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Sogane (Shivamogga) The residents of Sogane village near Shivamogga are proud of the fact that Shivamogga airport is located in their village. But this sentiment shifts during the rainy season when a majority of their plantations are flooded. During the construction of the airport, four tanks in the area were filled up. As a result, rainwater that used to collect in those tanks is released to the left bank canal of the Bhadra Reservoir Project, that passes close to the airport compound wall. W ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday warned educational institutions that cases would be booked against them if drugs were found in their premises. The CM announced that the state's Anti-Narcotics Bureau would henceforth be known as Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE) and was tasked with curbing the menace of narcotics in the state. Speaking at an event marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2025 at Shilpakala Vedika here, Redd ...Read More >
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday (June 26, 2025) cautioned against the growing drug menace in the State, calling on citizens, institutions and youth to take collective responsibility in eradicating the threat. Speaking at a programme held at Shilpakala Vedika, the Chief Minister announced the launch of Telangana Anti Narcotics Bureau (TGANB) as a special enforcement unit called EAGLE, which stands for Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement. He said EAGLE will be tasked ...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 Abhish ...Read More >
The Delhi Government's Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Thursday registered an FIR against Aam Aadmi Party leaders and former Health Ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj and Satyendra Jain in connection with alleged corruption in the implementation of health infrastructure projects during the tenure of the AAP government, an official said. The leaders, along with unknown government officials and private contractors, were booked under section 13(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, along with Sections ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin wishes Naveen Patnaik a speedy recovery and continued good health A doctor hailing from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu has treated former Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik at a hospital in Mumbai. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin wished Mr. Patnaik a speedy recovery. In a social media post, Mr. Stalin said he spoke to Dr. Rajasekar from Coimbatore, who treated Mr. Patnaik. "Glad to hear from him that Thiru. Naveen Patnaik is ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The special NIA court for Haryana in Panchkula has directed the police and central agencies to ensure the protection of six key witnesses named in the chargesheet filed by the investigative agency in connection with the twin blasts outside two nightclubs in Gurugram on Dec 24 last year.While directing the investigating agencies and law enforcement authorities to ensure the protection of witnesses, the NIA court, presided over by Additional District and Sessions Judge Rajiv Goyal, als ...Read More >
India opened the scoring through Geeta Yadav (11th minute); however, in the second quarter, Belgium equalised through Marie Goenns (25th) The Indian junior women's hockey team made a positive start to its tour of Europe with a 3-2 win over hosts Belgium here on Sunday. India opened the scoring through Geeta Yadav (11th minute). However, in the second quarter, Belgium equalised through Marie Goenns (25th). Soon Belgium took the lead as Louise van Hecke (34th) found the back of the net. India ...Read More >
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Saturday released the autobiography of Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya, titled 'Prajala Kathe-Naa Atma Katha', at Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad. The event witnessed the participation of several prominent leaders, including Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N.Chandrababu Naidu, former President Ramnath Kovind and former Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu who heaped praise on Dattatreya's public life and legacy. Speaking at the book launch, the Chief Mi ...Read More >
The Goa branch of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) condemned the minister's action and urged the authorities to immediately rescind the suspension and reinstate the doctor while ensuring a fair trial. The opposition parties, including the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party and Revolutionary Goans Party, had condemned Rane's behaviour. Government sources told PTI that the chief minister invited Rane for a meeting on the issue in Panaji on Sunday, and after the meeting, a statement was issued that th ...Read More >
Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Sunday (June 8, 2025) held a security review meeting with senior officials in the wake of violent protests across the state over the arrests of Meitei outfit leaders. A Raj Bhavan statement said the Governor also met a delegation of MLAs who apprised Bhalla of the current law and order situation in the state. CBI arrests Meitei outfit Arambai Tenggol activist from Imphal airport "The governor held a security review meeting with senior administrative and s ...Read More >
Bengaluru stampede: Police flagged lack of time to prepare and make security arrangements, document shows Even as a blame game has broken out between the police and the State Government over mishaps during Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) victory celebrations, it has now emerged that the Vidhana Soudha security had flagged concerns of overcrowding, lack of time and shortage of security personnel for the felicitation for the team on the grand steps of Vidhana Soudha. This letter is the only doc ...Read More >
GUWAHATI The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has nominated Kanad Purkayastha, son of former Union Minister Kabindra Purkayastha, for one of the two Rajya Sabha seats from Assam that will fall vacant on June 14. Mr. Kanad Purkayastha, a secretary of the BJP's Assam unit, is the son of Kabindra Purkayastha, a founding leader of the party in the State during the 1990s who served as Minister of State in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led National Democratic Alliance government. The BJP's national general ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin is speaking about the delimitation exercise only to divert public attention, said Union Minister of State L. Murugan in Coimbatore on Saturday (June 7, 2025). Even as no one has spoken about the delimitation exercise and when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have assured that no one will be affected by the process once it is taken up, Mr. Stalin keeps raising the issue only to divert the attention of people, he alleged. Mr. Mu ...Read More >
Bengaluru, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Special Wing of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) will begin its probe into the Chinnaswamy stampede tragedy, which claimed 11 lives on June 4, starting Saturday. Concurrently, the magisterial enquiry by the Deputy Commissioner of Bengaluru Urban district is also progressing. Sources confirmed that the CID probe will be headed by SP Shubanvita and Dy SPs Gowtham and Purushottam were named as investigators. The CID is likely to seek custody of th ...Read More >
