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Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday expressed grief on the Nalanda Sheetla Mata Temple stampede and announced Rs 4 lakhs each from Disaster Management Department and Rs 2 lakhs each from CM relief fund (a total of Rs 6 Lakhs each) for the next of kin of deceased, according to a press release. The release stated, "Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has expressed deep condolences over the deaths of devotees in a stampede that occurred at the Sheetla Devi Temple in Bihar Sharif, Nalanda d ...Read More >
Jaipur, Mar 31 (PTI) The Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education on Tuesday declared the Class 12 results for Arts, Commerce and Science streams, with state Education Minister Madan Dilawar announcing the results and congratulating the toppers over the phone. According to official data, five students jointly topped the Science stream with 99.80 per cent marks, while three students secured the top position in Arts with 99.60 per cent. In Commerce, a girl student topped the stream with 99.20 per c ...Read More >
Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu), Mar 31 (PTI) Keeping up his attack on Edappadi K Palaniswami, Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Tuesday appealed to the people to "teach a lesson" to the AIADMK top leader for allegedly attempting to bring the BJP to the state and ensure a decisive mandate to the DMK-led alliance for the party's "2.O regime" in the state. Addressing a poll campaign here, about 195 km from Chennai, the DMK youth wing leader said the April 23 Assembly election in ...Read More >
Guwahati, Mar 31 (PTI) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday released the BJP's manifesto for Assam assembly polls, promising protection of land, heritage and dignity of indigenous people and Rs 5 lakh crore infrastructure investment. BJP's 'Sankalp Patra' comprises 31 promises, including the recovery of encroached land from Bangladeshi Miyas, bringing in Uniform Civil Code, and ensuring the development of the state, employment opportunities for youths. Sitharaman said this manif ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti on Tuesday and said the life and teachings of Bhagwan Mahavir continue to illuminate the path of truth, non-violence and compassion. He said Bhagwan Mahavir's ideals are spiritually uplifting and also deeply relevant in today's world and his emphasis on equality and kindness reminds people of everyone's shared responsibility towards society. ...Read More >
Kolkata, Mar 30 (PTI) Alleging attempts to interfere with the democratic rights of voters in West Bengal, TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday voiced concerns over the alleged large-scale submission of Form 6 applications from other states and sought an explanation from the Election Commission. "What we are witnessing is deeply concerning. There are growing indications of a coordinated attempt to interfere with the democratic rights of the people of Bengal, with the BJP at ...Read More >
Jaipur, Mar 30 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Monday expressed confidence that the United Democratic Front will form the government in Kerala, where Assembly elections are due on April 9. Speaking to reporters here before leaving for the southern state, Gehlot said Kerala has traditionally witnessed an alternation of power between the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) over the past several decades. ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 30 (PTI) Senior CPI(M) leader and LDF candidate in Nemom, V Sivankutty, on Monday said he cannot refuse votes from any section of society, claiming that doing so would be unconstitutional, amid allegations by the opposition UDF of a CPI(M)-SDPI deal in the April 9 Assembly polls. Sivankutty clarified that he had not stated he would specifically accept the votes of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), but maintained that a candidate cannot reject support from any ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Mar 12 (PTI) The Odisha Vigilance Department on Thursday arrested a tehsildar for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, an official said. Kantapara tehsildar in Cuttack district will be forwarded to the court of Special Judge, Vigilance, over possession of disproportionate assets, he said. A case has been registered against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act, it said. Further investigation is underway. PTI BBM RBT This report is aut ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Amazon India on Monday announced 'Zero Referral fee' on more than 12.5 crore products, a move, the ecommerce giant said, aims to accelerate growth for lakhs of sellers across the country. Building on last year's fee revision, the company has expanded zero referral fees coverage more than 10-times from 1.2 crore products in 2025 to over 12.5 crore products priced under Rs 1,000 across 1,800-plus categories, the company said in a release. In addition, Amazon has reduced Ea ...Read More >
