Guna/Ashoknagar (MP), Jun 26 (PTI) Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia was stung in the finger by a suspected bee during a train launch event in Madhya Pradesh's Ashoknagar district on Thursday, according to eyewitnesses. The minister was greeting people at the Ashoknagar station after getting down from the newly launched Gwalior-Bengaluru weekly express train service when the sting happened. Once on the dais, the minister was seen wincing in pain as he kept pressing his finger. His staff quic...Read More
Etawah/Lucknow (UP), Jun 26 (PTI) Days after the alleged caste-based tonsuring of a Bhagwat Katha preacher and his aide in Etawah's Dandarpur village, tensions escalated on Thursday as members of Yadav groups staged protests demanding the arrest of all accused and withdrawal of the case registered against the victims. According to police, large crowds began gathering near the Agra-Kanpur highway and at the village in the Bakewar area in the afternoon. Purported videos showed unidentified perso...Read More
Shimla/Dharamshala, Jun 26 (PTI) With the recovery of three more bodies on Thursday from a hydro project site in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district that was hit by flash floods a day ago, the death toll has risen to five, officials said. Search operations have been intensified to find the six persons still missing since flash floods triggered by cloudbursts hit Kangra and Kullu districts on Wednesday. Two bodies were recovered on Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as Chain Singh, a ...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) Will Jasprit Bumrah play in the second Test at Edgbaston? That is the biggest question facing the Indian team management as it looks to draw parity against England after losing the series opener from a commanding position at Leeds. In his media interaction post the five-wicket loss on day five, head coach Gautam Gambhir made it clear that there will be no change in the workload of injury-prone pace spearhead Bumrah, who is slated to play three out of five Tests in the En...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) Singapore-based Cube Mobility Investments on Thursday divested a 3.62 per cent unitholding in Cube Highways Trust for Rs 615 crore through open market transactions. As per the bulk deal data on the BSE and NSE, Cube Mobility Investments Pte sold more than 2.81 crore units of Cube Highways Trust (Cube InvIT) on the BSE and it offloaded 2.01 crore units on the NSE, representing a combined 3.62 per cent unitholding in Cube InvIT . The units were sold at an average price of...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) The Delhi government on Thursday said that medical examination of a 23-year-old woman who died during treatment at a government hospital showed no signs of sexual assault, despite allegations to the contrary. The statement came after the Opposition slammed the BJP-led Delhi government over the matter, flagging the "deteriorating" law and order situation and "crumbling" health infrastructure in the national capital. The woman was allegedly molested by a patient in the sa...Read More
Chennai, Jun 26 (PTI) AIADMK top leader Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday wondered if Chief Minister MK Stalin and the DMK had locus standi to utter Dravidian icon C N Annadurai's name and slammed the CM for "speaking politics in government function." Palaniswami's tirade follows Stalin's "AIADMK has mortgaged the name of Anna itself," jibe. Alleging that the chief minister did nothing for the people during the past 4-year rule of the DMK, Palaniswami said the AIADMK was founded by late leader...Read More
Bhopal, Jun 26 (PTI) The much-awaited direct weekly train service between Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka's capital Bengaluru started on Thursday. Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia showed the green flag to the train at the Gwalior station, while Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw took part in the flagging off ceremony through video link from Jabalpur and Delhi, respectively. Yadav said the Gwalior-SMVT Bengaluru Weekly Express will b...Read More
Puri, Jun 26 (PTI) The seaside pilgrim town of Puri is set to celebrate the Rath Yatra festival on Friday, with the administration being ready to smoothly conduct the event. The civil and police administrations are on high alert as lakhs of devotees will witness the annual event under tight security. "By the grace of Mahaprabhu (Lord Jagannath), we are fully prepared to conduct a smooth Rath Yatra on Friday. We are getting complete support and cooperation from the servitors. All arrangements a...Read More
Lucknow, Jun 26 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday met the family of astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who made history as the first Indian to enter the International Space Station (ISS). Shukla's mother Asha Shukla, father Shambhu Dayal Shukla, sister Suchi Mishra, and nephew Vaishvik Mishra made a courtesy call at the chief minister's official residence. "A historic day for India!" Adityanath posted on X in English. "Congratulations to Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla ...Read More
