Guwahati: A voter turnout of 70.2 per cent was recorded in the first phase of the panchayat polls in Assam, officials said on Saturday. The first phase of polling was held on Friday at 12,916 booths in 14 districts, and 89.59 lakh people were eligible to cast their votes, they said. Voting began at 7.30…
Chennai: BJP national president and Union Minister J P Nadda on Saturday reviewed the preparedness of the Tamil Nadu unit of the party in facing the 2026 Assembly election. Nadda, who participated in the state core group meeting held here during his one-day visit to the city, advised the party senior functionaries to commence the…
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced that an inquiry will be conducted into the temple stampede in North Goa, in which six people lost their lives in the wee hours of the day, and said the probe report will be made public. Sawant visited the stampede site at Sree Lairai Devi Temple in Shirgao…
Panaji: The BJP’s Goa unit president, Damodar Naik, on Saturday said the Prime Minister’s Office is personally monitoring the situation post the stampede at a temple, in which six people lost their lives. The opposition Congress condoled the incident, while the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) demanded that the government order a probe to fix…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday expressed her grief at stampede deaths in Goa and prayed for a quick recovery of the injured. At least six persons were killed, and 30 sustained injuries after a stampede broke out during a temple festival at a village in North Goa early Saturday. The incident occurred around…
Panaji: At least six persons were killed, and several sustained injuries after a stampede broke out during a temple festival in North Goa, officials said on Saturday. The incident occurred at Sree Lairai Devi temple in Shirgao village in the wee hours of the day, a senior police officer said. Thousands of devotees from Goa,…
New Delhi: The European Union (EU) on Friday called on New Delhi and Islamabad to show “restraint” and pursue dialogue to defuse tensions amid speculation about India’s possible retaliation against Pakistan in view of the cross-border linkages to the Pahalgam terror attack. Following separate phone conversations with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Pakistan’s Deputy…
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday accused the Congress of misleading the country on caste enumeration, asserting that it is the Modi government which decided to conduct it for the first time in Independent India. BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said the Congress and its allies were in power at the Centre for over six decades…
New Delhi: Emphasising the construction of state-of-the-art exhibition and conference complexes in various parts of the country, Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday said India is all set to emerge as the “MICE capital” of the world. MICE or ‘Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions’ refers to business and tourism driven by mega events….
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday urged the Centre to act with firmness in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack to penalise Pakistan for its continued export of terror, and pressed for time-bound accountability into the “serious lapses” in security and intelligence in one of the most heavily-guarded regions of the country. The opposition…
