Mumbai, June 29 (PTI) Amid a growing chorus against the introduction of the Hindi language in Maharashtra schools from classes 1 to 5, the state cabinet on Sunday decided to withdraw two GRs (government orders) on the implementation of the three-language policy. Addressing a press conference on the eve of the monsoon session of the state legislature, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis also announced the formation of a committee under educationist Dr Narendra Jadhav to suggest the way forward and ...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) The Congress on Sunday cited the reported comments of India's defence attache to Indonesia that the Indian Air Force lost fighter jets to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor and accused the government of having "misled" the country. The party also asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "refusing" to preside over an all-party meeting to take the Opposition into confidence and why the demand for a special session of Parliament has been rejected. Congress general secretar...Read More
Hyderabad, Jun 29 (PTI) Two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen advanced to the semifinals of the 51kg division after a dominant win on the second day of the Elite Women's Boxing Tournament here on Sunday. Zareen delighted the home crowd with a dominant 5:0 victory over Kalpana. Former youth world champion Ankushita Boro also showcased her class, advancing to the semifinals of the 65kg category with a clinical 5:0 win over Rajasthan pugilist Parthvi. Other notable quarterfinal results saw Preet...Read More
Haridwar, Jun 29 (PTI) 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...Read More
Kolkata, Jun 29 (PTI) Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari led a rally on Sunday in protest against the alleged gang rape of a first-year student of a state-run law college in the city demanding security for every daughter across West Bengal. Similar rallies were also taken out by the Congress, CPI(M) and civil society members in the city and its outskirts. Adhikari, the Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly and other party activists walked a distance of less than one km demanding pro...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Torrent Pharmaceuticals on Sunday announced the acquisition of majority stake in J B Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals in a Rs 19,500 crore deal to become India's second most-valued pharma company. Torrent will acquire 46.39 per cent stake from the promoters for about Rs 11,917 crore. It would additionally buy another 2.80 per cent from certain employees of JB Chemicals at the same acquisition price of Rs 1,600 per share (about Rs 719 crore). Post this, it would make an ope...Read More
Uttarkashi (U'Khand), Jun 29 (PTI) Two workers were killed while seven went missing early Sunday after a landslide triggered by a cloudburst hit their campsite at an under-construction hotel along the Yamunotri National Highway in Uttarkashi district, officials said. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), SDRF and police personnel are jointly carrying out search and rescue operations at the site on a war footing, District Magistrate Prashant Arya said. Chardham Yatra was suspended for a ...Read More
Chandigarh, Jun 29 (PTI) The AAP on Sunday suspended Amritsar North MLA and former IPS officer Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh from the party for five years for allegedly indulging in anti-party activities. Kunwar's suspension came days after he questioned the Vigilance Bureau's action against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia, who was arrested in a disproportionate assets case on June 25. The decision to suspend Kunwar from the party was taken by the AAP's political affairs com...Read More
Srinagar, Jun 29 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha visited the Nunwan and Chandanwari base camps on Sunday to review the arrangements for the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, which is scheduled to begin from July 3. At the Nunwan base camp, the LG inaugurated a foot overbridge for smooth movement of the pilgrims. The new facility will ensure efficient security checks and reduce the waiting time for the devotees, an official spokesperson said. Sinha interacted with adminis...Read More
Mumbai, Jun 29 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said the joint protest by his party and the MNS on July 5 stands cancelled after the Maharashtra government withdrew GRs on Hindi and the three-language policy for state schools on Sunday. Amid a growing chorus against the introduction of Hindi from classes 1 to 5, the Devendra Fadnavis cabinet decided to withdraw two GRs (government orders) on the implementation of the three-language policy. "The government withdrew the GR that made Hind...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Indian telecom major Reliance Jio is on track to become the world's largest Fixed Wireless Access provider by subscriber base, eclipsing US-based telecom giant T-Mobile, an analyst report said on Sunday. According to recent data released by telecom regulator Trai, Reliance Jio total 5G FWA subscriber base (including unlicensed band radio) reached 6.88 million in May, while T-Mobile had 6.85 million subscribers in March. Reliance Jio reclassified around 1 million Fixed W...Read More
