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Air Quality Remains 'very Poor', Delhi Records Min Temp of 9.4
The air quality in the national capital continued to remain 'very poor' at several AQI stations across the city on Friday morning.The India Meteorological Department said that the minimum temperature was registered at 9.4 degrees Celsius, a seasonal average.The weather...
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SC to Deliver Verdict on Monday Pleas against Abrogation of Article 370
The Supreme Court will deliver on December 11 its verdict on a batch of pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution.A Constitution Bench, headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, B.R. Gavai, and Surya Kant...
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'Prove Charges, Will Leave Country; If Not, You Resign & Go to Pak', Muslim Sufi Preacher to K'taka BJP MLA
Syed Tanveer Hashmi a.k.a Tanveer Peera, a Sufi Muslim spiritual leader, on Thursday challenged BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal that if terror link allegations were proved against him, he will leave the country and if not then the leader should go to Pakistan.Tanveer Peera...
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ED Takes Custody of Tower Ponzi Group Chief
Enforcement Directorate (ED) has said that their sleuths have taken Ramendu Chattopadhyay into their remand from judicial custody.Sources aware of the development said that Chattopadhyay serving his judicial custody at a correctional home at Bhubaneswar was brought to...
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Air Quality Still 'very Poor' at Several Places, Delhi Records Min Temp of 9.2 Degree Celsius
The air quality in the national Capital continued to remain under the 'very poor' category at several AQI stations across the city on Thursday morning. Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department said that the minimum temperature in the national Capital was registered at...
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Bihar Guv Nominates Transgender Reshma Prasad as Patna University Senate Member
Bihar Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has nominated transgender activist Reshma Prasad as a senate member of the Patna University (PU) for three years on Wednesday.Prasad has become the first transgender person who has been nominated as a senate member of a university...
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Gorakhpur Municipal Body Initiates Move to Replace 'India' with 'Bharat'
The Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation executive committee has initiated a move to replace 'India' with 'Bharat' on its official letterhead.Gorakhpur is the constituency of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Once the move is cleared, GMC would become the first municipal body in...
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Two J&K Bills Brought to Give Justice to Those Deprived of Rights for Last 70 Yrs: Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2023 will give justice to those who were deprived of their rights for the last 70 years.Speaking on two Bills in the Lok...
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Delhi: 12 Cases under Stringent UAPA, Crimes against Foreign Nationals Surge
Despite being decried as a tool to stifle dissent, the number of cases filed under the "draconian", Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, commonly known as the anti-terror law, has increased by 28 per cent, as per recently released National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)...
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Assam : Two Persons Trampled to Death by a Herd of Wild Elephants
Amidst the increasing human-elephant conflict in Assam, at least two people were killed in an attack by a herd of wild elephants in Nagaon district of the state, officials said on Wednesday.According to forest officials, in the Hatigaon Bagan of Kaliabor area in the Nagaon...
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Kejriwal Orders CAG Audit of DJB, Says Corruption Cannot Be Tolerated
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday ordered a Comptroller Auditor General of India (CAG) audit in the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), saying that corruption could not be tolerated.According to Delhi CMO sources, Kejriwal has ordered a CAG audit of DJB for the last 15...
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Gogamedi Murder: Assailants Identified, Manhunt Launched, Says Raj DGP
Assailants of Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Seva chief Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi have been identified and will be arrested soon, police said on Wednesday.Director General of Police Rajasthan Umesh Mishra said a strict blockade has been imposed and raids are underway at possible...
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Deepfakes: Centre to Issue Advisories to Social Media Firms for 100% Compliance
The IT Ministry will issue advisories to social media intermediaries in the next two days on ensuring 100 per cent compliance on tackling deepfakes and spread of misinformation on their respective platforms, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said...
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National President of Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena, Gogamedi Shot Dead
National president of Shri Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena, Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, was shot dead in Jaipur on Tuesday afternoon after assailants fired on him outside his house and fled.Gogamedi was taken to the Metro Mass Hospital, where doctors declared him brought...
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UP to Set up Integrated Public Health Laboratory in All District Hospitals
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, as part of its ongoing drive to improve health infrastructure, is setting up Integrated Public Health Laboratory in all 75 district hospitals of the state.The laboratories will be equipped to conduct over 150 types of tests...
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Cyclone Michaung: 8 Dead, Roads & Subways Inundated in TN
At least eight people have died in Tamil Nadu due to the severe cyclonic storm Michaung, which has also led to inundation of arterial roads roads and subways in Chennai and other major cities of the state, authorities said on Tuesday.The authorities said that families have...
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Cyclone Hits Air Services in Vizag, 23 Flights Cancelled
Severe cyclonic storm Michaung in the Bay of Bengal has hit air operations at Visakhapatnam Airport on Tuesday as the authorities have cancelled 23 flights.Due to inclement weather conditions, airlines have cancelled flights, said the airport director.Flights to and from...
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Medical Board Formation Process for Sujay Bhadra's Voice Test Almost Done: Hospital Informs ED
Authorities at the ESI Hospital here have informed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) that the process to form a medical board to conduct the medical examination of Sujay Krishna Bhadra, a prime accused in the West Bengal, cash-for-school job case, before his voice sampling...
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Fresh Central Team to Visit Bengal to Probe MGNREGA, PMAY Implementation
Amid allegations and counter allegations over the irregularities in different centrally-sponsored schemes in West Bengal as well as the unpaid central dues, a new central field inspection team is coming to the state to review the progress of some of these projects.A...
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British Government Makes It Tougher for Indians to Work in the UK
An estimated 300,000 non-Britons - many of them Indians - will be affected by the British government on Monday raising the bar for people eligible to apply for skilled worker visas for the United Kingdom. The minimum salary that an applicant must now command is 38,700...
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Medical Students, Uprooted from Ukraine, Find Options in Other Countries
Medical students who had been forced to give up their studies in Ukraine following the ongoing war in the region, are now pursuing MBBS in countries like Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia and Uzbekistan and even Russia.Every year, many students opt for pursuing MBBS...
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Khalistani-gangster Nexus: ED Searches 12 Locations in Rajasthan, Haryana
In a crackdown on the Khalistani-gangster nexus, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday carried out searches at over 12 locations in Haryana and Rajasthan on premises linked to alleged suspects, sources said.According to the ED sources, the agency sleuths were carrying...
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Lokayukta Raids over 63 Locations in K'taka; Property, Valuables Worth Crores Seized
Karnataka Lokayukta on Tuesday conducted raids at more than 63 locations belonging to 13 government officers across the state during which valuables and property documents worth crores have been seized.Over 200 Lokayukta officers initiated simultaneous raids early in the...
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Severe Cyclone Michaung Set to Hit Andhra Coast
Andhra Pradesh administration is on high alert as a severe cyclonic storm 'Michaung' is set to cross the coast near Bapatla on Tuesday afternoon.According to the India Meteorological Department, the cyclone lay centered about 25 km north-northeast of Nellore, 20 km east of...
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IIM-L Students Study Temples as Marketing Destination Course
Students of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML) went on a temple trail as part of their destination marketing course.The 60 odd management students visited different temples and places of worship in the state capital on Sunday as part of their project.Based...