Bhopal/Harda: Eleven people were killed and 200 others injured, besides 60 houses were gutted after an explosion leading to a blaze at a firecrackers factory in Harda town of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, officials said. A number of people were also feared trapped in and around the unit, Harda Collector Rishi Garg said. The incident…
Rourkela: The Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is scheduled to enter Odisha on Tuesday. Biramitrapur, a small industrial town in Sundergarh district through which the yatra will enter the state from Jharkhand, has been decked up with banners, cut-outs and hoardings of Gandhi. Senior state Congress leaders have gathered in Rourkela steel city, around…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday searched the premises of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s personal secretary Bibhav Kumar and some persons connected to the Aam Aadmi Party as part of a money laundering probe, official sources said. About 10 premises in the national capital are being covered as part of the raids, they…
New Delhi: The Modi government wants friendly relations with all countries but it will not compromise with India’s border security and the people’s safety, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday. Shah also said that the government has successfully tackled the three internal security hotspots — ‘Jammu and Kashmir, the Northeast and the Left…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday predicted that the BJP will “definitely” get 370 seats and the ruling National Democratic Alliance will cross 400 seats in the Lok Sabha polls as he tore into the Congress, saying its “shop” is on the verge of closure. In his nearly 100-minute reply to the discussion…
Panaji: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate India Energy Week 2024 in Goa on Tuesday and also dedicate to the nation the permanent campus of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) apart from laying foundation stones for various projects costing more than Rs 1,330 crore. Modi will also address Viksit Bharat, Viksit Goa 2047 programme….
Washington: The sale of General Atomics MQ9-B armed drones would provide India with an enhanced maritime security and domain awareness capability, the United States has said. Last week, the State Department informed the State Department of its decision to authorise the sale of 31 MQ-9B armed drones at an estimated cost of USD 3.99 billion….
New Delhi: Appalled by the alleged defacing of ballot papers in the Chandigarh mayoral polls, the Supreme Court on Monday said this is a mockery of democracy and ordered that the ballots and the video of the electoral proceedings be preserved. Taking note of a plea of an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor alleging wrongdoing…
Balasore (Odisha): Four flight trials of high-speed expendable aerial target ‘ABHYAS’ were successfully carried out by the DRDO from the Integrated Test Range at Odisha’s Chandipur between January 30 and February 2, official sources said. The trials were conducted with four different mission objectives in a revised robust configuration using a single booster designed by Advanced…
Ranchi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised a nationwide caste census and removal of the 50 per cent cap on reservation if the INDIA bloc forms the government at the Centre after the Lok Sabha polls. Gandhi also launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying when the demand for caste census…