New Delhi: Under pressure, Maharashtra government on Sunday cancelled government resolutions on the three language policy for schools. However, announceing the decision, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis alleged that Shiv Sena (UBT) chief and forrmer chief minister Uddhav Thackeray had accepted Mashelkar panel's suggestions on implementing three-language policy from class 1. Earlier, Thackeray burnt copies of the June 17 government resolution on the three language policy for schools at a well-a...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Upping the ante over the gang rape of a law student in Kolkata, the BJP on Sunday said West Bengal could never be safe for women until the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is dislodged from power. In a post on X, BJP co-incharge for West Bengal Amit Malviya listed various other cases of alleged sexual assault since 2023 in West Bengal, alleging "direct involvement" of TMC leaders in them. "The TMC is a party of rape sympathiser, rape enablers and serial offenders," he charged. ...Read More
Mumbai, Jun 29 (PTI) Maharashtra Minister Ashok Uike's remarks opposing the imposition of Hindi have found unexpected support from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), which has prominently featured his photograph and quote on its posters ahead of its July 5 protest. The party has displayed the state tribal development minister's quotes on its banners in some parts of Mumbai. Uike had recently said that he would speak only in Marathi, asserting, "I was born in a tribal family. My mother, who ...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) The Election Commission will soon upload the 2003 Bihar electoral roll on its website to facilitate the nearly 4.96 crore voters whose names figure on it extract the relevant portion to be attached with the enumeration form for the special intensive revision of the voters' list. As opposition parties questioned the revision exercise, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar told PTI on Sunday that the purpose is to ensure that no eligible citizen is left out of the elec...Read More
Imphal, Jun 29 (PTI) Former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Sunday said BJP legislators held talks focused on restoring peace and forming a popular government in the state. Speaking to reporters after a meeting held at the BJP state headquarters, Singh said, "We discussed the frustration faced by people and the hardships endured by internally displaced persons. Our party president had called this meeting of BJP legislators. She had recently met national leaders in Delhi as well." Singh ...Read More
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], June 29 (ANI): The second phase of the Baripada Rath Yatra in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district resumed on Sunday, drawing thousands of devotees to the streets as the sacred chariots of Lord Balabhadra, Goddess Subhadra, and Lord Jagannath continued their journey. Steeped in devotion and distinguished by tradition, the Baripada Rath Yatra, also known as the Dwitiya Srikhetra in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, began on Saturday, a day after Rath Yatra in Puri. Also Read | ...Read More
Shimla, Jun 29 (PTI) The meteorological centre in Shimla issued a "red" alert on Sunday for very heavy downpour in 10 districts of Himachal Pradesh, while services on the Shimla-Kalka rail line were suspended for hours till the debris and trees fallen on the tracks following overnight rains were removed. A landslide near Koti on the Shimla-Kalka national highway (NH-5), connecting Shimla and Chandigarh, damaged some stretches of the road, resulting in a two-to-three-km-long traffic jam for hour...Read More
Bhubaneswar, Jun 29 (PTI) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Sunday ordered a major administrative shake-up following the stampede near Shree Gundicha Temple in Puri which claimed three lives and left around 50 people injured. With several crucial Rath Yatra events approaching, the CM has reassigned experienced IAS and IPS officers to ensure tighter coordination and public safety. In a decisive move, ADG (Police Modernisation) SK Priyadarshi has been placed in overall charge of police...Read More
Bhuj, Jun 29 (PTI) Anil Khimani, the last victim of the horrific June 12 Ahmedabad plane crash identified through DNA tests, has been cremated in Gujarat's Kutch district, bringing closure to the family after two weeks of wait and distress that included submission of samples twice. The 35-year-old, a mason by profession and father of two minor daughters, was on his way to London on Air India Flight 171 to meet relatives when it crashed into a medical college complex in Meghaninagar shortly afte...Read More
