Jaipur: Bye-election to fill vacant posts of Sarpanch, Panch and others in the Panchayti Raj institutions of Rajasthan will take be held on June 7. The bye-election will take place for three Zilla Parishad members, one Up-pradhan, 19 Panchayat Samiti [...]
Guntur(AP)/Malkangiri (Odisha): A hardcore woman Maoist, allegedly involved in several offences including an attack on Nalco’s bauxite mines, was arrested in Andhra Pradesh and brought to Odisha’s Malkangiri district today, police said. Potluri Kanti alias Bhabani alias Kavita (35), was [...]
Nawada: Two persons, including a local JD(U) leader, were killed and five others sustained burn injuries in separate incidents in Bihar’s Nawada district today, police said. JD(U) leader Yadunandan Chauhan died after a speeding truck rammed into his motorcycle near [...]
Muzaffarnagar: After releasing 500 cusec water from the Ganga Canal on Sunday, the Uttar Pradesh Government will release additional 1,000 cusec water to meet the demands of Delhi and its neighbouring districts. “1000 cusec of water would be released today [...]
Muzaffarnagar: After releasing 500 cusec water from the Ganga Canal on Sunday, the Uttar Pradesh government will release additional 1,000 cusec of water today to meet the demands of Delhi and its neighbouring districts. “1000 cusec of water would be [...]
MUKATSAR: Police of the Lambi District has registered a case against Shivlal Singh and 125 other congress workers on the accusation of attempt to murder Shiromani Akali Dal candidate’ polling agent Baljinder Singh and accomplices with fire arms and sharp edged weapons. [...]
Mumbai: Shiv Sena today opposed the move to pardon Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt stating that it would send a wrong message to the society. Speaking in the Legislative Council during a debate on Law and Order scenario in Maharashtra, Shiv [...]
Patna: Amidst reports of Ahmad Patel meeting Sharad Yadav during the day triggering speculation of the Congress reaching out to the second largest NDA partner, JD(U) leaders today dismissed it as a mere courtesy meet. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, himself [...]
Chennai: Objecting to a Sri Lankan Minister’s announcement that Lankan fishermen would rally against their Indian counterparts, DMK chief M Karunandihi today described it as a “planned strategy” by Colombo to divert off attention from the “tyrannies” of Rajapaksa government. [...]
Kanpur: A farmer allegedly committed suicide after he was unable to pay the debt he had taken, police said. 35-year-old Amarnath hanged himself from a tree yesterday in the Bilhour area. The victim had taken loan from many money lenders [...]
Lucknow: In the wake of serial blasts in Hyderabad, the Uttar Pradesh government toady directed all the districts in the state to step up security and take preventive measures. “The government has alerted all the districts that anti-social and anti-national [...]
Hyderabad: Low to moderate polling was today recorded in the biennial election to six constituencies of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council. The election was held for three graduates and as many teachers’ constituencies spread over nearly a dozen districts. The polling [...]
Hyderabad: Terror struck Hyderabad killing 12 people and injuring 84 others tonight when two powerful near simultaneous blasts ripped through a crowded area close to a cluster of bus stands in Dilsukhnagar area. The blasts triggered by Improvised Explosive Devices [...]
Hyderabad: Serial bomb blasts rocked Hyderabad Thursday evening, killing at least 12 people and injuring around 57 others, Home Secretary R.K. Singh said. “Twin blasts have occured. The number of dead has increased from 10 to 12 and the injured [...]
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government today set up a two-member inquiry committee to probe the Noida violence, which broke out during the nationwide strike by trade unions, and submit its report in three days time. Principal Secretry (Home) R M Srivastava [...]
Shimla: The budget session of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly will commence on March 12. The four-week-long session will have 22 sittings, officials said here today. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who holds the Finance portfolio, is likely to present the general [...]
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today urged the Election Commission to ban political parties calling shutdowns, while noting that people of Bengal have rejected the two-day strike called by Central trade unions. Referring to court verdicts against enforcing [...]
Patna: In the face of sluggish domestic demand and global economic slowdown, Bihar has recorded a staggering growth rate of 11.95 per cent rate annually at constant prices during 11th Five Year Plan, the highest among states. Per capita income [...]
