Mirzapur (UP), Jul 20 (PTI) Three kanwariyas were arrested for allegedly assaulting a CRPF jawan following an argument over purchasing tickets at the Mirzapur railway station here, an official said on Sunday. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was going to catch the Brahmaputra Express, while the kanwariyas (devotees of Lord Shiva) also wanted to buy tickets for the same train for going to Baidyanath Dham in Jharkhand. An argument broke out between them over purchasing the tickets....Read More
New Delhi, July 19 (PTI) The Regional Medical Research Centre in Bhubaneswar, under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has developed an advanced malaria vaccine that can prevent plasmodium falciparum infection in individuals and minimise community transmission. The ICMR Delhi has invited Expressions of Interest (EoI) from eligible organisations, companies and manufacturers enthusiastic about the Transfer of Technology for commercial production of "a recombinant chimeric multi-stage ...Read More
"You had India, Pakistan (military conflict) that was going (on). In fact, planes were being shot out of the air, five, four or five. But I think five jets were shot down actually, that was getting worse and worse, wasn't it?" "That was looking like it was going to go, these are two serious nuclear countries, and they were hitting each other," Trump said at the dinner he hosted for Republican senators. There was no immediate response from New Delhi on the US president's remarks. While India ac...Read More
Patna, Jul 19 (PTI) The Bihar government on Saturday said that more than 12,000 new polling stations have been created in the state as per the recommendation of the Election Commission, as part of special intensive revision (SIR). According to a release issued by the election department, the total number of polling stations has risen to 90,712 from 77,895, after the establishment of 12,817 new ones. Of these, 12,479 polling stations have been set up "at the same building or premises housing th...Read More
Shimla, July 19 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Saturday said the state government has undertaken many initiatives to strengthen the rural economy to provide more money to farmers. He was speaking to a delegation of milk producers associated with Kamdhenu Hitkari Society, who called on Sukhu to express their gratitude for enhancing freight subsidy from Rs 1.50 per liter to Rs 3 per liter for the registered milk societies....Read More
Kolkata, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking people in Odisha, Assam and Delhi after being branded as illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators, the Special Intensive Review (SIR) and the necessity of Opposition unity on these issue are likely to be the important matters that would be raised by the Trinamool Congress in the meeting of the INDIA Bloc this evening. The meeting will be attended virtually by the Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party's Lok Sabha membe...Read More
Jammu, Jul 19 (PTI) A fresh batch of 6,365 pilgrims, including 1,499 women and 441 children, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here on Saturday to join the ongoing annual Amarnath Yatra in the south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The pilgrims, which included 135 sadhus and sadhvis, left for the twin base camps of Nunwan-Pahalgam in Anantnag and Baltal in Ganderbal in separate convoys under tight security arrangements in the early hours of the day, they said....Read More
New Delhi, Jul 19 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta as someone who has risen through the ranks and has undertaken numerous initiatives for the city's welfare, as he wished her on her 51st birthday on Saturday. "Rising through the ranks, she has always remained active in serving Delhi. As Chief Minister, she has undertaken numerous initiatives for the city's welfare. May she be blessed with a long and healthy life," Modi said on X....Read More
BHUBANESWAR/BALASORE: The 20-year-old student in Odisha's Balasore who set herself ablaze on the campus on July 12 had informed college authorities that her HoD had sought sexual favours from her six months ago, probe revealed Friday."The student, in a meeting conducted on June 30 at the office of then principal -- who is now suspended -- told everyone that the HoD had sought sexual favours from her. However, the HoD denied the allegation," said the in-charge principal of the govt college, addin...Read More
NEW DELHI/BATHINDA: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Friday conducted searches at 22 de-addiction centres across Punjab, including in Chandigarh, Barnala and Ludhiana, after its investigation revealed illegal sale of drugs by these centres. The agency also searched a premise in Mumbai linked to the accused.Dr Amit Bansal, who runs these 22 centres, is prime accused in the case, sources said. Bansal, against whom Punjab Police has registered multiple FIRs, is alleged to be engaged in illega...Read More
