New Delhi: The Delhi Jal Board has set up a committee to probe the death of a motorcyclist who allegedly fell into a construction pit dug by the water agency, cabinet minister Parvesh Verma said. Verma said the inquiry committee will submit a report on the incident by the same evening. A motorcyclist, Kamal, died…
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Friday warned of strict action against those using “paid promotion” to create “hype” over reports of missing girls, saying that attempts to create panic for monetary gains won’t be tolerated. According to official Delhi Police data accessed by PTI, a total of 807 people went missing between January 1…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet has deferred discussions on the SIR of electoral rolls in the state. Special Intensive Revision is an exercise undertaken by the Election Commission of India to ensure that all the eligible Indian citizens are inducted in the electoral roll and no ineligible voters are included in it. Briefing reporters on Thursday,…
Solapur: Bitter rivals, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT), have come together to form a front in Barshi taluka of Maharashtra’s Solapur district along with two NCP factions ahead of the local polls. Elections to 12 Zilla Parishads (ZPs) and 125 Panchayat Samitis will be held on February 7. The…
Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh said the top priority of his government was to look into the problems of the people displaced by the ethnic violence in both hill and valley districts. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, he said the government will soon formulate a roadmap for the return of these people to…
New Delhi: India and the US have discussed ways to strengthen collaboration in “critical and emerging defence technologies” to meet the evolving requirements at a key meeting hosted here, officials said on Thursday. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) hosted the 24th Indo-US Joint Technical Group Plenary Meeting in New Delhi on February 3…
New Delhi: Shoring up bilateral cooperation in areas of trade, investment, and defence and security is set to be the key priority for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Malaysia beginning Saturday, even as New Delhi is set to once again press Kuala Lumpur to extradite controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik. Following talks between…
Shillong: At least 18 miners were killed in a blast, and several others feared trapped in an illegal coal mining site in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday, prompting the government to order an investigation, officials said. Rescue teams have been engaged in search operations, Director General of Police I Nongrang said, adding that…
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address without the customary reply by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, amid vociferous protests by the opposition. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla put the opposition amendments to the Motion of Thanks to a vote, which were rejected. The Speaker then read…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India and Sri Lanka are connected by “deep civilisational and spiritual bonds” as he thanked President Anura Kumara Dissanayake for inaugurating the exposition of the holy Devnimori relics of Lord Buddha in Colombo. The first-ever international exposition of these sacred relics, which originate from the Devnimori…
