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Chandigarh: The Punjab vigilance arrested Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Sanjay Popli and his secretary on corruption charges. As per the FIR, Popli allegedly sought one per cent commission from a contractor of a Rs 7 crore sewerage project in the Nawanshahr town during the previous Congress regime. The contractor paid Rs 3.5 lakh through […]
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Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi began the celebrations of the 8th International Yoga Day in the premises of magnificent and historical Mysuru Palace on Tuesday. “Yoga is not a part of life, it is a way of life,” Modi said. He added, “Yoga is ensuring the universal health. Yoga which was practiced in houses and […]
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Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Governor Anandiben Patel led the 8th International Day of Yoga celebrations on Tuesday by performing yoga in the sprawling lawns of the Raj Bhavan here. A large number of state ministers, bureaucrats and eminent citizens were also in attendance. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said […]
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New Delhi: The Presidential polls have turned out to be an acid test for the unity of the opposition parties with former Governor of West Bengal Gopalakrishna Gandhi, too, expressing his disinclination to be in the fray. Earlier, senior politician and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar had also turned down the proposal of […]
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New Delhi: BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Monday hit out at his party’s MLA for calling ‘Agnipath’ protesters “Jihadis” , saying that youths of the country “melt their bones” to serve in the army and that peaceful demonstration is everyone’s right. Taking to Twitter, the Pilibhit MP, who has often taken a divergent view from […]
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New Delhi: Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who was admitted to Ganga Ram Hospital due to COVID-related issues, has been discharged, the party’s General Secretary in-charge Communications, Jairam Ramesh, said in a tweet on Monday. Taking to Twitter, the Congress leader wrote, “Congress President Sonia Gandhi has been discharged from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital […]
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Mumbai: Kannada actress Swathi Sathish’s root canal procedure went horribly wrong and she looked unrecognisable as the right side of her face was swollen. The actress looked unrecognisable in her photos shared after the surgery, which were posted online. The doctors had reportedly told her that the swelling would subside after a little time and […]
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Bhopal: Three Naxals, including a woman, collectively carrying a reward of over Rs 30 lakh on their heads, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district on Monday morning, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra said. One of the slain ultras was identified as Nagesh, a Naxal divisional committee member, who […]
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Patna: BJP MLA Hari Bhushan Thakur on Monday said that those who are protesting against the Agnipath scheme are Jihadis. They have nothing to do with patriotism. “Those protesting against the Agnipath scheme are jihadis or they are those with vested interest. Those who want to serve the nation are very happy with the scheme. […]
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Sangli: Nine members of a family were found dead in their house in Maharashtra’s Sangli district on Monday, police said, adding that they suspect it to be a case of suicide. The bodies were found in a house at Mhaisal in Sangli district, located over 350 km from the state capital Mumbai. “We have found […]
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New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Subodh Kant Sahai on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is behaving like Adolf Hitler and “will die like Hitler” if he follows the path of the German dictator. The Congress, however, distanced itself from the statement made at the party’s ‘Satyagraha’ protest at Jantar Mantar […]
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Parwanoo: Eight tourists, including women, were stuck in a cable car near this Himachal Pradesh town on Monday following a technical snag, police said. https://t.co/vUVVs3CLrL#timbertrail #Solan pic.twitter.com/22K6b7fLqM — TheNewIndiaTimes TNIT (@dt_sunilsharma) June 20, 2022 The cable car of resort Timber Trail, located on the Chandigarh-Shimla national highway, in Solan district is stranded mid-air for over an […]
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Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the Centre for Brain Research (CBR) set up at a cost of Rs 280 crore at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus, the foundation stone of which was laid by himself. During the Programme, the PM also laid the foundation stone for 832-bedded Bagchi Parthasarathy Multispeciality […]
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New Delhi: The Army on Monday issued a notification for induction of soldiers under the Agnipath military recruitment scheme. The Army said the online registration on the force’s recruitment website is mandatory for all the job aspirants under the new model. It said the online registration will commence from July. The Army said ‘Agniveers’ would […]
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Shahjahanpur: An FIR has been lodged against seven people for allegedly marrying a woman to an impotent man. The woman’s husband, along with others, has been named in the FIR. Superintendent of Police (Rural) Sanjeev Bajpayee said that as per reports, the family married off the girl with great pomp, but when she reached her […]
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Kolkata: Suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma on Monday sought four week’s time to appear before the Kolkata Police in connection with her recent controversial comments on Prophet Muhammad. Sharma, who was supposed to be present at Narkeldanga Police station in Kolkata on Monday, emailed the request. The city police are yet to decide over their […]
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Kathua/Jammu: Burglars broke into a private bank in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district and decamped with over Rs 1 crore cash, police said on Monday. The incident took place at a branch of HDFC Bank in the Hatli Morh area on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. The burglars entered the bank from the […]
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Kanpur: A novel water testing kit that is highly sensitive and can detect the presence of E.coli in drinking water has been developed by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, the institute said on Monday. Escherichia coli or E.coli is a bacteria that normally lives in the intestines of healthy people and […]
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New Delhi: Amid the row over the Centre’s newly-launched Agnipath scheme, senior Congress leader and former union minister Salman Khurshid on Monday questioned the “character” of the Armed Forces, doubting their intention behind bringing the scheme. “We would not have any problem if those for whom the scheme is made were satisfied. But, the irony […]
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Patna: The safe emergency landing of SpiceJet flight (SG-723) at the Patna airport was possible due to the cool and calm efforts of its woman pilot Monika Khanna and co-pilot Bajeet Singh Bhatia. Both the pilots have emerged as heroes and the director of the airline lauded their efforts. The Delhi-bound SpiceJet flight carrying 185 passengers, […]
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Mathura: Miffed over not accepting his friend request on social media, a youth here allegedly killed a 16-year-old girl and injured her mother, police said on Monday. Accused Ravi is a resident of Muzaffanagar, Superintendent of Police (city) Martand Prakash Singh said. A case has been registered based on a complaint by the girl’s father […]
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Bhopal: Three Naxals, collectively carrying a reward of over Rs 30 lakh on their heads, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district on Monday morning, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra said. The killed rebels included a woman. The encounter took place in Bahela police station area in Balaghat district, […]
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Patna: Keeping in view the call for Bharat Bandh against the Agnipath scheme on Monday, Bihar government temporarily suspended the Internet services in 20 districts. The suspension has been already in place in 12 districts since June 17 and the state government decided to add eight more. “The suspension of the Internet services has given positive […]
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New Delhi: Congress leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Salman Khurshid, K Suresh, V Narayanasamy and others, are holding a ‘Satyagraha’ at Jantar Mantar to protest against the Enforcement Directorate summons to Rahul Gandhi and Agnipath scheme. The Congress party held the Centre responsible for the ‘deteriorating’ condition of the youth in the country. As the protests […]