HYDERABAD The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA from Jubilee Hills Maganti Gopinath, who was admitted to a corporate hospital on Thursday (June 6, 2025) in a critical condition, continues to be on ventilator support. According to hospital sources, his condition remains critical. He was elected to the Assembly for the first time in 2014 on Telugu Desam Party (TDP) ticket but switched over to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) later. He was re-elected on BRS ticket in 2018 and 2023. Published - June 07 ...Read More >
Two top Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) officials resigned in the aftermath of the stampede at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, which claimed 11 lives. A. Shankar and E.S. Jairam, the KSCA Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer respectively, tendered their resignation on Saturday (June 7, 2025). "This is to inform that due to the unforeseen and unfortunate events that have unfolded in the last two days and though our role was very limited, but owing moral responsibility, we wish to state that ...Read More >
Maharashtra NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) president Jayant Patil clarified that talk about both the factions coming together was "only in the air", and there has been no discussion on a possible reunion Rival factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will hold separate Foundation Day gatherings in Pune on June 10 in the backdrop of a growing buzz over a reunion, though both sides insisted there was no such proposal on the table despite frequent meetings between their top leaders. Maharashtr ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: The brother of Sonam Raghuvanshi, the Indore woman who has been missing from Meghalaya's Sohra (Cherrapunjee) area since May 23, suspects she was abducted by local miscreants. The decomposed body of Sonam's husband, Raja Raghuvanshi, was recovered from a gorge on June 2. The police said he was murdered. Govind Raghuvanshi, the missing woman's brother, said there was every reason to believe she was abducted by locals. He expressed disappointment with the search operation, which he sai ...Read More >
Villupuram Member of Parliament D. Ravikumar has urged Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to issue directions to all banks to provide collateral-free loans up to ₹2 lakh to farmers, in strict adherence to guidelines of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). In a letter to Ms. Sitharaman, the MP said the Ministry of Finance had recommended that loans below ₹2 lakh be exempted from the RBI's recent draft guidelines regarding loans against gold collateral, and the proposed norms take effect only from ...Read More >
Katra: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Jammu and Kashmir on Friday to inaugurate multiple rail projects, including the world's highest Chenab Rail Bridge, the Anji Khad Bridge, and the Katra-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express, as part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link. These railway projects directly connect Jammu and Kashmir to the rest of the country. The Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link is an all-weather railway corridor designed to provide seamless connectivity to the region ...Read More >
Delhi court clears H.C. Gupta and others; convicts Jas Infrastructure and director for misrepresentation in Mahuagarhi coal block allocation A Delhi court on Friday (June 6, 2025) acquitted former Coal Secretary H.C. Gupta and other officials of the Ministry of Coal in a case pertaining to alleged irregularities in the allocation of the Mahuagarhi coal block in Jharkhand. Special Judge Sanjay Bansal of the Rouse Avenue Court, however, convicted the firm M/s Jas Infrastructure Capital Pvt. Ltd. ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday (June 6, 2025) announced that the funeral of retired Madras High Court judge and former chairman of the State Backward Classes Commission, Justice M.S. Janarthanam, would be held with police honours, in recognition of his contributions to social justice. Justice Janarthanam, who had also served as president of the Tamil Nadu State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, passed away in Chennai on Friday. He was 89. In his condolence message, Mr. S ...Read More >
Patna: Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor speaks during the 'Bihar Badlav' rally, in Patna, Friday, April 11, 2025. "Declare Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister candidate if he is the face of the NDA," challenged Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor on May 30, as he toured the state in his 'Bihar Badlav Yatra'. Mr. Kishor, a political strategist, who was instrumental in strategising several political campaigns, including those of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar, is setting ...Read More >
A Delhi court on Friday (June 6, 2025) extended the judicial custody of 26/11 Mumbai attack accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana till July 9. Special Judge Chander Jit Singh passed the order after Rana was produced before it through video conference after expiry of his judicial custody granted earlier. How Indian counsel secured extradition of Tahawwur Rana The Judge, meanwhile, sought a status report from Tihar by June 9 on the health condition of Rana, after his lawyer raised concerns about his we ...Read More >
Former Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday (June 6, 2025) appeared before the Anti-Corruption Branch for questioning in connection with an alleged graft case in the construction of classrooms in government schools. Mr. Jain was summoned by the Delhi government's ACB for questioning. Before leaving for the ACB office, Mr. Jain had asserted that the previous AAP government in the national capital worked towards improving the city's education, while the current BJP government was only doing p ...Read More >
Bengaluru city police late on Thursday (June 5, 2025) night arrested a top official of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) franchise and three from the event management company DNA Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., who organised the victory celebrations for the team in the city that led to stampede and 11 deaths. Editorial | Trampled over: On the RCB cup celebration and Bengaluru stampede The arrests came hours after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced at a press conference the suspension of city p ...Read More >
The Bihar government on Thursday (June 5, 2025) sanctioned compensation of ₹8.25 lakh under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, to the family members of the 11-year-old Dalit girl who was raped and brutally assaulted with a knife, and later succumbed to her injuries at the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) on June 1. The State also announced a monthly pension of ₹7,700 for the victim's family, in addition to the allotment of a house under ...Read More >
A Delhi court on Wednesday (May 28, 2025) directed Tihar jail authorities to file a response to jailed 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana's plea seeking permission to speak to his family members. Special Judge Chander Jit Singh issued notice to jail authorities on Rana's plea and directed them to also file a status report in the matter by June 4, the next date of hearing. Tahawwur Hussain Rana: In the terror web The 64-year-old Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman is c ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to release outstanding wage dues to the tune of ₹1,056 crore accumulated so far under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). Due to complete exhaustion of wage funds based on the Labour Budget, wages to the tune of ₹1,056 crore were pending to be disbursed to the workers under MGNREGS Tamil Nadu for the past two months, Mr. Stalin said. During 2024-25, Tamil Nad ...Read More >
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