Uttarkashi tunnel collapse Uttarkashi (U’khand): All 40 workers trapped after an under-construction tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi are safe and communication has been established with them, officials said on Monday as Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached the site to oversee rescue operations. Rescuers who worked overnight trying to prepare an escape passage for the labourers […]
Kolkata: A local Trinamool Congress leader was shot dead at Joynagar in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Monday morning, prompting a group of people to lynch an alleged assailant, officials said. Saifuddin Laskar, TMC area president of Bamungachi in Joynagar was shot dead near his house by some miscreants, an official said. Supporters […]
New Delhi: A stringent enforcement of the ban on firecrackers holds the promise of delivering the best air quality on Diwali day in eight years for Delhi on Sunday. Delhiites woke up to clear skies and abundant sunshine, and the city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 202 at 7 am, the best in at […]
New Delhi: Around 40 workers are feared trapped as an under-construction tunnel in Uttarkashi district collapsed during the early hours of Sunday. Rescue operation is underway. About 150 metres of the tunnel getting constructed between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway in Uttarkashi collapsed during the early hours of Sunday. According to sources, […]
New Delhi: On the occasion of Diwali, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced that in the event that the Congress takes back power, his administration will provide Rs15,000 annually to every woman in the state. Ahead of the state assembly elections’ second round, the announcement was made. “On the occasion of Diwali, I want to announce […]
New Delhi: First Rashmika Mandanna and then Katrina Kaif. AI generated morphed videos of the two actors created a flutter last week, highlighting the urgent need to stop the misuse of deepfake technology and prompting calls for better ways to identify it. While Delhi Police on Friday registered an FIR against unidentified people in connection […]
Bhopal: The ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday released its manifesto for the November 17 assembly elections which promised, among other things, cooking gas cylinder at Rs 450 for beneficiaries of the Ladli Behna and Ujjwala’ schemes and free education upto the post-graduation level for girls from poor families. Higher minimum support price (MSP) […]
Raipur: The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government is trying to control states ruled by other parties through the Raj Bhawan (governor), which is not in the interest of the country and its democracy, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said on Saturday. He was answering a query on the row between Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit and […]
New Delhi: Reports on the three bills which seek to replace the criminal and procedural laws were submitted to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday. The Vice President’s Secretariat posted on X that chairman of the standing committee on home Brij Lal called on Dhankhar in Parliament and handed over the three reports. Soon […]
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Friday said she will be back with a bigger mandate in 2024, a day after the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee recommended her expulsion from the House in the “cash-for-query” matter. In a post on X, the TMC MP said, “Proud to go down in parliamentary history as […]