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Mar 2 (PTI) Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Shirsat on Monday took a jibe at Sanjay Raut by saying the Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP should talk to US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in connection with the Iran war. Raut had earlier attacked the Centre and questioned its foreign policy in connection with the war and the killing of "friend" Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Speaking to reporters in Chh ...Read More >
Kolkata, Mar 2 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a blistering attack on the EC over deletions in the post-SIR rolls, alleging a "nexus" between the poll panel and the BJP to disenfranchise genuine voters, and help the saffron party in the upcoming assembly elections. Banerjee, in her first reaction after the publication of West Bengal's post-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls on February 28, claimed that the deletions had been carried out "deli ...Read More >
The NIA has named Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) headed by Hafeez Saeed, who has been designated as a global terrorist by the US as well as India, along with The Resistance Front (TRF) headed by Habibullah Malik alias Sajid Jatt, in the chargesheet for their role in planning, facilitating, and executing the Pahalgam attack that took place in the Baisaran meadows on April 22 this year. "Pakistani handler terrorist Sajid Jatt is also named as an accused in the chargesheet, filed before the NIA special cou ...Read More >
According to a notification by the Home (Police) Department, the facility will offer training ranging from basic Close Quarter Battle (CQB) techniques to advanced operations such as multi-storey building clearance, hostage rescue, breaching and integration of urban surveillance systems. The facility is aimed at strengthening the state's operational capacity, reducing risks to security forces and improving inter-agency coordination during urban security operations, the notification said. In a s ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 15 (PTI) The Delhi Traffic Police has challaned more than 24,000 vehicles and impounded 144 automobiles under its special enforcement drive 'Operation Chakravyuh', which was conducted across the city earlier this month, an official said on Monday. The two-week operation was carried out by the traffic management division of Delhi Police from December 1 in coordination with the local police stations and PCR units, a senior police officer said. Teams manned all entry and exit point ...Read More >
"Currently, Delhi is getting easterly winds. These winds are not only calm, but are also bringing moisture, which aids pollution accumulation," said Mahesh Palawat, vice-president of meteorology and climate change at Skymet Weather, a private weather forecasting service. The Central Pollution Control Board's 4pm bulletin said average AQI was 427 on Monday. At 431, Delhi's 24-hour average AQI exceeded the 400-mark - i.e. 'severe' category - for the first time this winter on Saturday. AQI deteri ...Read More >
Ramgarh (Jharkhand), Nov 19 (PTI) An Agniveer died at the Punjab Regimental Centre in Ramgarh Cantonment during physical training, Army officials said on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Agniveer Jashanpreet Singh (21), a resident of Lohgargh village in Firozpur district, Punjab. The recruit was undergoing his routine physical training at the Punjab Regimental Centre when he complained of breathlessness, officials said. ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Nov 17 (PTI) The Telangana government on Monday decided to depute a team, led by Minorities Welfare Minister Mohammad Azharuddin, to Saudi Arabia to coordinate relief efforts following the bus accident there in which several city residents were killed. The government has also decided to conduct the funeral of the deceased as per religious traditions in Saudi Arabia and to provide ex-gratia of Rs five lakh each to the kin of those who died, an official release said. ...Read More >
Rampur (UP), Nov 17 (PTI) Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mohammad Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam were on Monday convicted and sentenced to jail terms of up to seven years by a special MP/MLA court here in a 2019 case related to obtaining two PAN cards using different dates of birth, a prosecution officer said. Delivering the verdict, Special Magistrate (MP/MLA Court) Shobhit Bansal held both father and son guilty after examining documentary evidence and witness testimonies, Prosecution ...Read More >
