2022: China face-off, Assam border dispute hog news

2022: China face-off, Assam border dispute hog news

Itanagar: The face-off between the Indian and Chinese soldiers along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the frontier state, efforts for early resolution of disputed areas along its boundary with Assam, the state public service commission paper leak case, dominated news from Arunachal Pradesh through the year. The northeastern state was also in the […]

Bharat Joda Yatra likely to end on Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary: Cong

Bharat Joda Yatra likely to end on Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary: Cong

Jammu: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra is likely to culminate in Srinagar on January 30, coinciding with the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, a party leader said on Thursday. Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief spokesperson said the yatra, which started from Kanyakumari to Kashmir on September 7, is expected to […]

Shah seeks support for BJP in Old Mysuru region, calls Congress & JD(S) corrupt

Mandya (K’taka): Hitting the ground running in poll-bound Karnataka, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday called Congress and JD(S) “parivaarvadi” (dynastic politics) and “corrupt”, and urged the people of Mandya and Old Mysuru region to support the BJP by forming a government with majority in the state. The BJP is considered to be weak […]

Religious intolerance, riots, and Bollywood kept Delhi courts busy in 2022

Religious intolerance, riots, and Bollywood kept Delhi courts busy in 2022

New Delhi: High-profile corruption cases against Delhi Deputy Chief minister Manish Sisodia, minister Satyendar Jain, former NSE boss Chitra Ramakrishna and ex-Mumbai police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey hogged the limelight in Delhi courts during 2022. Fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s custody, separatist leader Yasin Malik pleading guilty of terror financing, the terror case against […]

Rahul Gandhi himself ‘violated’ security protocol 113 times: Govt officials on Cong’s security concerns

Rahul Gandhi himself ‘violated’ security protocol 113 times: Govt officials on Cong’s security concerns

New Delhi: “Full” security arrangements were made for Rahul Gandhi in accordance with laid-down guidelines but he himself “violated” security protocols 113 times since 2020, government officials said Thursday, a day after the Congress alleged security breaches during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in the national capital. The Congress on Wednesday wrote to Home Minister Amit […]

SC stays NGT order imposing Rs 24 lakh penalty on Odisha’s Kendrapara municipality for polluting Gobari river

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed an order of the National Green Tribunal imposing a penalty of Rs 24 lakh on Odisha’s Kendrapara municipality for failing to control discharge of waste water into the Gobari river. A bench of Justices K M Joseph and B V Nagarathna issued notices to the Centre, Odisha government […]

Law student arrested over killing of delivery executive by car with ‘judge’ sticker in Noida

Law student arrested over killing of delivery executive by car with ‘judge’ sticker in Noida

Noida: A 20-year-old law student has been arrested over the death of a food delivery executive here after his motorcycle was hit by a speeding car bearing the sticker of “judge” on its bonnet, the Noida Police said Tuesday. There were two more law students in the car at the time of the accident but […]

Delhi govt sanctions Rs 104 crore for hospitals to procure general medicines amid fresh Covid scare

Delhi govt sanctions Rs 104 crore for hospitals to procure general medicines amid fresh Covid scare

New Delhi: The Delhi government on Monday approved a budget of Rs 104 crore for hospitals to procure general medicines as part of preparations to deal with emergency situations amid a surge in Covid cases in some countries. At a review meeting, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia directed the heads of government hospitals to share […]

PM participates in historic programme marking ‘Veer Bal Diwas’

PM participates in historic programme marking ‘Veer Bal Diwas’

New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi participated in a historic programme marking ‘Veer Bal Diwas’ at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in Delhi today. During the programme, the Prime Minister attended a ‘Shabad Kirtan’ performed by about three hundred Baal Kirtanis. The Prime Minister also flagged off a march-past by about three thousand children […]

If moral policing stops, communal murders in Karnataka will end: Siddaramaiah

Belagavi (K’taka): Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah on Monday wondered how moral policing in Karnataka will stop if Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai gives “provocative statements”. Expressing concern over rising cases of moral policing taking communal hue in Karnataka, the former chief minister highlighted the spate of recent murders in the state especially in the coastal region. […]