Ranchi: The Jharkhand government’s late-night decision on Monday to cancel the JSSC-CGL examination and all other recruitment examinations conducted by private agency TDPL brought a major breakthrough to the prolonged student agitation, with student leader Devendra Mahto describing the development as a “big victory” for the protesting aspirants. The announcement came on the 24th day…
Jaipur: An old but live illumination shell was found in an agricultural field near the CRPF campus in Jaipur on Monday. A woman passing through the area spotted the object lying among agricultural waste in a field in the Khatiwalon Ki Dhani area under Amber police station limits. The villagers informed the police control room,…
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday unveiled its new national team under party president Nitin Nabin, giving former Union minister Smriti Irani a significant organisational role as one of the party’s eight national general secretaries and assigning her charge of the crucial Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Irani’s appointment is among the most closely watched decisions…
Tarapith (WB): At least seven people were killed and several others critically injured in a fire at a hotel in West Bengal’s Birbhum district early on Monday, police said. The fire erupted around 5 am on the ground floor of the four-storey hotel in the temple town of Tarapith, when most of the guests were…
Lakshmisarai (Bihar): At least six people were killed and several others were injured in a stampede at the Ashok Dham temple in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district on Monday, officials said. The incident occurred due to a heavy rush of devotees at the temple to offer water to lord Shiva in the holy month of Shravan. Sub-Divisional…
Jammu: Amid tight security arrangements, the annual pilgrimage to the Himalayan shrine of Budha Amarnath in Poonch district will begin today, with LG Manoj Sinha scheduled to flag off the first batch of pilgrims from Jammu. Security has been further tightened ahead of the yatra, with forces deployed along Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch highway amid operations at several…
Bhubaneshwar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi is scheduled to visit flood-hit Bhadrak and Jajpur districts on Monday as the state remains on high alert following an IMD forecast of extremely heavy rain in the wake of the formation of a fresh low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal. The state has evacuated more than…
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his “dimagi naxal” remark, and said, “I am proud to be a dimagi naxal”. Addressing the nation on the 80th Independence Day on Saturday, Modi warned about “dimagi naxals” who have allegedly entrenched themselves in the system…
Jaipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday accused the Congress of insulting the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ and demanded that the party apologise to the people and to Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay who wrote the song. Addressing a public meeting in Chittorgarh, Shah alleged that during the Independence Day programme at the Congress headquarters, party…
Kochi: ‘Athachamayam’ celebrations, heralding the start of the 10-day ‘Onam’ festivities in Kerala, saw a colourful rally of caparisoned elephants, floats and folk-dance performances at Tripunithura here on Sunday. The celebrations were officially inaugurated by Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan, who said that since the time of the royal era, the Kochi kingdom and…
