Madhya Pradesh woman continued for over two weeks on Saturday, Meghalaya's lone BJP Minister, Alexander Laloo Hek has supported the families' demand for a CBI probe into the death of Raja Raghuvanshi, whose wife Sonam is still missing. The decomposed body of Sonam's husband Raja Raghuvanshi was recovered on June 2. The couple from Indoor in Madhya Pradesh went missing on May 23 while visiting Meghalaya's Sohra-Cherrapunji areas, a tourism hotspot in the northeaster ...Read More >
Shillong, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even as the hectic search for the missing Madhya Pradesh woman continued for over two weeks on Saturday, Meghalaya's lone BJP Minister, Alexander Laloo Hek has supported the families' demand for a CBI probe into the death of Raja Raghuvanshi, whose wife Sonam is still missing. The decomposed body of Sonam's husband Raja Raghuvanshi was recovered on June 2. The couple from Indoor in Madhya Pradesh went missing on May 23 while visiting Meghalaya's Sohra-Cherrapunji areas, a tourism hotspot in the northeastern region. On Saturday, the Minister said that the CB ...Read More >
Bhopal, Jul 10 (PTI) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday said employment-oriented and quality education is the core strength of any country. He was addressing students and teachers on the occasion of Guru Purnima, and after inaugurating the government-run Kamla Nehru Sandipani School's fully-equipped new building in state capital Bhopal. In the olden times, many countries in the world benefited from Indian knowledge as the spirit of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' (the world is one) was embedded into it, he said. "Currently, India is going through its golden period under the guida ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The dropout rate in government schools has been reduced to zero, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said while launching the state-level admission festival under the School Chale Hum campaign on Wednesday. Addressing students, Yadav said new enrolments increased by 19% in the state of which government schools recorded a surge of over 36%. "Children are leaving private schools to enrol in Sandipani institutions equipped with libraries, playgrounds and high-tech labs," he said. To support students, four lakh bicycles will be distributed to ease their commute. The state has als ...Read More >