"Masur Dal: Rs 69 per kg, Sugar: Rs 38 per kg, Salt: Rs 10 per kg. Is it possible? Yes in Assam it is!" Sarma said in a post on X, after launching the scheme during a programme here. He said from Monday onwards, "for the first time across all fair price shops", these food products will be offered at below-market prices. "Antyodaya is our aim, objective and mission," Sarma said. "There is more GOOD News: From January, Rs 100 will equal to 1 kg Dal + 1 kg Sugar + 1 kg Salt. With this we have se ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 7 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted one and filed additional charges against five in a 2023 Madhya Pradesh terror conspiracy case linked with the proscribed Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT) terror outfit, an official statement on Friday said. The anti-terror agency on Thursday filed its first supplementary chargesheet in the case before the NIA special court in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. With the latest action, 18 accused have so far been chargesheeted in the HuT c ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 7 (PTI) The Ministry of Education on Friday announced that the notification for changing the constitution and composition of the Panjab University Senate and Syndicate stands rescinded. Panjab University's decision to replace the 59-year-old Senate and Syndicate with a smaller, largely nominated structure triggered sharp political reactions in Punjab, with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann calling it "unconstitutional." "It has been decided by the Ministry of Education that the order ...Read More >
Ranchi, Oct 31 (PTI) To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Jharkhand Police organised a grand 'Run for Unity' across all police stations on Friday. The entire country is celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who bound India together in the thread of unity, as National Unity Day. On this occasion of National Unity Day on October 31, Jharkhand Police personnel participated in the Run for Unity, they said. ...Read More >
Imphal, Oct 31 (PTI) Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Friday said that National Unity Day is a reminder of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's courage and foresight in integrating more than 500 princely states into one Republic.. Addressing a gathering at the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day) observance held at the 1st Battalion Manipur Rifles Parade Ground, Bhalla said, "Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's visionary leadership and unwavering statesmanship forged the foundation of a united, resolute ...Read More >
Sonbhadra (UP), Oct 31 (PTI) One person has been arrested, and a search for two others is on, following an altercation over "overtaking" the escort vehicle of Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Social Welfare, Sanjeev Kumar Gond, in Sonbhadra district, officials said on Friday. Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhishek Verma said Gond and Sanjeev Kumar Tripathi, a district panchayat representative, were travelling from Robertsganj towards Dala on Thursday evening when an argument broke out near C ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 27 (PTI) RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday criticised the BJP-led central government for "not running adequate number of Bihar-bound trains" to cater to the rush of passengers during Chhath Puja and alleged that people were being forced to travel in "inhumane conditions." In a video statement, Yadav alleged, "The railway minister and the other ministers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government blatantly lied that 12,000 out of 13,000 festive special trains are being operated for ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 27 (PTI) The father of the 20-year-old Delhi University student who alleged an acid attack near Laxmi Bai College was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping the wife of the prime accused in the latest case, police said. On Sunday morning, a 20-year-old second-year BCom student enrolled in DU's Non-Collegiate Women's Education Board alleged that she was attacked with acid by Jitender and his accomplices, Ishan and Arman, both brothers. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 27 (PTI) The government has approved seven projects out of 249 proposals received under the Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme, Union Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Monday. The minister said that initially, proposals for the manufacturing of printed circuit boards, or motherboard base, camera modules, copper laminates, and polypropylene films (used in capacitors for consumer electronics) have been approved. ...Read More >
Ranchi, Oct 24 (PTI) Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday inaugurated the 4th South Asian Amateur Athletics Federation (SAAF) Senior Athletics Championships 2025 at the Birsa Munda Football Stadium here. In his inaugural address, the chief minister remarked, "After a long time, Jharkhand has got the opportunity to host an international sports event. I extend a warm welcome to the athletes who have arrived from six South Asian countries, including Bangladesh, Maldives, and Sri Lanka." ...Read More >
Itanagar, Oct 22 (PTI) An ULFA (I) cadre was killed by the Indian Army and Assam Rifles in a joint operation in Arunachal Pradesh's Namsai district, a defence spokesperson said on Wednesday. Contact with terrorists was established in the MS-6 area of Namsai district during the operation on the intervening night of Wednesday. After first light, security forces recovered the body of the slain militant, identified as self-styled 'Sergeant Major' Iwon Axom of the proscribed outfit ULFA (I), Guwahat ...Read More >
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