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After Chandigarh, it's reportedly now Bengaluru. Speculations about alleged drug abuse have been doing rounds on social media after a viral video shows a man standing completely still on a roadside for hours. The incident comes only days after a similar incident surfaced in Chandigarh. The video, reportedly filmed in the Bagalur area near a local college, shows a man standing motionless by the roadside. The footage quickly gained traction on X (formerly Twitter), where several posts claimed th ...Read More >
Former minister and late Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Tota Singh's son, Barjinder Singh Makhan Brar, who quit the SAD (Punar Surjit) three days ago, is set to return to the Akali Dal on Tuesday. His re-induction will take place in the presence of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal at the latter's residence in Badal village, Muktsar district. Makhan served as the chairman of the Punjab Health Systems Corporation (PHSC) during the SAD-BJP government in the state. He had, however, left the p ...Read More >
The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday celebrated its 47th Foundation Day with flag hoisting ceremonies, worker gatherings and speeches at its state office on Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg. National general secretary Arun Singh, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta led the celebrations, hoisting the party flag and exchanging greetings with workers. Members of Parliament, senior office-bearers and hundreds of party workers attended the programme ...Read More >
Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal will personally appear before the Delhi High Court on Monday to argue why Judge Swarna Kanta Sharma should not hear the Delhi excise matter. Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, and other senior AAP leaders discharged in the case by a Delhi court had earlier moved a recusal application, urging Sharma not to hear the CBI appeal against the discharge order of the lower court. Kejriwal and others had later also written t ...Read More >
Haryana Congress' Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC) recommended suspension of the five party MLAs who allegedly cross-voted during last month's Rajya Sabha elections. After the committee met on Friday evening, its chairman, Dharampal Malik, had told mediapersons that the panel would prepare a report and convey its decision to the party high command concerning the issue of alleged cross-voting by five party MLAs in favour of BJP-backed Independent candidate Satish Nandal. According to party s ...Read More >
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has apprehended assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Tarlochan Singh, posted as naib court in a Ludhiana court, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000. Stating this here on Saturday, an official spokesperson for the state VB said the official had been arrested after a complaint was lodged by a resident of the Chandigarh road area in Ludhiana. He said earlier, a case had been registered against the complainant and his licensed pistol was seized during his arre ...Read More >
Hours after Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister (CM) Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday announced the rollback of the recent increase in entry tax for vehicles in border areas following widespread protests, the state government reduced the entry tax on passenger vehicles to Rs 100 from Rs 130. The tax on five-seater vehicles had been increased from Rs 70 to Rs 130, and for 6-12 seater passenger vehicles from Rs 110 to Rs 130. Now, both categories will have to pay Rs 100 as tax. Besides, the governm ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 15 (ANI): With two wins from their first two matches, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave-led upGrad Mumba Masters went top of the Global Chess League (GCL), a joint initiative of Tech Mahindra and FIDE, on Monday. The Masters defeated Fyers American Gambits 9-7, before Ganges Grandmasters mounted a stunning comeback to beat Alpine SG Pipers 13-7 with Black for their first win of Season 3, according to a press release. Matchday 2 action kicked off at the Royal Opera Ho ...Read More >
Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi (40), on Friday took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister in a major cabinet rejig by CM Bhupendra Patel. Governor Acharya Devvrat administered the oath of office to new ministers. Of the 16 ministers in the outgoing council of ministers, only six, including Sanghavi, have been retained. Besides, the new Gujarat Cabinet has 25 ministers in place of 16 in the previous council. CM Patel has also inducted cricketer Ravinder Jadeja's wife Rivaba Jadeja and former ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): The Indian banking sector is set to witness earnings recovery in the second half of FY26, after a muted September quarter performance marked by margin pressure, moderate credit growth and a decline in profitability across private and public lenders, according to a research report by Motilal Oswal Institutional Equities. The report highlighted that systemic credit growth, at 10.3 per cent (YoY) as of September reflected demand softness in both retail and corpo ...Read More >