Agra(UP), Jul 18 (PTI) A 47-year-old woman was shot dead on Friday while returning from a court hearing here, with police suspecting that her husband was involved in the murder due to the couple's ongoing legal dispute. The woman, Manju, was involved in an ongoing maintenance case against her husband, Manoj. She was returning after a hearing in this case when she was fatally shot, officials said....Read More
Malerkotla (PB), Jul 18 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said that no mercy will be shown to people who had spread the curse of drugs in the state. Speaking after inaugurating new tehsil complexes at Ahmedgarh and Amargarh, he said that the "Drug Jarnails who were once considered invincible have now been put behind the bars." The resounding success of the ongoing Yudh Nashian Virudh is a testimony that the people stand with the state government in its war against drugs, an of...Read More
Agartala, Jul 18 (PTI) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday said the state government has been constructing a multi-storeyed office building using advanced earthquake resilient technology. Speaking at a seminar on infrastructure development in the North East region organised by the Indian Building Congress, Saha said, "Construction of high-rise buildings in the state is a challenge as we live in the seismic zone." "But our engineers have decided to take the challenge head-on. We are cons...Read More
Kolkata, Jul 18 (PTI) The Rs 1,950 crore City Gas Distribution (CGD) project in West Bengal's Bankura and Purulia districts aims to provide Piped Natural Gas (PNG) connections to 5.55 lakh households, over 250 commercial units, and more than 35 industrial consumers, officials said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday laid the foundation stone for the project that aims to provide Piped Natural Gas (PNG) to both retail households and industrial projects in the two districts of West Bengal....Read More
Dimapur, Jul 18 (PTI) Two persons have died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Nagaland, a health department official said on Friday. Chief Medical Officer, Dimapur, Dr Yartenla Jamir, said that of the seven JE cases detected in Dimapur, Chumoukedima, and Niuland districts, two persons have died so far. She expressed concern over the rise in Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases in the three districts, especially during the monsoon season, which increases the risk of transmission. The Health departm...Read More
Ghaziabad (UP), Jul 18 (PTI) Members of a right-wing Hindu group allegedly shut down a KFC outlet forcibly in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, protesting against the sale of meat during the ongoing holy month of Sawan and Kanwar Yatra. According to police, the alleged incident occurred in the Vasundhara area under the Indirapuram police station limits on Thursday. A purported video of the incident began doing rounds on social media on Friday....Read More
New Delhi, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The All India Football Federation have congratulated Inter Kashi on being adjudged the I-League Champions following the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). CAS has partially upheld an appeal by Inter Kashi Football Club (Inter Kashi FC) against Churchill Brothers FC Goa, Namdhari FC, Real Kashmir FC, and AIFF. CAS has ruled that the AIFF shall declare Inter Kashi FC as winners of the I-League 2024-25. After an unsuccessful first procedure i...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) Inter Kashi were on Friday declared I-League champions after the Switzerland-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected the All India Football Federation's (AIFF) Appeal Committee's decision of awarding the title to Churchill Brothers of Goa. The AIFF had announced Churchill Brothers as the I-League champions after its Appeal Committee ruled against Inter Kashi in a matter related to the fielding of an 'ineligible player'. The Varanasi club had ended at second s...Read More
MUMBAI: The Indian equity indices opened lower on Friday as heavyweights like Axis Bank and Bharti Airtel were among the top losers in the BSE benchmark. At 9.25 am, Sensex was down 171 points or 0.21 per cent at 82, 087 and Nifty was down 35 points or 0.14 per cent at 25, 075. In the Sensex pack, M&M, Tata Steel, Power Grid, L&T, UltraTech Cement, Infosys, Tata Motors, BEL, NTPC, TCS, Trent and Maruti Suzuki were top gainers. Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Tech Mahindr...Read More
Raipur, Jul 18 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate on Friday launched fresh raids at the premises of former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel's son Chaitanya Baghel in connection with a money laundering probe against him linked to an alleged liquor scam, officials said. Chaitanya Baghel's house in Bhilai town, which he shares with his father, is being searched by the ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based on receipt of fresh evidence in the case, they said....Read More