Jammu: In a major embarrassment for the ruling Congress in Jammu and Kashmir, one of the its sitting MLCs has filed nomination against the party’s official candidates for elections to the state legislative council. Though the candidature of dissident Mohammad [...]
Lucknow: Aiming to strike a balance between completing the works promised in the ruling party’s election manifesto and populist measures with an eye on the coming Lok Sabha polls, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday presented a Rs [...]
Ahmedabad: A Gujarat court on Monday ordered Zakia Jafri, wife of ex-Congress MP Ehsan Jafri who was killed during the 2002 post-Godhra riots, to challenge the SIT closure report giving clean chit to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and others [...]
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will present his second budget in the state Assembly tomorrow amid allegation of non-spending of funds sanctioned during the previous budget. The BSP, BJP and Congress are ready to corner the ruling party [...]
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who was to address the 60th convocation of Aligarh Muslim University today, cancelled her visit due to bad weather. “The visit has been cancelled due to bad weather,” Congress sources said here. In Aligarh, [...]
Chennai: Slamming the hike in fuel prices, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said the move amounted to betraying the middle and lower classes and made a fresh demand for changing the fuel pricing policy. “Even before the ink [...]
Agra: Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has won eight out of 12 seats in the student union elections of Dr B R Ambedkar University here, bagging the top two posts of president and vice-president. Navin Kumar and Tanya Paliwal of [...]
Jamshedpur: A teenage girl was seriously injured at the uranium township of Jadugora in Jharkhand, about 30 km from here when she was attacked by a youth with a sharp blade on Valentine’s Day on Thursday for refusing to respond [...]
Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu): The body of acid attack victim Vinodhini was cremated at her father’s ancestral town near Porayar in Nagapattinam district today. The body was brought to the house at Thirukkadaiyur last night and the last rites were performed [...]
Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu): A local BJP functionary was hacked to death by an unidentified gang when he was returning from a Judicial Magistrate’s court today. Police said the gang members had followed the BJP platform speaker Padaivendran(38) in a car, [...]
Bhubaneswar: Apparently apprehending attack from opposition Congress and BJP in the Assembly, the ruling BJD on the very first day of the budget session today adopted an aggressive stand and hit out at both the national parties accusing them of [...]
Agartala: Tripura witnessed brisk and incident-free polling today with 65 per cent of the voters exercising their franchise till noon for the 60-member House. Police said five crude bombs hidden in a bush were recovered from Bodhjungnagar area of Khayerpur [...]
Agartala: estimated 40 per cent of the voters exercised their franchise till noon as long queues were seen before the booths in a so-far peaceful polling for the 60-member Tripura Assembly today, official sources said. Chief Minister Manik Sarkar cast [...]
Bhopal: Swine flu has claimed its first victim in Madhya Pradesh this year with the death of an Ujjain-based woman at a hospital in Indore, officials said today. The test report of the deceased, Shalini (40), came yesterday, confirming that [...]
Ahmedabad: A junior jail superintendent of the Sabarmati Central Jail here has been suspended in connection with the conspiracy of 14 accused of 2008 serial bomb blast case to escape through a tunnel. Junior Jail Superintendent D K Parmar, who [...]
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced to exempt wheat, being given to beneficiaries of Antodya Anna Yojana (AAY) under Targeted Public Distribution System (PDS), from Value Added Tax. The Chief Minister said the decision would benefit such [...]
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party today announced fielding of standup comedian and actor Raju Srivastava as party candidate from Kanpur in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The name was formally announced by SP national general secretary and spokesman Ram Gopal Yadav in [...]
Srinagar: As several media offices resumed functioning today after a gap of four days, J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said there was no ban imposed on publication of newspapers but the dailies had chosen not to print as curfew had [...]
Lucknow: Taking a serious note of the stampede at Allahabad railway station, Uttar Pradesh Governor, B L Joshi on Monday summoned Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to take stock of the situation there. The governor, who was attending a meeting in [...]
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today expressed grief over the death of 36 people in a stampede at Allahabad Railway Station. The stampede occurred at 7 PM yesterday when thousands of passengers, mostly Maha Kumbh devotees returning after taking [...]
