Aizawl, Jun 30 (PTI) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Monday urged refugees from Myanmar, Bangladesh and internally displaced people from Manipur who had taken shelter in the state to mingle with the local people and respect their laws, social practices and religious traditions. Around 40,000 people from the neighbouring two countries and a state are currently in Mizoram, he said at a government programme here. Lalduhoma said that asylum seekers from Myanmar, and Bangladesh and those displa...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs, leaders and supporters held a protest outside the office of Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa in west Delhi's Rajouri Garden on Monday, alleging he made a "derogatory" remark aimed at slum dwellers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and demanding his dismissal from the Cabinet. Reacting to the protest, Sirsa denied AAP's allegation and told PTI that he has been opposing illegal encroachments by Rohingyas and Bangladeshis that pose a t...Read More
Chandigarh, June 30 (PTI) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday asked the AAP government to stop its policy of "political vendetta", asserting that it would start a people's campaign against it on key public issues like law and order and the drug menace. The SAD held the first meeting of its newly constituted core committee which was presided over by party president Sukhbir Singh Badal. Badal also appointed senior leader Gulzar Singh Ranike as the coordinator for the forthcoming Tarn Taran b...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) About 10 lakh footballs will be distributed to schools across the country to boost participation in football and nurture a strong sporting culture among students, Union Education Minister Dharemndra Pradhan has said. The minister announced this on Sunday at the PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya, Fort William in Kolkata, where he flagged off the distribution of FIFA footballs as part of the Football for Schools (F4S). "Approximately 10 lakh footballs will be distributed to scho...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) Three prominent civil society groups from Manipur conveyed to the Centre on Monday that the territorial integrity of the northeastern state must be maintained and sought urgent steps for the rehabilitation of ethnic violence-hit people and ensuring security for the farmers who have land in the peripheral areas of the Imphal valley, sources said. A 19-member delegation comprising members of the three groups -- Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), All Mani...Read More
Dehradun, Jun 30 (PTI) The Chardham Yatra resumed on Monday with rains easing at most places in Uttarakhand though authorities urged pilgrims to be cautious, while rescuers searched for seven construction workers - who went missing following a landslide and cloudburst on Yamunotri highway - for the second consecutive day. The NDRF, SDRF, ITBP and the district administration teams are scouring along the Yamuna river and through the landslide debris in search of the missing labourers, Uttarkashi ...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday said that government think-tank NITI Aayog has withdrawn a working paper on Indo-US Agriculture trade relations. The Aayog in a working paper, titled Promoting India-US Agricultural Trade Under the New US Trade Regime, had suggested that in the aftermath of 'reciprocal tariffs' by the US, India should adopt dual-track approach and selectively reduce high tariffs on non-sensitive agricultural commodities imports from Washington, whi...Read More
New Delhi, June 30 (PTI) Most parts of India are likely to receive above-normal rainfall in July, the weather department said on Monday, asking authorities and people in central India, Uttarakhand and Haryana to stay alert due to the risk of flooding even as some parts of the country are facing the fury of the monsoons. In rain-induced damages in parts of Himachal Pradesh, while buildings collapsed, landslides and road blockades added worries to the woes of the people in the hill state on Monda...Read More
Kolkata, Jun 30 (PTI) The IMD on Monday forecast heavy rainfall in several districts of West Bengal in the next few days owing to a low-pressure area over the coastal areas of the state adjoining the Bay of Bengal. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said that light to moderate rainfall is likely to occur in most places of the state for the next five days owing to the low pressure area and an active monsoon. The weather office said that the low pressure is likely to move slowly towards ...Read More
Bengaluru, Jun 30 (PTI) Senior Congress MLA B R Patil, who had recently alleged bribery in the allotment of public housing, met AICC General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala here on Monday. The MLA said he had brought all related matters to the General Secretary's notice. It is now up to the party high command to take appropriate action, he added. Patil, who also serves as the Deputy Chairman of the Karnataka State Policy and Planning Commission, had made the bribery al...Read More