The Leh Apex Body (LAB) on Monday announced suspension of talks with the Centre until their fresh demands, including a judicial probe into the September 24 violence that left four persons dead and withdrawal of cases against arrested youth, were met. After nearly four months of stalled talks, the Home Ministry had on September 20 extended an invitation to the LAB and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), which have been spearheading the agitation for statehood and extension of the Sixth Schedule to ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 29 (ANI): Indian batter Tilak Varma received a rousing welcome back home at Hyderabad following his heroics in the Asia Cup final against arch-rivals Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday. The young left-handed batter was greeted with a massive crowd and plenty of media attention, with people chanting his name amid sounds of dhol. It was his mature 69* in 53 balls, with three fours and four sixes and partnerships with Sanju Samson and Shivam Dube, which guided Ind ...Read More >
The Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd (SICCL) has moved the Supreme Court for permission to sell various properties, including Amby Valley in Maharashtra and Sahara Shahar in Lucknow, to Adani Properties Pvt Ltd. SICCL has sought the top court's permission "..to outright sell various properties belonging to the Sahara Group to Adani Properties Private Limited, for the consideration and on the terms and conditions as set out in the term sheet dated September 6, 2025." The plea is likely t ...Read More >
Gurugram: The court of Additional Sessions Judge Jasmine Sharma while convicting an accused of sodomising a minor, three years ago, sentenced him to five years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs 20,000. The father of the victim had filed a complaint that on May 23, 2022, the accused had sodomised his son after threatening to kill him. The accused was identified as Prem Chand of Churu. OC Mirzapur boy crushed to death Gurugram: A 12-year-old boy was crushed to death by a speeding Scorpio in Mirza ...Read More >
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], August 2 (ANI): Counter-Intelligence (CI), Amritsar, has busted a cross-border illegal arms smuggling module with alleged links to Pakistan and arrested five operatives, recovering six sophisticated pistols from their possession, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Friday. According to a statement issued by the Department of Information and Public Relations, Punjab, those arrested have been identified as Jagroop Singh of Dhun (Tarn Taran), Nav ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday "categorically reject baseless allegations" made in a UK Parliamentary Committee report that India, along with 11 other countries, is trying to silence or intimidate individuals and communities living in the UK. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "We have seen the references to India in the report and categorically reject these baseless allegations." According to Jaiswal, the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI) Star Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar clinched the title with a leap of 7.75m at the Meeting Maia Cidade do Desporto in Maia, Portugal, a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze-level meet. The Asian Games silver medallist registered his best effort in the second round on Saturday night. Sreeshankar opened with a 7.63m jump, followed it up with his winning leap of 7.75m in the second round, and then recorded a solid 7.69m. His third attempt was a foul, while his fi ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), through its Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar (RMRCBB) and National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR), in partnership with the Department of Biotechnology-National Institute of Immunology (DBT-NII), is currently developing a novel recombinant chimeric malaria vaccine candidate, named AdFalciVax. AdFalciVax is the first indigenous recombinant chimeric malaria vaccine specifically designed to target tw ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: YSRCP MP P V Midhun Reddy was arrested by Andhra SIT late on Saturday after nearly seven hours of questioning in the alleged Rs 3,200 crore liquor scam. The arrest comes after the anticipatory bail petitions of Mithun Reddy were rejected by AP high court and Supreme Court, reports Madhu Rasala.He is the second politician to be arrested in the alleged scam that took place during the previous YSRCP rule. With the latest arrest, the number of accused arrested so far has increased to 12. ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Shankar Prasad Sharma, Nepali Ambassador to India, while talking about the Haryali Teej celebrations that connect the two countries, said that the celebrations underscore the deep cultural connection. Sharma, while speaking to ANI, said that it is an ancient belief that Lord Shiva and his consort, Parvati, reside in the Himalayas. Therefore, the people in Nepal believe in the Godly presence in their country. "I think this basically is the common culture betwee ...Read More >
