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
Another arrest of a Kuki National Army (KNA) leader was also made by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a case of murder. Protests broke out in the Imphal valley, demanding the release of Singh and another volunteer of Arambai Tenggol who was arrested by Manipur Police in a separate case. Protesters torched tyres and old furniture on roads in Kwakeithel and Uripok, and clashed with security personnel Saturday night. A mob also set a bus on fire at Khurai Lamlong in Imphal East district...Read More
Chennai: Hours before Union home minister Amit Shah was to arrive in Madurai, Thuglak editor and an associate of Shah, S Gurumurthy on Saturday met PMK founder S Ramadoss. The PMK leader, however, ruled out the possibility of meeting Amit Shah during his two-day visit to Tamil Nadu.Gurumurthy met Ramadoss for the second time amid reported tension within PMK regarding alliance strategies and insistence by Anbumani Ramadoss to remain party president. The hour-long meeting took place at the T Nagar...Read More
Ludhiana, Jun 7 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday sought votes for AAP candidate Sanjeev Arora, who is contesting the June 19 assembly bypoll to the Ludhiana West seat. Addressing gatherings at Jawahar Nagar and Sarabha Nagar, Mann urged voters to secure Arora's victory, saying, "Ludhiana is the heart of Punjab. If you want to keep your heart healthy, choose someone who has Ludhiana in his heart." Taking a dig at Congress candidate Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Mann described the by-...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 7 (PTI) The coordination committee of all the district courts' bar associations in Delhi passed a resolution on Saturday, withdrawing the lawyers' protest scheduled for Monday in connection with the shifting of the digital Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act courts to Rouse Avenue. "A meeting of the coordination committee was held with the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, wherein it was assured that all digital courts will function strictly as digital platforms only. All remain...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 7 (PTI) Union minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday accused Rahul Gandhi of resorting to lies and misinformation to cover up his own shortcomings as the Congress leader has claimed that the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly election was a "blueprint for rigging democracy". Gandhi's remarks in an article published in "The Indian Express" drew a sharp rebuke from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, who accused the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha of "cooking up bizarre conspiracies" in ...Read More
Itanagar, Jun 7 (PTI) The flood situation in Arunachal Pradesh improved on Saturday with water levels of most rivers receding, even as 33,000 people in 24 districts remained affected, officials said. Twelve people lost their lives and one person went missing in rain-related incidents, including landslides, after the monsoon set in, they said. In its daily report, the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) said 33,200 people in 215 villages remained affected due to floods and landslides in the...Read More
Mhow, Jun 7 (PTI) In a disturbing incident, a stray dog was seen clutching a dead newborn in its jaws near the toilet of a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district on Saturday before a security guard managed to retrieve the body after shooing away the animal. Authorities at the civil hospital in Mhow, some 25 kilometres from the district headquarters, and police have begun a probe into the antecedents of the newborn and the chain of events that followed....Read More
New Delhi, Jun 7 (PTI) Congress leader Jairam Ramesh took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, describing him as "Swayam Udghoshit Vishwaguru", and asked whether during his meetings at the G7 Summit, he would update his Canadian counterpart, Mark Carney, on India being the third-largest economy. Carney had, while justifying his invite to India for the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, later this year, said some countries should be at the table for the discussions at the summit....Read More
Srinagar, Jun 7 (PTI) Authorities on Saturday barred Eid prayers from taking place at the Eidgah ground and the Jama Masjid in the old city here, while Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq claimed that he was put under house arrest. "Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar deeply regrets to inform that the authorities have once again disallowed Eid-ul-Adha prayers at the Eidgah as well as at the historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar by closing the gates of the mosque and deploying police pers...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 7 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday several initiatives of his government during the last 11 years have boosted the prosperity of farmers and ensured the transformation of agriculture. He said on X, "It's our privilege to serve our hardworking farmers... We have focussed on issues like soil health and irrigation, which have been greatly beneficial. Our efforts towards farmer welfare will continue with greater vigour in the times to come." Modi said farmers were ...Read More
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Bangladesh's national elections will be held in the first half of April 2026, the country's de facto prime minister, Muhammad Yunus, said on Friday. "The Election Commission will provide you with a detailed roadmap for the elections at an appropriate time," said Nobel peace laureate Yunus, who took over as interim head of the South Asian nation of 173 million last August after a student-led uprising forced then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India....Read More
Bijapur, Jun 6 (PTI) Top Naxalite leader Bhaskar, who carried a cumulative bounty of Rs 45 lakh, has been killed in an encounter with security forces in Indravati National Park area in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Friday, a senior police official said citing "preliminary identification of body". The encounter was part of the same anti-Naxal operation underway since Wednesday by personnel from the state police's Special Task Force (STF) and District Reserve Guard (DRG) as well as the CRPF'...Read More
Mumbai, Jun 6 (PTI) The Maharashtra Congress on Friday said it will welcome an alliance between the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) if it is in the interest of the state and to keep the "communal" BJP away. The party's statement comes amid speculation about a possible reconciliation between estranged cousins - Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and MNS president Raj Thackeray - as their recent remarks indicated that they could join hands....Read More
Rajgir (Bihar), Jun 6 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar over the law and order situation, alleging that the state has turned into "the crime capital of India". Addressing the 'Samvidhan Suraksha Sammelan' in Nalanda's Rajgir, Gandhi also took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "remaining silent" on US President Donald Trump's claims of brokering peace between India and Pakistan during the military conflict....Read More
