Ramanagara (K’taka): Security was stepped up in Ramanagara, the home district of Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar, on Wednesday as a precautionary measure in light of his supporters staging protests at multiple places after some media outlets claimed that he lost the race for the Chief Minister’s post to Siddaramaiah. The move comes amid intense…
New Delhi: A member of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), who was wanted in connection with the murder of an RSS leader in 2022, was arrested from Kerala, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said on Wednesday. . Saheer K V was carrying a reward of Rs 4 lakh and was absconding since the murder…
Bengaluru: A first-time flyer from Rajasthan has been arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport here on charges of smoking ‘Beedi’ on the Bengaluru-bound Akasa Air flight, police said on Wednesday. The 56-year-old from Marwar region had boarded the plane at Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Midair, he went to the lavatory and smoked, police said. They added…
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena (UBT) will hold its first executive meeting since the split in the original Shiv Sena in Mumbai on June 18, a party source said on Wednesday. Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray will speak at the meeting which will be held in Worli area, he said. The decision was taken at a meeting…
Noida: A drug manufacturing laboratory set up by foreign nationals inside a three-storey house in Greater Noida has been busted, police said on Wednesday. Nine people of African origin have been arrested and 46 kg of methametaphine (MDMA) estimated to be worth Rs 200 crore in the international market has been seized, Gautam Buddh Nagar Police…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair NITI Aayog’s Governing Council meeting on May 27, and issues related to the economy, agriculture and health are expected to be taken up for discussions, according to official sources. The council, the apex body of NITI Aayog, includes all Chief Ministers, Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories, and several…
Patna: Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor Wednesday cautioned the Congress against “mistaking” the victory in Karnataka assembly polls as a precursor to its performance in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. His statement shared by ‘Jan Suraaj’, a political campaign launched by the IPAC founder in his home state of Bihar, pointed out that despite the Congress winning…
Bhaderwah/Jammu: Tourists in large numbers have begun to make a beeline for the snow-filled meadowlands of Jammu and Kashmir’s Bhaderwah Valley, rekindling hope among business people here that it would boost the local economy which is still dealing with the aftereffects of the Covid pandemic. Unseasonal snowfall over the past few days has spread a wonderful…
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 1.08 lakh crore-fertiliser subsidy for the 2023-24 Kharif season, a move aimed to ensure that there is no increase in the retail prices of fertilisers. For the Kharif season, the Cabinet has approved Rs 70,000 crore subsidy for urea and Rs 38,000 crore for DAP…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked Twitter to disclose basic subscriber information, including e-mails, IP addresses and phone numbers, of some of its users who are allegedly sharing clips of Shah Rukh Khan’s upcoming film “Jawan”. The court had earlier directed YouTube, Twitter and Reddit to immediately block and take down the unauthorised…