New Delhi: A group of 25 students from Manipur today met Union Minister of State for Home R P N Singh here. Singh, during the meet, urged the students to play the role of ambassadors of change for the society. [...]
Hyderabad: Unidentified persons damaged the life-size statue of late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N T Rama Rao at Jawahar Nagar on the outskirts of Hyderabad late last night, triggering widespread protests by the Telugu Desam Party cadre in the state. [...]
Chennai: DMK members were today suspended from the Tamil Nadu assembly for the rest of the session as the House was rocked by noisy scenes with the Treasury benches sparring with them on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue. Agitated DMK [...]
New Delhi: A day after a man brutally assaulted a young girl who resisted rape attempt, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today targeted Delhi Police once again, saying women do not feel safe here and “fears have risen” following the incident. [...]
Guwahati: Assam government has sought opening of around 700 additional bank branches in the state with a view to catering the growing demand for disbursement of subsidies and other cash transfers. A senior state government source said the matter was [...]
Gurgaon: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh would soon be guarded by the elite ‘black cat’ commandos of the NSG in view of a security risk from Maoist cadres in the insurgency affected state. Singh, who is at present guarded by [...]
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and expressed his unhappiness over the Centre’s refusal to provide gas to the state at the same price at which it is given to Mumbai and Delhi. [...]
Kolkata: Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today claimed that the Gorkha Territorial Administration agreement in Darjeeling was a ‘mistake’ as it compromised on Gorkhaland. “It is not so easy that the issue will be solved in one day. [...]
Tiruchirappalli (TN): A three-member central committee today made an on-the-spot assessment of the crop condition in parts of Cauvery delta districts of Tamil Nadu and said it would submit its report tomorrow evening as directed by the Supreme Court. The [...]
Ranchi: Jharkhand High Court has issued notice to all Corporations, Boards and other state government bodies to declare their assets. A bench comprising Chief Justice Prakashchandra Tantia Jaya Rai issued the notice to government bodies to ask their employees to [...]
Raipur: Armed Naxals allegedly set on fire four vehicles used in road construction work in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh today, police said. ”The vehicles, including a road-roller, two tipper trucks and a JCB machine, were parked at the construction site [...]
New Delhi: Moderate to heavy rains lashed north India today breaking a five-decade record in Delhi and disrupting normal life while a fresh bout of snowing in hill states cut off many high altitude areas. Heavy showers accompanied by thunderstorms, [...]
Mumbai: BJP today said it will elect a new party president for Maharashtra in eight days. “The new party president will be decided in eight days,” senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde told reporters here. Munde said he is not in [...]
Agra: A government official was arrested today for allegedly posting objectionable content about Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Union minister Kapil Sibal on social networking website Facebook. Sanjay Chaudhari, a civil engineer with the state government, was booked [...]
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s opposition to the country-wide strike called by central trade unions exposed her stand on the interests of the working class, CPI-M Politburo member Sitaram Yechury said on Monday. “If she (Banerjee) is opposing [...]
Chandigarh: Power consumers in Haryana pay 80 paise to Rs 1.92 a unit less than what power consumer pays in other states like Punjab, Delhi and Maharashtra, Haryana power utilities said today. An average consumer in Haryana pays Rs 4.41 [...]
New Delhi: A fast-track court here today framed charges against five accused in the December 16 gangrape case and put them on trial on various counts including conspiracy to abduct the 23-year-old girl and sexually assault and murder her. A [...]
Aizawl: The ruling Congress today announced that Dr. H. Ngurdingliana would be the party’s official candidate for the coming by-election to the Chalfilh assembly seat scheduled to be held on February 23. Ngurdingliana, son of veteran Congress leader and former [...]
Chennai: Breaking her silence over the controversy surrounding the ban on Tamil film ‘Vishwaroopam’, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said her government was willing to facilitate resolution of the crisis if Muslim outfits and actor Kamal Haasan could hammer out an [...]
New Delhi: Flying out of the swanky new Kolkata airport terminal would become costlier from mid- February, with the airport economic regulator AERA fixing user development fee (UDF) for domestic and international travel. Domestic passengers would have to pay Rs [...]
Jaipur: The vice chairman of Rajasthan state SC Commission, Dinesh Talwadi, died of cardiac arrest here tonight. He was 47. Talwadi had reportedly gone to a doctor in Mansarover area on feeling unwell, where he collapsed. He was taken to [...]