New Delhi: The second match of the five-match Test series between India and England will be played at Edgbaston in Birmingham. It will start on July 2. In this Test, Shubman Gill has a chance to create history. Actually, the Indian team has not been able to win on this ground so far. Team India played the first match on this ground in 1967. Be it Virat Kohli or Dhoni or Dravid or Sourav Ganguly, no Indian captain has won here in 58 years. However, Gill will have a chance to get his name register...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) Amid rate moderation by the Reserve Bank, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to meet heads of public sector banks (PSBs) on Friday for review their financial performance and progress of various government flagship schemes. According to sources, the finance minister may exhort them to increase credit flow towards productive sectors of the economy. This is going to be the first review meeting after the Reserve Bank earlier this month carried out a jumbo poli...Read More
Srinagar, Jun 26 (PTI) The Congress on Thursday said it would intensify its struggle to press for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a press conference at the party office here, Syed Naseer Hussain, All India Congress Committee General Secretary In-charge of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs, lashed out at the BJP-led Central government for "delay" in granting statehood to the Union Territory, after committing it in Parliament and before the Supreme Court. Hussain...Read More
Bhubaneswar, Jun 26 (PTI) AIIMS Bhubaneswar has been ranked second among the top 10 emerging medical colleges in the country in a survey conducted by India Today and Marketing and Development Research Associates (MDRA), the institute said in a statement on Thursday. This milestone reflects AIIMS Bhubaneswar's unwavering commitment to academic excellence, cutting-edge research, and compassionate patient care, it said. Ashutosh Biswas, executive director of AIIMS Bhubaneswar, said, the recogniti...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) Four people have been arrested for looting Rs 30 lakh cash from the residence of a businessman in southwest Delhi's Vasant Kunj area, an official said on Thursday. The incident took place on June 23, when a group of unidentified men allegedly barged into the house of Karan Chopra, a businessman engaged in city gas distribution, and fled with the cash, he said. "Based on technical surveillance and field inputs, four accused involved in the robbery have been arrested so f...Read More
Patna, Jun 26 (PTI) An Election Commission of India (ECI) team on Thursday held a meeting with Bihar Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and other officials to review preparations for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state ahead of the assembly polls due later this year. The ECI team is led by Senior Deputy Election Commissioner (Sr DEC) Maneesh Garg. A statement issued by the office of the Bihar CEO said, "The ECI team headed by Sr DEC held a review meeting with office...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) After a four-year hunt, the CBI Thursday arrested a key accused in the murder of West Bengal BJP leader Abhijit Sarkar during post-poll violence in the state in 2021, officials said. Arun Dey alias Bhai, on the run since August 25, 2021 when the case was registered, was nabbed in an operation by the CBI, they said. "The arrested accused was produced before the court of Ld. Judge, Bench I, NDPS Act, City Sessions Court, Calcutta today and remanded to Judicial Custody," C...Read More
Shimla, Jun 26 (PTI) In view of the adverse weather conditions, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday directed all the deputy commissioners in the state to stay alert and ensure 24x7 accessibility to the public. The direction came a day after heavy rains, cloudbursts and flash floods caused havoc in the state. Virtually reviewing the situation with district administration representatives on Thursday, he asked all the deputy commissioners to conduct relief and rehabilitation operati...Read More
Pune, Jun 26 (PTI) A case of 'defacement of public property ' was registered here on Thursday against a Shiv Sena (UBT) worker for allegedly putting up hoardings taking potshots at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Rajya Sabha member Medha Kulkarni. Kulkarni had on Monday demanded that the Pune Railway Station be renamed as 'Thorle Bajirao Peshwa Pune Railway Station', which was opposed by Shiv Sena (UBT), Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi and some other organisations. Some local leaders also deman...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) Travel advisories are periodically issued by countries based on their "assessment of various factors", and "we have noted" that the US has updated the travel advisory for India, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said this in response to a query on the advisory issued recently by the US for its citizens travelling to India. In the June 16 advisory, the US urged its citizens to exercise "increased caution" due to crime and...Read More
