Jaipur: The BJP on Thursday announced Satish Poonia and Alka Gurjar as two of its three candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Rajasthan. Poonia is currently the party’s Haryana in-charge and a former Rajasthan BJP president, while Gurjar is a national secretary of the party. Elections for the three Rajya Sabha seats in…
New Delhi: “Delhi me sab chalta hai” (everything works in Delhi). This is what the owner of the Malviya Nagar hotel told police when confronted about major violations. He showed little remorse, even driving past the burning building without stopping during rescue operations following a blaze that claimed 21 lives, including 12 foreign nationals, and…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat and Daman on Friday and inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development projects worth around Rs 22,000 crore. The prime minister will also address a gathering in Surat. The projects which will be inaugurated include a 200-bed ESIC Hospital in Surat and a new…
New Delhi: The office of the mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) received a bomb threat email on Thursday, prompting a security response and a thorough sanitisation of the premises, officials said. According to officials, the threat mail was received on the official email ID of the mayor’s office in the morning. Following…
New Delhi: The southwest monsoon set over Kerala on Thursday, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Typically, the monsoon arrives in Kerala around June 1, which marks the beginning of the Southwest monsoon season (June-September). “The southwest monsoon has further advanced into the remaining parts of southwest and southeast Arabian Sea, some parts of…
Muzaffarpur: At least three people were killed after a massive fire broke out in the ICU of a private hospital in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district early Thursday, a senior official said. The blaze erupted at Prasad Hospital in the Brahmpura area, and quickly spread through the intensive care unit (ICU), filling it with dense smoke. Confirming…
New Delhi: Former Delhi lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung on Wednesday called for “demystifying” mosques and said Friday prayers can be staggered if they cause inconvenience to others. He also stressed that greater understanding is needed between communities amid “growing distrust”. Jung was addressing the ‘Parasparta Sammelan’, the inaugural conclave of Citizens for Fraternity (CFF) Bharat…
Chandigarh: Amritsar police busted a cross-border illegal arms and drug smuggling module with the arrest of two persons and recovery of over 2 kg heroin and six sophisticated pistols along with 12 live cartridges, said Punjab DGP on Wednesday. Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said those arrested have been identified as Sukhdev Singh…
Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar took oath as Karnataka Chief Minister on Wednesday, marking a change of guard in the state, and formally ending his long-drawn power tussle for the post with predecessor Siddaramaiah. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath of office and secrecy to Shivakumar at the Lok Bhavan here, and 13…
Shimla: The meteorological centre here on Wednesday issued an orange alert for hailstorm, thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds in five districts of Himachal Pradesh for Thursday, officials said. The warning has been issued for Kangra, Mandi, Kullu, Shimla and Sirmaur districts, where gusty winds (speed 40-50 kmph) are likely at isolated places, they said. It…