Sindhudurg, Jun 29 (PTI) Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader Bharat Gogawale claimed that BJP MP and former Chief Minister Narayan Rane did not rise to his current position easily, as he faced several criminal cases, served time in jail, and indulged in fights and even "murder". Narayan Rane's son and state BJP minister Nitesh Rane on Sunday hit back and claimed there is no police record against his father related to any murder. "I will meet Gogawale and broaden his understanding of certa...Read More
Bhubaneswar, Jun 29 (PTI) With an impending flood threat looming over the northern part of the state, the Odisha government on Sunday placed the Balasore district administration on high alert, as several major rivers in the region continue to swell, an official said. Rivers including Budhabalang, Subarnarekha, Jalaka, and Sono are witnessing rising water levels and may cause flooding by Monday, the official warned. To oversee the situation on the ground and assist in flood management, an engin...Read More
Mumbai, Jun 29 (PTI) A three-day-old girl was found abandoned in a basket in Navi Mumbai, with her parents leaving a note in it, apologising and expressing their inability to raise her due to their poor financial condition, police said on Sunday. The Navi Mumbai police's crime branch tracked down and detained the infant's father, Aman Iqbal Kondkar, a resident of Bhiwandi in Thane, within 24 hours, an official said. Investigations revealed that the baby was born to an unwed mother, and the par...Read More
Mumbai, Jun 29 (PTI) Haryana-cadre IPS officer Smiti Chaudhary passed away during treatment for an illness in a hospital in Nashik city on Friday at the age of 48, an official said. She is survived by her husband and Maharashtra cadre IPS officer Rajesh Kumar, the current Director of the Maharashtra Police Academy in Nashik, 190 km from Mumbai. Chaudhary, an IPS officer of 2012 batch, had been posted as the Superintendent of Police of Haryana's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) since 2023. She bre...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Under the telecom production-linked incentive scheme, only 21 out of the 42 eligible manufacturers have been able to get incentives till March 31, 2025, as per data shared by the Department of Telecom. The Department of Telecom has disbursed Rs 1,162 crore for the telecom product-linked incentive scheme till March 31, this year. The telecom product-linked incentive scheme came into effect from April 1, 2021 and is scheduled to end this fiscal year. "Total incentive dis...Read More
Mumbai, Jun 29 (PTI) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said efforts are being made to ensure the need for organising a morcha on July 5 against the three-language formula doesn't arise. Pawar's assurance comes amid protests by the Opposition against the "imposition" of the Hindi language in schools from class 1 on the eve of the monsoon session of the state legislature. The joint march would be organised in Mumbai by Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS, led by Uddhav Thackeray and Raj...Read More
IMAGE: India were relying heavily on Bumrah for wickets and cutting the flow of runs in the first Test against England. Photograph: BCCI Former captain Mohammad Azharuddin said India should play left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav in the Edgbaston Test against England to add more experience to their bowling attack and reduce the burden on pace talisman Jasprit Bumrah. Across the first Test at Leeds, which India lost by five wickets, the visitors were relying heavily on Bumrah for wickets and ...Read More
Shimla, June 29 (PTI) The Himachal Pradesh government is considering amending the police manual to ensure greater accountability within the force amid reports of police personnel being involved in drug trafficking, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Sunday. Felicitating winners of the 12th half marathon organised by the state police on the theme "Together We Defeat Drugs", Sukhu expressed serious concern over the involvement of government employees, including police personnel, in dru...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has set July 31 deadline for mandatory registration of all the coaches -- qualified and unqualified -- in the country in its bid to tackle spiralling doping cases, making it clear that non compliance of the directive will lead to their blacklisting. In its latest circular, following its decision in the January Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) to crack the whip on coaches suspected to be involved in doping of their wards, the AFI s...Read More
Thane, Jun 29 (PTI) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday launched a veiled attack on Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray over his party's growing affinity with the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), led by his cousin Raj Thackeray. Shinde, who heads the Shiv Sena, was speaking at an event here to welcome Vilas Shinde, former Nashik chief of Sena (UBT), 30 sarpanchs and many former corporators to his party fold. "A leader (Uddhav) is approaching a party (MNS) that he had ...Read More