Kota (Rajasthan), Jun 26 (PTI) Lightning strikes killed four people in separate incidents in Rajasthan's Jhalawar district on Thursday, officials said. In the Aklera area of the district, Premchand Meena and Kailash Tanwar died after being struck by lightning when they were working in their fields. At Rajpura village, a woman identified as Santosh Bai was hit by lightning when she was out in the field. She was rushed to the district hospital where doctors declared her dead. In another inciden...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) The Election Commission on Thursday said it has started proceedings for delisting of 345 registered unrecognized political parties (RUPPs) which have failed to fulfil the essential condition of contesting even a single election for the last six years since 2019. The offices of these parties could also not be physically located anywhere, the EC said. These RUPPs are from different states and UTs across the country, it said. Since 2001, the EC has carried out exercise of...Read More
Nahan (HP) June 26 (PTI) In a second such case reported from Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district in last one week, six minor girls of a government school there have approached police accusing their teacher of sexual harassment and inappropriate touch. Based on the complaint from the minors studying in Classes 6 to 9, a case has been registered against their Hindi teacher under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, Sirmaur Superinte...Read More
Berhampur (Odisha), Jun 26 (PTI) Odisha Police on Thursday arrested the prime accused in the physical assault and humiliation of two Dalit men at Dharakote in Ganjam district on suspicion of cattle smuggling. With the arrest of Rajesh Samal (20) of Jahada in the incident, the number of people arrested in the case has increased to 12 including a juvenile, they said. "Police has launched a manhunt for other persons who are also involved in the case," said Chandrika Swain, inspector in charge, Dha...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) Despite overcast skies and a drizzle-like atmosphere lingering over the city, the much-anticipated monsoon continues to elude Delhi. With the India Meteorological Department (IMD) repeatedly issuing yellow alerts and predicting the monsoon's arrival over the past few days, residents continue to wait as the forecasts have yet to materialise. In its Wednesday bulletin, the IMD stated that the monsoon was likely to cover Delhi within the next 24 hours (by Thursday). Meanw...Read More
Kolkata, Jun 26 (PTI) Union Minister Ajay Tamta on Thursday alleged that the then Indira Gandhi-led Congress government murdered democracy in the country by imposing the Emergency in 1975. Maintaining that democracy is also in danger in West Bengal at present under the Trinamool Congress rule, the Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways claimed that the people of the state desperately want a change in the coming 2026 Assembly elections. The Emergency declared on June 25, 1975, ...Read More
Srinagar, Jun 26 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday chaired a meeting of political leaders to discuss the preparations for the forthcoming Amarnath Yatra. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was among those who attended the meeting that took place at the Raj Bhawan here "Today, held a meeting with political leaders at Srinagar Raj Bhawan to discuss preparations for Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra, which begins from July 3. The meeting was attended by Hon'ble Chief Minister Sh O...Read More
Shillong, Jun 26 (PTI) A Meghalaya court on Thursday remanded three persons to six days of police custody in connection with the murder case of Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi in the northeastern state last month. The three were arrested from Indore on the charge of concealing evidence. The trio were brought here from Madhya Pradesh amid tight security and were taken to the Civil Hospital for medical check-ups before they were produced in court. "The Court has granted six days of police c...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to embark on a five-nation tour next week to attend the BRICS summit in Brazil and to enhance India's ties with four other nations, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Besides Brazil, Modi is set to visit Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina and Namibia, they said. There is no official announcement yet on Modi's planned trip. The main focus of the trip will be his visit to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro to par...Read More
Mumbai, Jun 26 (PTI) The rupee rose 36 paise to close at 85.72 against the US dollar on Thursday on the back of a sharp drop in the greenback and a strong show in the domestic equity markets amid rise in risk appetite. The rupee extended its gains supported by a rise in risk appetite in global markets after the announcement of a ceasefire between Iran and Israel, forex traders said. Domestic markets rose by around one per cent each, while the US Dollar fell towards the 97 mark. At the interba...Read More