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New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Tuesday said the Election Commission should not start an NRC exercise in the name of electoral rolls revision and asserted the process must not be about verifying citizenship as that is the Home Ministry's job. The Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar shows that the poll body does accept what Rahul Gandhi and the Congress have been saying that there is a problem with the electoral rolls, he s ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 15 (PTI) Yemeni authorities postponing the execution of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya has brought relief to the family of the death row prisoner, with her husband expressing satisfaction over the collective effort made by government and other organisations. "The execution has been postponed. That is good news. We are happy and relieved. I am sure efforts will continue to avert her execution and bring her back safely," her husband, Tomy Thomas, told PTI. Also Read | Will Sa ...Read More >
Lucknow, Jul 15 (PTI) Hundreds of workers and leaders of the Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) staged a protest here on Tuesday against the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to shut down and merge primary schools across the state. Led by party leader and MLA Pallavi Patel, the demonstrators gathered at the party's central office in Lalbagh in the afternoon and marched towards the state assembly in a pre-scheduled protest rally. Also Read | Will Samosa and Jalebi Display Cigarette-Style Health Warnings? ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) The University Grants Commission (UGC) has set up a four-member fact-finding panel to look into the incident of self-immolation by a girl student on college campus in Odisha's Balasore, officials said on Tuesday. The 20-year-old second-year BEd student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College, Balasore had accused the Head of Education Department, Samira Kumar Sahu, of sexually harassing her. Also Read | Will Samosa and Jalebi Display Cigarette-Style Health Warnings? PIB Fac ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 15 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hailed the safe return of Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla from space, calling it a matter of national pride. Shukla, a 39-year-old Indian Air Force officer and test pilot, on Tuesday returned to the Earth after an 18-day stay at the International Space Station. Also Read | Will Samosa and Jalebi Display Cigarette-Style Health Warnings? PIB Fact Check Debunks Fake News, Says Health Ministry's Advisory ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): A high-level virtual meeting of State Labour Ministers and State Industry Ministers was convened under the chairpersonship of the Union Minister of Labour & Employment and Youth Affairs and Sports, Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi today, informed a press release from Ministry of Labour & Employment. The release stated the objective of the meeting which was to deliberate on the implementation modalities and explore collaborative strategies for the effective rollou ...Read More >
India is expected to use Japan's E5 Shinkansen bullet trains for trials on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor and adopt the newer E10 variant for commercial operations around 2030, officials told ET. The E10 trains will debut simultaneously in India and Japan. The 508-km corridor, built with Japanese Shinkansen technology, is on track for commercial launch in 2027, with the first prototype expected by 2026. India likely to use E5 variant Japanese-make bullet trains for trials and the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Four people died in Himachal Pradesh as rain continues to wreak havoc in the state, while five were swept away in Rajasthan's Kota at a barrage after a heavy downpour caused the authorities to release water from a reservoir. In Himachal, more than 200 roads are out of bounds for vehicular traffic, a majority of them in Mandi, while a flash flood warning has been issued for 12 districts in Jharkhand. An individual each drowned in Kullu and Kangra districts, one died after being bitte ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): A high-level virtual meeting of State Labour Ministers and State Industry Ministers was convened under the chairpersonship of the Union Minister of Labour & Employment and Youth Affairs and Sports, Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi today, informed a press release from Ministry of Labour & Employment. The release stated the objective of the meeting which was to deliberate on the implementation modalities and explore collaborative strategies for the effective rollou ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): A high-level virtual meeting of State Labour Ministers and State Industry Ministers was convened under the chairpersonship of the Union Minister of Labour & Employment and Youth Affairs and Sports, Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi today, informed a press release from Ministry of Labour & Employment. The release stated the objective of the meeting which was to deliberate on the implementation modalities and explore collaborative strategies for the effective rollou ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 14 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday lashed out at the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar, accusing the poll panel of trying to go beyond its constitutional mandate. He said the poll panel does not have a right to determine citizenship and said he had termed SIR as 'NRC through back door'. 'It is unfortunate that a constitutional body is not ma ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 14 (PTI) The Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Monday said a section of news reports and social media posts made a misleading claim that the Japanese Bullet train will not operate between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. "Some articles and social media posts claim that the Ministry of Railways has decided to not run the Japanese bullet train on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route," the PIB said on its X handle. Also Read | Ahmedabad Plane Crash: DGCA Directs Airlines To Check Locking Mechanism of ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 14 (PTI) The Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Monday said a section of news reports and social media posts made a misleading claim that the Japanese Bullet train will not operate between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. "Some articles and social media posts claim that the Ministry of Railways has decided to not run the Japanese bullet train on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route," the PIB said on its X handle. "This claim is misleading. The Railway Ministry has made no such decision. Work on the ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 14 (PTI) A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday reserved judgment on appeals over a single-bench order that directed the state government and the West Bengal Central School Service Commission to proceed with a selection process for school teachers. The judgment was reserved after arguments by the parties concluded before a division bench presided by Justice Soumen Sen. Also Read | Will Japanese Bullet Train Not Run Between Ahmedabad and Mumbai? PIB Fact Check Debunk ...Read More >