Katra, Jun 6 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday accused Pakistan of attacking 'insaniyat' and Kashmiriyat by targeting tourists in Pahalgam, saying the intent was to trigger communal clashes in India and rob Kashmiri people dependent on tourism of their livelihoods. The prime minister was speaking after flagging off the first train service to the Kashmir Valley, and inaugurating several development projects, including the world's highest railway bridge over the Chenab river....Read More
Guwahati, June 6 (PTI) Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain has unveiled her boxing academy in Barchandra in north Guwahati and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced a grant of Rs 2 crore for its development. Set up on land purchased by Borgohain in 2021, the Lovlina Borgohain Boxing Academy, inaugurated on Wednesday, aims to provide grassroots boxers with professional infrastructure, including a 26×26 boxing ring and a fully equipped gym....Read More
Bengaluru, Jun 6 (PTI) Officials of RCB and event management firm DNA entertainment private limited were taken into custody on Friday in connection with the stampede outside Chinnaswamy stadium that claimed lives of 11 people and injured over 50, police sources said on Friday. Nikhil Sosale, Head of Marketing and Revenue of RCB, Sunil Mathew and Kiran Kumar from DNA entertainment private limited are among those being questioned, they said....Read More
Srinagar, June 5: Indian Railways will commence regular operations of two new Vande Bharat Express trains between Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and Srinagar from June 7, following their official inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow, June 6. The trains will offer passengers a fast, reliable, and modern travel option, running six days a week in both directions, officials said on Thursday. Prime Minister Modi is expected to flag off the two specially designed Vande Bharat trains ru...Read More
Washington, Jun 5 (PTI) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, leading a multi-party delegation to the US, was Thursday asked a question by his journalist son whether government interlocutors sought evidence of Pakistan's culpability in the Pahalgam attack to which he replied India would not have conducted Operation Sindoor without convincing evidence. "That shouldn't be allowed. This is my son," Tharoor said laughing, during an interaction at the Council on Foreign Relations when his son Ishaan Tharoor, ...Read More
Kerala Agriculture Minister P. Prasad said that the picture displayed at the Raj Bhavan is typically used by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in its functions. "Raj Bhavan shouldn't be a venue for mere political events. The governor shouldn't be doing political events from there. We are all politicians, but we never display that at public events. If I come with the CPI(M)'s flag for an agriculture department event, will it be right?" Prasad said, while speaking to the media Thursday. A st...Read More
"I have taken stock of the entire situation. The accused will get the strongest possible punishment. To ensure timely justice, speedy trial will be conducted," said Sinha, when journalists approached him with queries. Notably, the accused, who is a resident of the same village as the victim, has since been arrested by the police. Sinha, however, parried questions about the girl allegedly not getting proper treatment at a hospital in Muzaffarpur, where she was admitted, with stab wounds all ove...Read More
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said Monday that the disruptions over the project were politically motivated. He also holds the water resources portfolio and has been trying to push for the completion of the much-delayed project. He accused the Opposition of using political play to interrupt its progress, even as a section of Congress legislators are also urging for the scrapping of the express canal project. "What they (Opposition) are doing is politics. In the past, it was H....Read More
"Let the plaint be registered as a suit. Issue summons to the defendant (Tharoor). List before the joint registrar on April 28," said the court. In his suit, Chandrasekhar claimed Tharoor made false and defamatory statements at various public fora in April, 2024 that severely damaged his professional and personal reputation. Chandrasekhar has sought to restrain Tharoor from making any defamatory statements. While seeking a public apology, he sought Rs 10 crore in damages from Tharoor for alle...Read More
New Delhi: The Navy's tableau for the Republic Day parade this year will be a tribute to the triple commissioning of a frigate, destroyer and submarine that took place in Mumbai on 15 January. The event, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, assumed significance since it was the first time three indigenously-built frontline combatants-INS Nilgiri, INS Surat and INS Vagsheer-were commissioned on the same day. The Navy will be the only force with an individual tableau in the parade. A need wa...Read More
Gurugram/Muzaffarnagar, Jan 22 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) inspector Sunil Kumar, who was seriously injured in an encounter in Shamli district, died on Wednesday during treatment at a private hospital in Gurugram, officials said. Kumar received multiple gunshots in the exchange of fire that took place in the Jhinjhina area of Shamli on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. A wanted criminal and his three associates were gunned down in the encounter with the STF, police h...Read More
New Delhi, Jan 13 (PTI) The UGC-National Eligibility Test (NET) scheduled for January 15 has been postponed on account of festivals, including Makar Sakranti and Pongal, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Monday. The exam for admission to PhD programmes, awarding Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and appointment as assistant professors is being conducted from January 3 to January 16 for 85 subjects in the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode....Read More
Thane, Dec 26 (PTI) Acting swiftly, the Thane Municipal Corporation's emergency response team and local police have saved the lives of an elderly couple who attempted suicide here, an official said on Thursday. The Kasarwadavli police in Maharashtra's Thane city received information on Wednesday night from the couple's nephew about their intention to hang themselves from the ceiling of their home, located on the seventh floor of a building in Waghbil area off Ghodbunder Road....Read More
Telangana State Film Development Corporation (FDC) chairman and leading producer Dil Raju on Wednesday said a delegation of film personalities would call on state Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy today to foster "healthy relations" between the government and the industry. The meeting assumes significance amid Cinematography minister Komatireddi Venkat Reddy's statement that the state government, in future, may consider ticket price hike only for certain categories such as films made on history, f...Read More
New Delhi, Dec 11 (PTI) The national capital on Wednesday recorded the lowest minimum temperature of this winter season so far with the mercury dropping sharply to 4.9 degrees Celsius compared to 8 degrees Celsius the previous day. "The minimum temperature of 4.9 degrees Celsius reported over Safdarjung is the lowest minimum of this winter season. The same minimum temperature of 4.9 degrees Celsius was reported last year also, on 15th December," the India Meteorological Department said....Read More