Dubai [UAE], July 15 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, on Monday, lauded the Indian armed forces for conducting Operation Sindoor in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack, asserting that India has shown that it can neutralise anyone who comes and commits a crime on its land. While addressing the 'Madhya Pradesh Business Investment Forum' Program, CM Yadav described Operation Sindoor as the age of "new technology" where the people have not crossed the border, but drones ar ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi govt has announced a city-wide rollout of underground electric wiring as part of a Rs 100-crore initiative. The move aims to ensure a safer, cleaner and uninterrupted power supply for residents across the capital, chief minister Rekha Gupta said on Saturday while launching the city's first pilot project of underground wiring in Shalimar Bagh.Gupta said the work at her constituency Shalimar Bagh would be completed in approximately three months. At least 5,500 families residing in ...Read More >
Chandigarh: It has been three months since the beginning of the new school session and summer break is also over. However, Class V and Class VIII students in government schools across Chandigarh are still waiting for several updated NCERT textbooks. Despite repeated assurances and advance payments by the education department, the books are yet to arrive in many schools, forcing teachers and students to rely on stopgap arrangements.This delay is not new to the city's school system. In March-April ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra will face off against Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem for the first time since the Paris Olympics 2024 in the Silesia Diamond League 2025, which will take place in Poland on August 16. At the Olympics last year, Nadeem won the gold medal with an Olympic record-shattering throw of 92.97m, whereas Chopra clinched a silver medal. The official list for the Silesia Diamond League 2025 is yet to be announced, but the organisers have ...Read More >
London [UK], July 12 (ANI): Opener KL Rahul's ton, and left-hand batter Ravindra Jadeja's 72 helped India to level the score at 387 on Saturday at Lord's, which was also set up by England in the first innings of the Test match. At stumps on Day 3, England are 2/0 with Zak Crawley (2) and Ben Duckett (0*) unbeaten on the crease. The Ben Stokes-led side have a two-run lead in the game after the completion of the third day of the Lord's Test. The Subman Gill-led side started off the third and fin ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The vibrant city of Bengaluru is set to welcome over 262 of the nation's most determined and dynamic para athletes for the 7th Indian Open Para Athletics Championship, scheduled to take place on 11th and 12th July at the iconic Kantaveera Stadium, according to a release from SAI Media. The event marks a crucial moment in Indian para sports, serving as the final selection platform for the Indian contingent heading to the New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Champ ...Read More >
An Indian national Nimisha Priya -- who is on death row after being convicted for the murder of a Yemeni national -- will be executed on July 16. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) sources informed that the ministry is closely following the matter. "We have been in touch with local authorities and her family members and rendered all possible assistance. We continue to closely follow the matter," sources said. Priya, who hails from Kollengode town in Kerala's Palakkad, worked as a nurse in ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Rapidly growing aviation infrastructure in Goa continues to attract major real estate players, as Sattva Group has launched Water's Edge II, expanding its Goa coastal portfolio in a strategic move. The move reinforces the tremendous residential market potential of the state, highlighting how improved connectivity and infrastructure development. The company said in a release that the launch underscores a broader transformation in India's residential market, wher ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) President, Rajiv Memani, has countered prevailing market sentiment about private capital expenditure, asserting that while there's a perception of a slowdown, private capex is actually taking place across various industry sectors in the country. "There's an atmosphere suggesting that private capex is not happening, but actually capex is happening," Memani stated, citing data showing consistent private investment over the pa ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that India does not negotiate under deadlines and does so from a position of strength. Goyal said the government holds discussions keeping national interests in mind and attacked the Congress, saying this is "not weak India under UPA which would make agreements which were not in the national interest". His remarks came hours after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a dig at the Modi government over Goyal ...Read More >
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