Mumbai: The BMC is set to begin structural strengthening work on the Parel TT flyover in October this year. To minimise traffic inconvenience, the repairs will be carried out in phases by closing one lane at a time. The repair work was originally planned two years ago but was deferred as the Delisle Road Bridge in Lower Parel was still under reconstruction at the time. Undertaking both projects simultaneously would have worsened traffic congestion in central Mumbai. Constructed in 1980, the Pa...Read More
JAMMU, July 17: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah congratulated BJP leader Kavinder Gupta on his appointment as Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh, and said that he will need to keep in mind that, just like in Jammu and Kashmir, one has to maintain a balance and be sensitive to the sentiments of the people of Leh and Kargil regions. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp "My best wishes to Kavinder Gupta on being appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh. But this res...Read More
Dehradun, Jul 17 (PTI) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has ordered an inquiry into the alleged rigging in the distribution of minority scholarships provided in madrasas. According to a government release issued here, the chief minister has ordered Dr Parag Madhukar Dhakate, Special Secretary, Minority Welfare Department, to investigate the matter thoroughly....Read More
Gurugram, Jul 17 (PTI) Gurugram Police has arrested an accused in a case of cheating of Rs 80,000 on the pretext of providing a job at Haryana Central University by posing as a fake professor, police said, adding that the accused was sent to judicial custody. According to the police, a youth filed a complaint with the Cyber Crime Manesar Police Station that someone as a fake professor called him posing on February 28. The accused allegedly claimed that he will get him a job at Haryana Central U...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Motihari in Bihar Tomorrow on July 18 where he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth Rs 7,200 crore. In a post on X, PM Modi said, 'Will be in Motihari, Bihar, tomorrow, 18th July. Development works worth Rs. 7200 crore will be dedicated to the nation or their foundation stones would be laid. These works cover Software Technology Parks, four new Amrit Bharat trains, road proje...Read More
Gorakhpur (UP), Jul 17 (PTI) Three men drowned in the Rapti river in separate incidents in Gorakhpur, officials said on Thursday. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed his condolences to the families of the deceased. In a separate incident, Shiva Pandey (20) also drowned while bathing in the same river near Zero Point Kalesar, and his body was recovered by the police. Additionally, Adityanath has directed district officials to ensure proper treatment for any injured individua...Read More
"Bihar has only two major crop seasons. Since there is no crop season between April and July, most farmhands remain unemployed during this period. Consequently, land-related clashes escalate. Some of them, especially the youth, even take up contract killings for quick money," Krishnan said. Murder cases increase mainly between May and July, he added. The comment triggered outrage on social media, with many people accusing the officer of trying to come up with an excuse for failure to control l...Read More
Lucknow, Jul 17 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh's capital city has secured the third position in the category of urban spaces with population exceeding 10 lakh, while Prayagraj was adjudged the Cleanest Ganga City in the ninth edition of the Swachh Survekshan. Lucknow also became the first city in the state to achieve a 7-star Garbage Free City rating in the 2024-25 survey. Gorakhpur achieved double success, ranking third in the Safai Mitra Surakshit Sheher category and fourth among cities with a population...Read More
Bengaluru, Jul 17 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday raided multiple locations in and around Bengaluru as part of a money laundering probe linked to an alleged fraud of Rs 100 crore with more than 15,000 depositors by the promoters of a local bank, officials sources said. The probe pertains to Shushruti Souhardha Bank, Shruthi Souharda Bank and Shree Lakshmi Souharda Bank and their promoters, including N Srinivas Murthy and his family members, the sources said....Read More
New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) President Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo has been appointed as the Interim Chairperson of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Committee on E-Sports, E-Games and technological innovations, the national federation announced on Thursday. The newly-formed committee is a strategic initiative by the ISSF to explore and integrate emerging digital and technological trends such as virtual and augmented reality formats, e-shoot...Read More