New Delhi : In a judgment that could have electoral ramifications in Haryana, former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala were today sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for corruption amidst scenes of violence by his supporters [...]
New Delhi: Former Bihar Governor Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai today condoled the death of senior JD(U) leader Ramashray Prasad Singh and remembered him as an able administrator. “He was a secular in true sense and had contributed for the development of [...]
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government today handed over a cheque of Rs 5 lakh to Delhi’s Safdarjung hospital authorities towards financial assistance to the kin of Delhi gang-rape victim. Days after the gang-rape incident, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna had announced in [...]
New Delhi: Trial proceedings in the December 16 Delhi gangrape case will be held in-camera before a fast track court, which today decided to hear arguments on framing of charges against five accused on January 24. Upholding the previous order [...]
New Delhi: In good news for BPL cardholders and other marginalised sections, the Delhi Government today decided to increase the number of subsidised LPG cylinder for them from nine to 12. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired [...]
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Minorities Commission has written to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, asking if ‘Mission Mrityunjay’, a Mumbai Police initiative to rope in students to help police detect crime, especially against women, has the government’s approval. In a letter to [...]
Dehradun: The hills of Uttarakhand received fresh snowfall today with the popular tourist resorts of Mussoorie and Dhanolti coming under thick sheets of snow even as heavy rains accompanied by strong winds and hailstorms lashed the plains Dehradun received 62.4 [...]
Chandigarh: Light to moderate rains lashed various parts of Punjab and Haryana even as mercury rose across both the states by up to eight notches above normal, the MeT office said today. Chandigarh, which received 28.4 mm rainfall, experienced a [...]
Srinagar: Heavy snowfall across Kashmir has affected normal life and rendered the Valley cut off from the rest of the country with the Srinagar-Jammu national highway closed and air traffic suspended. Snowfall, which began yesterday, has continued and resulted in [...]
New Delhi: Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, his MLA-son Ajay Chautala and 53 others were today convicted by a Delhi court for the illegal recruitment of over 3000 junior basic trained (JBT) teachers in the state. After the [...]
Mumbai: Amid outrage over the beheading of a soldier at LoC, Shiv Sena today stepped up the attack on the UPA government, saying “patriots have no value” under Congress rule and demanded snapping of sporting ties with Pakistan. “Sonia Gandhi [...]
Bhubaneswar: CPI today said it would attempt to form a Left-democratic government at the Centre in the 2014 general elections with the support of regional parties, excluding Trinamool Congress. “How can Left parties accept TMC in their proposed arrangement? TMC [...]
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has instructed that ministers Partha Chatterjee and Firhad Hakim would be the spokesmen for the government in what is seen as a disapproval of minister Subrata Mukherjee’s comments against Governor M K Narayanan. [...]
Greater Noida: Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) today approved seven per cent developed land to 4,500 farmers whose land was acquired for Yamuna Expressway project in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Aligarh, Mathura, Hathras and Agra districts. The authority had acquired [...]
Mumbai: A 25-year-old youth was arrested for allegedly raping his girlfriend whom he had eloped with one month back, police said today. The Social Services Branch (SSB) of Mumbai Police on Monday raided the flat of accused Manish Singh in [...]
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today announced that sparrow would be declared state bird to save the endangered species. He made the announcement at a meeting of state wildlife council here, an official statement said. Kumar expressed concern that [...]
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today accepted the resignation of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh from the presidentship of Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC). Senior Party leader Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu has been nominated to officiate as HPCC president [...]
New Delhi: Three of the five accused in the gangrape and murder of the 23-year-old girl in a bus will plead not guilty to the charges and claim trial, advocates seeking to represent them said today. Advocate M L Sharma, [...]
Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati today launched a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party government over law and order in Uttar Pradesh, saying it would not be wrong to term the prevailing situation as “anarchic”. “The past ten months of the [...]
Gandhinagar: With the Supreme Court today upholding Governor Kamla Beniwal’s decision to appoint Justice (retd) R A Mehta as Gujarat Lokayukta, the Narendra Modi government said it would soon implement the apex court judgement. “We will soon implement the Supreme [...]
