Amritsar: As many as 70 Pakistani nationals were stranded here on Thursday, officials said, as the deadline for leaving India expired a day earlier. The Attari-Wagah border was shut on Thursday after being kept open till April 30. The Centre issued the ‘Leave India’ notice to Pakistani nationals after 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed…
New Delhi: Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, an accomplished fighter pilot with over 3,300 hours of flying experience on over 20 types of aircraft, on Thursday assumed charge as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (CISC), considered to be a key position at the headquarters of the Integrated Defence Staff. He succeeds Lt Gen JP Mathew, who…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday inspected the fire-ravaged hotel in central Kolkata and announced that those responsible for the death of 14 people in the city’s latest inferno tragedy will not be spared. Banerjee reached the affected Rituraj Hotel in the Mechhua Falpatti area of Burrabazar on her way back from…
Digha (WB): Rejecting speculations of joining the TMC, former West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Thursday said he went to the newly-built Jagannath temple in Digha on the day of its consecration as he was officially invited by the government and his party did not bar anyone from visiting it. Ghosh, along with his…
New Delhi: Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday asserted the government’s decision to include caste enumeration in the next census has exposed the difference between “true intentions and empty sloganeering”. Addressing a press conference at the BJP Headquarters, Pradhan termed the move as a “gamechanger decision” which has been welcomed by a majority of opposition…
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday welcomed the government’s decision to include caste enumeration in the forthcoming census and demanded allocation of funds to start work at the earliest. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the government should allocate funds to initiate caste census at the earliest with complete transparency, while former party chief Rahul Gandhi…
New Delhi: At least 30 shops were gutted in a massive fire at the Dilli Haat, a popular market in south Delhi’s INA area, on Wednesday night, the Delhi Fire Services said. No casualty was reported in the incident, it said in a statement. Delhi Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra said the fire has been brought…
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday welcomed the Central government’s announcement that caste survey would be included in the next census and said the decision will further accelerate the development in the country. Leader of the opposition in the state assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, described the Centre’s decision as the victory of socialists and…
Bagalkote (Karnataka): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday insisted that the Centre should conduct a socio-economic survey as the caste census alone will not suffice. In a major decision, the Centre on Wednesday announced that caste enumeration will be included in the forthcoming census exercise in a ‘transparent’ manner. Opposition parties, including the Congress, have…
Kancheepuram (Tamil Nadu): Rig Vedic scholar from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh Sri Satya Chandrashekarendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya was anointed as the junior pontiff of the ancient Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam at a grand religious ceremony here on Wednesday. The 25-year-old acharya, known as Ganesha Sharma Dravid before his initiation into sanyasa as per the tradition at the Kanchi…
