Lucknow | At least 11 persons, including five police personnel, were injured after an anti-demo vehicle moving ahead of the convoy of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath lost control and rammed into several other cars on Saturday. A security vehicle part of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's fleet reportedly met with an accident in Lucknow […]
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Deputy CM’s wife passes away, had suffered heart attack
Shimla | Simmi Agnihotri, wife of Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, passed away on Friday night. She suffered a heart attack at their native place Haroli in Una district and passed away while being taken to the PGI in Chandigarh. Simmi Agnihotri would be cremated at her native place on Saturday afternoon. IANS […]
Uttarakhand becomes first state to pass UCC Bill
Dehradun | The Uttarakhand Assembly on Wednesday passed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) by a voice vote, the first such move by any state after Independence that could be replicated by similar legislations in other BJP-ruled states. After the Bill was passed, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said, “The UCC will give the right to […]
Champai Soren set to be next Jharkhand CM as Hemant Soren quits
Ranchi | Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday went to the Raj Bhavan to tender his resignation to the Governor, while members of the ruling coalition were reaching there to stake claim for a new government to be headed by senior JMM leader Champai Soren. Champai Soren is currently the Transport Minister. The fast-paced […]
Hemant Soren quits as Jharkhand CM as ED arrests him, moves HC
Ranchi | Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday resigned from his post as the ED arrested him in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam and has moved the HC against the agency’s action. In a day of fast-moving developments, Soren went to the Raj Bhavan to tender his resignation to […]
Sub-Divisional Magistrate murdered in Madhya Pradesh, husband held
Bhopal | Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Nisha Napit didn’t die of heart attack, as was suspected initially, in Madhya Pradesh’s Dindori district on Sunday, but was reportedly killed by her husband Manish Sharma for not making him the nominee in service, insurance and bank records, the police said on Monday. In 2020, Nisha (51) got married […]
Two Kerala High Court officials suspended for derogatory content against PM Modi in play
Kochi | Kerala Chief Justice A. J. Desai has directed two officials of the High Court to be suspended with immediate effect after complaint surfaced that a stage show, performed as part of the Republic Day celebrations, portrayed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the nation in bad light. The suspended officials include T.A.Sudhish ( Assistant […]
40-yr efforts to reduce human-elephant conflict recognised, ‘Elephant Girl’ gets Padma Shri
Guwahati | Popularly known as ‘Elephant Girl’ (Hasti Kanya) in Assam, 67-year-old Parbati Baruah, whose name was announced for Padma Shri, is India’s first woman mahout (elephant keeper). Baruah got the award in recognition of her work in animal conservation and dispelling preconceptions to make a name for women in a field that has historically […]
AAP shocker for Congress! CM says no alliance with grand old party in Punjab
Chandigarh | Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would go alone in the next Lok Sabha elections and would contest on all 13 seats in the state with no alliance with the Congress. Predicting a clean sweep, Mann said, “It’s going to be 13-0 in the 2024 Lok […]
Six jawans injured as soldier fires at them before shooting self to death
Imphal | At least six Assam Rifles personnel were injured after a soldier in their camp opened fire at them before shooting himself to death in Manipur’s Chandel district along India-Myanmar border on Wednesday, police said. A police official in Imphal said that a jawan of the Assam Rifles opened fire on his colleagues injuring […]