Bhangar: A controversy has broken out after young girls danced in skimpy clothes at a Trinamool Congress foundation day function at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district with a TMC leader allegedly throwing wads of currency notes at them. Police [...]
New Delhi: In a setback to the Gujarat government, the Supreme Court today upheld the appointment of Justice (retd) R A Mehta as state Lokayukta by Governor Kamla Beniwal, saying it was done in consultation with the Chief Justice of [...]
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh continued to remain in the grip of severe cold wave as 13 more people lost their lives due to chill, taking the toll this winter to 62. Four people died of biting cold in Hathras, followed by [...]
New Delhi: Assuring best possible medical care to the Delhi gangrape victim, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that Government was committed to bringing the perpetrators to justice as soon as possible even as Congress President Sonia Gandhi stressed that [...]
The 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim has significant brain injury, infection in lungs and abdomen and she is currently struggling against all odds at Mount Elizabeth Hospital where her condition continues to be “extremely critical”, the hospital said on Friday. “Our [...]
New Delhi: Unfazed by the Planning Commission disapproving his demand to grant special category status to Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today made a strong pitch for it, alleging the Centre’s Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) did not consider the issue with [...]
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today walked out of the National Development Council (NDC) meeting here accusing the Centre of “stifling” the voice of Chief Ministers by restricting their speeches to 10 minutes. Coming out of [...]
New Delhi: After questions were raised over the cause of a Constable’s death during violent protests last Sunday, the Delhi Police today assigned its Crime Branch to investigate the case in which murder charges have been invoked. Constable Subhash Tomar [...]
Ahmedabad: Narendra Modi, who led the BJP to an emphatic victory in the assembly elections, was today sworn in as Gujarat Chief Minister for the fourth time. He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Kamla Beniwal [...]
New Delhi: After the blame game, an open war has broken out between Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who complained of “interference” by police officers in the recording of gangrape victim’s statement, and Delhi Police which today demanded a probe into [...]
New Delhi: After undergoing a small operation, the 23-year-old gang-rape victim’s condition was today critical but stable as doctors continued to monitor her health. Doctors at the Safdarjung Hospital here said the girl is stable but critical and is on [...]
New Delhi: A day after violent protests rocked the capital, scores of people, mostly school students, today gathered at Jantar Mantar and asked the government to provide speedy justice to the accused in the gangrape case. Police personnel in large [...]
New Delhi: The CPI today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to address the nation and assure the people, particularly the youth, that the government would take steps to counter crimes against women. “If the Prime Minister can address the nation [...]
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party MP Brijbhushan Singh and former Shiv Sena MLA Pawan Pandey today surrendered before a special CBI court, hearing the Babri Masjid demolition case, after non-bailable warrants were issued against them. Special Judge Shashimouli Tiwari had on [...]
New Delhi: Police fired teargas shells and used water cannons as several hundreds of young students on Saturday marched towards Rashtrapati Bhavan for the second day demanding justice for the 23-year-old gang-rape victim. A boy and a girl and [...]
Ahmedabad: Narendra Modi, who posted a resounding victory in the assembly elections, will be sworn in as Gujarat Chief Minister for the fourth time on December 26. Modi became Chief Minister for the first time on October 1, 2001 and [...]
Hyderabad: Taking serious note of the gruesome gang-rape of a para-medic in a moving bus atDelhi, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has convened a meeting on December 27 to discuss the issue. The meeting would deliberate on issues [...]
New Delhi: Sharing the widespread outrage overDelhi gang-rape, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described it as “very upsetting” incident and directed Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to ensure such cases do not recur. “It’s a heinous crime. It is very upsetting,” he [...]
New Delhi: Demonstrations were held at various places in the capital, including near CM’s residence and police headquarters, to protest against the gang-rape of a paramedical student and the government’s failure to curb the rising number of such crimes against [...]
New Delhi: Faced with widespread outrage over the brutal rape and assault of a young paramedical student, Government today announced a slew of measures to instill confidence among people even as a fifth person was detained in Bihar while another [...]
New Delhi: Three other accused arrested for allegedly gangraping a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus here on Sunday night were today produced before aDelhi court which sent two of them to four-day police custody while the third was sent [...]
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