Belagavi (Karnataka), Jun 30 (PTI) Four people have been arrested for allegedly "assaulting" five members of the Sri Ram Sene by tying them to a tree in Ingali village, police said on Monday. A video of the incident, which took place in Hukkeri taluk on June 28, has gone viral on social media, prompting police to register a case on their own. The video shows five men tied to a coconut tree and being "thrashed" by a group of villagers. Sri Ram Sene members claimed they were attacked for stoppin...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) "My wait for Najeeb will continue till my last breath", said Fatima Nafees, mother of first-year JNU student Najeeb Ahmed who went missing in 2016. She said that she would speak to her lawyers to explore a future course of action. A Delhi court on Monday allowed the CBI to close Ahmed's case saying that the agency "exhausted all options". Ahmed went missing from the Mahi-Mandvi hostel of JNU, following a scuffle with some students allegedly affiliated with the Akhil Bh...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) To make the KYC process easier, markets regulator Sebi on Monday said that registered intermediaries are allowed to use 'e-KYC Setu System' of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to perform digital KYC. Registered intermediaries can use this facility to perform digital KYC, as an additional alternate mechanism available to them to carry out Aadhaar-based e-KYC of their clients. Under the present framework, registered intermediaries use e-KYC services of Unique...Read More
Mumbai, June 30 (PTI) Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Abu Azmi has moved the Bombay High Court seeking the quashing of two "politically motivated" FIRs registered against him over his remarks on Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. A bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Rajesh Patil issued a notice to the police on Monday and posted the matter for further hearing after four weeks. In an interview with the media in March, Azmi allegedly stated that Aurangzeb was a "good administrator" and during his reign, India's ...Read More
Chennai, Jun 30 (PTI) The country's policies and initiatives were aimed at making India one of the leading nations in the cruise tourism sector, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said, gave a lot of emphasis whether it was modernisation or port-led connectivity, coastal community development, inland waterways, coastal shipping, and in every other sector so that India became one of the leading maritime nations in the world. "Public-private partne...Read More
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Industrial production activity in India moderated month-on-month with the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing 1.2 per cent in May, against 2.7 per cent recorded in April, according to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation data. In May, the growth rates of the three sectors, Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity the were (-) 0.1 per cent, 2.6 per cent, and (-) 5.8 per cent, respectively. Also Read | 'I Stand Firmly With Diljit': Actor...Read More
Tiruppur (Tamil Nadu), Jun 30 (PTI) A 27-year old woman, who was married only about two and a half months ago, has died by suicide after holding her husband and in-laws responsible for her decision to end her life, police said on Monday. Just before she ended her life by consuming pesticide, the woman, Rithanya in an audio message to her father alleged that her husband Kavinkumar caused her physical torture. She alleged that her father-in-law Easwaramurthy and mother-in-law Chitradevi caused he...Read More
Ahmedabad, June 30 (PTI) June is the wettest month in Gujarat since 2015 with rainfall exceeding 288 mm so far, official data shows. Gujarat has recorded 288.70 mm rainfall, or 32.73 per cent of its annual average so far, which is the highest since 2015. The southwest monsoon arrived in Gujarat on June 16 and covered the entire state by June 18. The monsoon broke its previous record of 200.83 mm rainfall recorded in June 2023. South Gujarat region has received the highest rainfall at 532.55 m...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) As the monsoon arrives in the national capital, civic agencies race towards completing the desilting work with PWD and have completed 82 per cent of the work, according to a statement issued on Monday. Irrigation and Flood Control Department has completed 100 per cent desilting of large drains, officials said on Monday. Waterlogging is a serious problem that the city faces, disrupting traffic movement every year during monsoon season. The Public Works Department (PWD, w...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) Hyderabad-based textiles manufacturer Filatex Fashions on Monday said its revenue rose by 7 per cent to Rs 191.65 crore in 2024-25 on the back of export orders. The textile and fashion manufacturing company's total income increased to Rs 191.65 crore in FY25 from Rs 179.02 crore in FY24, marking a 7 per cent growth, a statement said. Filatex Fashions said its mining subsidiary, Filatex Mines and Minerals, in the last fiscal secured its first major export order worth USD...