Kolkata: Expressing her wish to stand by the people of the violence-hit state of Manipur, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to the Centre seeking permission to visit the northeastern state, a senior official said on Tuesday. “The CM has written to the central government seeking permission to visit Manipur. She wants to…
Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday address a rally in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district, the first major event in a month-long outreach campaign by the BJP to mark its nine years in power at the Centre. Rajasthan, where the ruling Congress is caught in a leadership tussle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Delhi Police to grant protection to a 20-year-old woman who allegedly ran away from home and is apprehending threat to her life from her family members. The top court passed the order while declining to interfere with a Madhya Pradesh High Court order cancelling the anticipatory bail…
Budaun (UP): Two policemen have been attached to police lines and a departmental inquiry has been instituted against them for allegedly assaulting a Dalit youth inside the Bagrain outpost of Wazirganj police station here, officials said on Tuesday. The matter came to light after a week-old purported video of the incident went viral on the internet,…
Chennai: The thrilling last ball win by Chennai Super Kings in the IPL final against Gujarat Titans “is a miracle” and only the legend Mahendra Singh Dhoni could pull off such a show, noted industrialist and India Cements Vice Chairman N Srinivasan said on Tuesday. Chennai-based India Cements Ltd is the principal sponsor of the Indian…
Udhampur: Deepu Kumar (27) was expecting his first child in June but his life was cut short in a terror attack in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, leaving his poor family without its sole breadwinner. Kumar, who worked at a circus in the district’s Janglat Mandi area, was gunned down by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in the latest incident…
New Delhi: The Congress has projected unity to take on the BJP in the assembly polls in Rajasthan but “core issues” between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his bete noire Sachin Pilot remain unresolved, according to sources close to Pilot. The Congress on Monday said the two leaders have agreed to the party’s “proposal” and will…
New Delhi: AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj on Tuesday lashed out at Lt Governor VK Saxena over the murder of a minor girl in the Shahbad Dairy area, alleging that the people of Delhi have “lost faith” in the national capital’s law-and-order system. The 16-year-old girl was stabbed over 20 times and bludgeoned to death by a…
New Delhi: A new study has linked hypertension, brought about by high salt intake, with emotional and cognitive dysfunction. The study from Fujita Health University, Japan, found high salt intake to contribute to unwanted signalling between blood pressure regulation system and certain lipid molecules, thereby causing dysfunction in the brain. Cognitive impairment has been linked to…
Haridwar: The ongoing agitation by the wrestlers, who don Indian colors and won many medals, interestingly put their threat to throw their medals into the waters of Holy Ganga, however, chose to hold back after the intervention of farmers’ leaders. Their decision after a four-hour ‘drama’ on the banks of the Holy River, gives room for…