Meerut (UP), Jul 14 (PTI) Three kanwariyas were injured when a school bus hit them in Meerut on Monday as their fellow pilgrims angry by the incident vandalised the vehicle, broke its window panes and beat up the driver, police said. The area witnessed tension when the incident happened around 11 am on Delhi Road near Begumpul police outpost but police personnel present at the spot managed to calm tempers. Also Read | Will Japanese Bullet Train Not Run Between Ahmedabad and Mumbai? PIB Fact Ch ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 14 (PTI) The Union health ministry has urged all ministries, departments and autonomous bodies to display "oil and sugar board" mentioning the sugar and oil content in Indian snacks such as samosa, kachori, french fries and vadapav to promote healthy lifestyles and combat obesity and non-communicable diseases. It has also called for printing health messages on all official stationeries such as letterheads, envelopes, notepads, folders, etc and publications to reinforce daily rem ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 14 (PTI) A Bird Group's cargo vehicle hit the wing of a stationary Akasa Air aircraft at Mumbai Airport on Monday, causing some damage to the right winglet, according to sources. However, there was no impact to passengers or the employees in the incident, which took place early morning on Monday after the airline's flight QP-1736 arrived here from Bangalore and the baggage and cargo were being offloaded, they said. Also Read | Will Japanese Bullet Train Not Run Between Ahmedabad an ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The Interim Committee overseeing boxing administration in India has reaffirmed its commitment to adhering to the directive of World Boxing by ensuring that the national federation elections are held within the stipulated deadline of August 31. The world body, after reviewing the roadmap and deliberations held with Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President during discussions in Lausanne, has recently extended the tenure of the Interim Committee. This decision c ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has achieved a significant breakthrough in its efforts to combat crime in the city. A dangerous day burglar gang has been smashed, and two individuals, including a major burglar, have been apprehended. The Crime Branch of Delhi Police apprehended two accused, including a Child in Conflict with Law (CCL) and a 22-year-old identified as Aftab alias Sukha, from the Sector 10/11 area near Japanese Park in Rohini. Also Read | Railwa ...Read More >
New Delhi/Mumbai, Jul 13 (PTI) A five-member team, headed by 56-year-old Sanjay Kumar Singh, is probing the fatal crash of the Air India aircraft last month in Ahmedabad that killed 260 people. Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) Director Singh is the Investigator-in-Charge and Deputy Director Jasbir Singh Larhga is the Chief Investigator. Also Read | Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Approves To Install CCTV Cameras in All 74,000 Coaches To Enhance Passenger Safety. There are also ...Read More >
Aizawl, Jul 13 (PTI) The Mizoram government is preparing to launch a large-scale exercise to collect biometric and demographic data of more than 35,000 Myanmar refugees currently taking shelter in the state, a senior official of the home department said on Sunday. The official said the process is expected to begin in the last part of July. Also Read | Did You Receive a Message Asking You To Download and Install an APK File To Redeem SBI Rewards? PIB Fact Check Debunks Fake Message. He said th ...Read More >
Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 13 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday distributed 40 appointment letters to the victims of terrorism. The distribution event took place in Baramulla, where the LG interacted with the next of kin (NoKs) of victims and assured that the government remained committed to supporting all victims of terrorism through jobs, compensation, and inquiry-based redressing. Also Read | Did You Receive a Message Asking You To Download ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 13 (ANI): A day after a third-year student from Fakir Mohan University in Odisha set herself ablaze following inaction over her complaint of sexual abuse, the Senior General Secretary of Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Lekha Samantsinghar, launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government, accusing it of failing to ensure the safety of women and girls in the state. The student was admitted to AIIMS Bhubaneswar in a critical state, suffering ...Read More >
Reasi (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 12 (ANI): A suspected foreign national was apprehended by a team Jammu and Kashmir's Katra police for illegally entering Indian territory without valid travel documents, officials said on Saturday. According to officials, on July 11, during a flying squad deployment, the police party from Police station Katra, under the leadership of Station House officer Kyatimaan Khajuria, was performing routine checking duties. Also Read | Did RBI Order Banks To Stop ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) There is a need to further ascertain why the engines of the Air India flight 171 shut down soon after the plane took off, BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy said on Saturday, noting that the pilots might have turned the fuel switches off and on within a fraction of a second to re-start the engines after they flamed out. Talking to reporters here, Rudy, himself a commercial pilot, said a preliminary report of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), released on Saturday, ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 12 (ANI): Television actress Manjula, also known as Shruti, is undergoing treatment at Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru after she was brutally attacked and stabbed multiple times by her husband, Amaresh, on July 4. The accused has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody, police said on Friday. The incident took place on July 4, and Shruti has now been discharged from the hospital. The Hanumantha Nagar police have registered a case in this regard and have ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Commercial Pilot and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Saturday said that the deployment of Ram Air Turbine (RAT) and the start of Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) operations in the crashed Air India flight 171 indicates towards engine failure. "It's a preliminary report. In the first stage report, the government is coming out with the facts of what happened inside the aircraft. The facts are that the aircraft ran up to a speed that is required ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) A key witness in the Pul Bangash Gurdwara case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Saturday told a Delhi court that she was not pressured by the CBI or Sikh leaders to "falsely" implicate Congress leader Jagdish Tytler. Earlier on Friday, Harpal Kaur Bedi, an eyewitness to the killing of three men by a mob that torched the north Delhi gurdwara during the riots, had deposed that she had seen Tytler instigating the mob and asking them to "loot and kill the Sikhs". Also ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday said the Delhi government has registered a record number of 374 applications for setting up Kanwar camps as compared to 170 last year. The chief minister, who chaired a high-level meeting here, said the Delhi government is fully prepared to welcome the Kanwar Yatra devotees during the auspicious Shravan month. Also Read | Did RBI Order Banks To Stop Dispensing INR 500 Notes From ATMs by September 2025? PIB Fact Check Debunks Fake N ...Read More >
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 12 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that the Indian Army continues to receive the special blessings of Maa Kali, as he stated that Indian forces successfully destroyed nine terror camps located in Pakistan during a recent operation named Operation Sindoor. He added that the operation saw active participation from both male and female personnel, including women soldiers and pilots. Also Read | Maharashtra Language Row: 'Everyone ...Read More >
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