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) India has hardened its position on issues related to agriculture as negotiations with the US team in Washington have entered a crucial stage, an official said on Monday. The official also said that the stay of the Indian team, headed by special secretary in the department of commerce Rajesh Agrawal, is expected to be extended further. The team is in Washington for negotiations on an interim trade agreement with the US. Both sides are rushing to close a deal ahead of the...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) The initial public offer of Indogulf Cropsciences Ltd received 25.98 times subscription on the closing day of bidding on Monday, helped by encouraging participation from institutional investors. The company's initial share sale got bids for 34,72,66,170 shares against 1,33,65,710 shares on offer, as per NSE data. The quota for non-institutional investors fetched 48.39 times subscription while the category for Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) got subscribed 33.26 ti...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) A Delhi court on Monday allowed the CBI to close the case of first year JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who went missing on October 15, 2016, saying the agency "exhausted all options". Additional chief judicial magistrate Jyoti Maheshwari also "earnestly hoped" Najeeb was traced soon. "This court expresses its regret that while the proceedings in the present case end with this closure report, a closure for Najeeb's mother and other loved ones, still eludes us," the order said...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) The central government's fiscal deficit fell to 0.8 per cent of the full-year target at the end of May, mainly due to a whopping Rs 2.69 lakh crore dividend received from the Reserve Bank of India. The fiscal deficit, or gap between the government's expenditure and revenue, had touched 11.9 per cent of the Budget Estimates (BE) for 2025-26 or Rs 1.86 lakh crore in April. Following the RBI's dividend payout, the Centre's fiscal deficit was reduced to 0.8 per cent of BE o...Read More
Dehradun, Jun 30 (PTI) Suruchi Inder Singh continued her remarkable form this season by winning the women's 10m pistol event while Olympian Saurabh Chaudhary took the top spot in the men's event on the final day of the National Selection Trials, here Monday. Both Suruchi and Saurabh also topped their respective qualification rounds with high scores of 588 and 587 respectively in Group A at the Trishul Shooting Range. Suruchi dominated the finals from the start and finished with a score of 244....Read More
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) Cinema veteran Naseeruddin Shah on Monday defended Punjabi star Diljit Dosanjh amid backlash over Pakistani actor Hania Aamir's role in "Sardaar Ji 3", saying casting is not the actor-musician's responsibility. The row began last week after Dosanjh shared the trailer of "Sardaar Ji 3", which made its debut in overseas territories on June 27 and skipped release in India. Many social media users have called for a ban on Dosanjh, while trade unions like the All Indian Cine...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) Neeraj Chopra says he is "slowly understanding the concept of flow" after his celebrated coach Jan Zelezny advised him to run like an 18-year-old "without any tension" before launching his javelin. The 27-year-old Chopra, a double Olympic medallist, also said he would want to have cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar's "superpower" to help him handle challenges with a calm mindset. He said the best advice he has received on and off the field was from Czech legend Zelezny, wh...Read More
Hyderabad: Upset over the possible appointment of Ramchander Rao as BJP's Telangana President, the party's firebrand MLA Raja Singh on Monday wrote to Union Minister G Kishan Reddy saying that he is resigning from the primary membership of the saffron party. Reddy is presently the state chief and the party high command is likely to announce new successor on Tuesday. Singh said the decision to appoint the new head of the party in the state has come as a shock and disappointment, not just to him...Read More
Jammu, Jun 30 (PTI) Defying apprehensions of the horrific April 22 terror Pahalgam attack casting a shadow on the Amarnath Yatra this year, hundreds of pilgrims from various parts of the country lined up at the registration centre here on the first day. "Bullets and bombs cannot stop us from having Baba Barfani's darshan," said Mumbai resident Devakar Kadam, who will embark on his 11th pilgrimage to the cave shrine this time. The Saraswati Dham registration centre, near the Jammu railway stati...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) Delhi Police will launch a drive against selling and stockpiling of Chinese manjha in the national capital, an officer said on Monday. Chinese manjha, a sharp string used for flying kites, which is coated with glass, metal, or other sharp materials, has been banned in the capital since 2017. On June 27, a 22-year-old man died after his throat was slit by a Chinese manjha near Bara Hindu Rao Hospital in north Delhi. The victim, Yash Goswami, a resident of Karawal Nagar,...Read More