Churu: A Jaguar trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Bhanoda village in Rajasthan’s Churu district on Wednesday afternoon, killing both pilots onboard. The crash occurred around 12:40 pm during a routine training mission. The aircraft went down in an agricultural field, and no damage to civilian property has been reported. Rajaldesar…
Vadodara: Nine persons were killed and five others rescued after several vehicles fell into a river when the portion of a four-decade-old bridge collapsed in Gujarat’s Vadodara district on Wednesday morning, officials said. Five to six vehicles fell into the Mahisagar river after a slab of the Gambhira bridge, located on the river which connects…
Patna/Arwal/Jehnabad/Darbhaga (Bihar): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday led a Mahagathbandhan march to the Election Commission’s office in Patna to protest the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls before the Bihar assembly polls. The leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, who arrived in the state capital in the morning, was accompanied by…
Meerut (UP): Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday said farmers in India are now moving towards mobile-based crop monitoring and gaining access to global markets with the help of technology. He said the government aims to transform farmers not just into producers but into entrepreneurs. Speaking at the inauguration of the Centre for Agricultural…
New Delhi: Possible convergence of interest among China, Pakistan, and Bangladesh may result in serious implications for India’s stability and security dynamics, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan said on Tuesday. In an address at a think-tank, Gen Chauhan, delving into the May 7-10 military conflict between India and Pakistan, said it was perhaps…
Srinagar: More than 1 lakh devotees have visited the cave shrine of Amarnath in the first six days of the annual pilgrimage, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Tuesday. The 38-day Amarnath Yatra commenced from the valley on July 3 via the twin tracks — the traditional 48-km-long Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag…
Sukma: A Naxalite involved in the improvised explosive device (IED) blast that killed an additional superintendent of police (ASP) in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district last month was arrested on Tuesday, police said. The accused, Sodhi Ganga, was apprehended by the State Investigation Agency (SIA), and it was the first arrest in the case, a police official…
Patna: In a significant move ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday announced 35% reservation for women candidates who are native to Bihar in all direct recruitment to government jobs. The decision was approved by the state cabinet, marking a key pre-poll initiative aimed at strengthening the government’s commitment to…
New Delhi: A nationwide strike is set to take place on Wednesday, July 9, as more than 25 crore workers from both formal and informal sectors prepare to join a Bharat Bandh called by a joint platform of 10 central trade unions. The strike is expected to disrupt essential services, including banking, insurance, transport, electricity, and postal operations, with…
Patna: A key suspect in the murder of industrialist Gopal Khemka was killed in a gunfight with the police in Patna’s Damaria Ghat area in the early hours of Tuesday, officials said. Vikas alias Raja (29), the suspect, was wanted in several other criminal cases as well, they said. Acting on a tip-off, the team…
