Dehradun: A privately operated bus fell into a deep gorge in Almora district on Monday, killing at least 23 of the about 40 people on board and injuring 15. While 22 people died on the spot, one succumbed to injuries while being taken to a hospital in Ramnagar, Almora’s District Disaster Management Officer Vineet Pal…
Ranchi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a scathing attack on the JMM-led coalition in Jharkhand, labeling it a “Ghuspaithiya Bandhan” (infiltrators’ alliance) and “Mafia Ka Ghulam” (mafia’s slave) for allegedly supporting Bangladeshi infiltrators. Scams by coalition leaders in Jharkhand have become an industry and corruption has devoured Jharkhand like termites, the Prime Minister…
New Delhi: Ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly polls, the Election Commission on Monday directed the state government to transfer DGP Rashmi Shukla with immediate effect following complaints from political parties, including the Congress, sources said. The poll body directed the Maharashtra chief secretary to hand over Shukla’s charge to the next senior-most IPS officer in…
Bengaluru: Upping the ante following allegations by a section of farmers in certain parts of Karnataka that their lands were marked as Waqf properties, BJP on Monday held a state-wide protest, accusing the ruling Congress government of indulging in “land jihad”. The opposition party also demanded the sacking of Waqf Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan from…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday launched a new initiative to offer space for co-working and learning with all modern facilities including internet at Kolathur Assembly constituency here. The “Mudhalvar Padaipagam,” which will function under the Greater Chennai Corporation at Jagannathan Street, Zone 6, in the Chief Minister’s constituency, will serve…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has asserted his government is focusing on welfare schemes like ‘Ladki Bahin Yojana’ to enrich the lives of women and said he intends to increase the monthly aid under the scheme. Ahead of the November 20 Maharashtra assembly polls, Shinde on Sunday also targeted the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi…
New Delhi: The winter session of Parliament is expected to kick off on November 25, running through December 20. High on the legislative agenda are the One Nation One Election and Waqf bills, which are likely to spark debate in the House. The outcomes of the Jharkhand and Maharashtra assembly elections on November 23 are…
Thane: NCP (SP) leader Jitendra Awhad has claimed that Nitish Kumar of JD(U) and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu would withdraw their support from the BJP-led Centre if MVA is voted to power in Maharashtra. The sitting MLA from the Mumbra-Kalwa assembly constituency, who has been renominated by his party, targeted the Ekanath Shinde government…
Ranchi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the JMM-led government in Jharkhand, accusing it of “patronising Bangladeshi infiltrators for vote bank politics” and asserted that if the BJP was voted to power in the state, it will enact stringent legislation to prevent the transfer of tribal land to illegal…
Ranchi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday announced that the BJP will implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Jharkhand if voted to power in the state, but would keep tribals out of its ambit. Shah, while releasing the saffron party’s manifesto ‘Sankalp Patra’ for the upcoming assembly elections in Jharkhand, announced that a Displacement…
