Jaipur: Heatwave conditions prevailed in most parts of Rajasthan on Sunday with Banswara being recorded as the hottest place in the state at 46.5 degrees Celsius. The mercury soared in Barmer too to settle at 46.3 degrees Celsius, 4.5 notches above normal. Bikaner, Sri Ganganagar and Jaisalmer each recorded a maximum temperature of 45.5 degrees […]
Chandigarh: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu said he will meet Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday to discuss the revival of the state’s economy, days after he had called the CM a “younger brother” and an “honest man”. Sidhu, who had been attacking the AAP-led government in the state over various issues including the […]
Bahraich: Taking cognisance of a video of a body left outside the Bahraich district hospital amid rain, Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Brajesh Pathak on Sunday sought a report from the medical facility’s authorities. The district hospital is attached to the Maharaja Suheldev Medical College here. In the video, it can be seen that the body […]
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday slammed the government over the hike in price of domestic LPG cylinder with former party chief Rahul Gandhi saying millions of Indian households are waging a difficult battle against “extreme inflation”, unemployment and “poor governance”. The Opposition party also said the central government should roll back the hike in […]
New Delhi: The CBI Saturday conducted searches at three Sangrur-located properties of Punjab AAP MLA Jaswant Singh Gajjan Majra in a bank fraud case of over Rs 40 crore, officials said. During the searches, conducted after an FIR was filed in the Rs 40.92-crore alleged loan fraud in Bank of India, the CBI is understood […]
Kolkata: After schools, several colleges in the city and elsewhere in West Bengal are holding online classes for their students following the state government notice to either advance summer vacation or entirely shift classes to the virtual mode due to the summer heat. They have, however, asked the teachers to come to the campus at […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the eviction of an elderly couple from an old age home in Lucknow while noting that they were causing disturbance to their fellow inmates. The apex court said the possession of a room of an old age home by the couple is that of a licensee permitted […]
New Delhi: The AAP on Friday claimed Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga was arrested from Delhi by the Punjab Police for trying to stoke communal tension and violence in the border state and rejected the BJP’s charge of vendetta. Though AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj referred to the clashes in Patiala on April 29, the Punjab […]
New Delhi: The AAP on Thursday alleged that the BJP was behind the clashes between two groups in Punjab’s Patiala district, claiming that the special investigation team (SIT) set up by the Bhagwant Mann government will soon come up with a “big revelation” in this connection. Evidences of the roles played by the BJP and […]
Mumbai: Attacking the BJP, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Friday said British rule “felt better” than the existing regime in the country. He was responding to a remark about “mafia jailors” made by BJP leader Kirit Somiya, who has been routinely making allegations against the MVA government and Shiv Sena in particular. Somaiya had […]