- India
Shiv Sena (UBT) prods Hazare to again lit torch against ‘corruption, dictatorship’
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday said conditions in the country are such that veteran social activist Anna Hazare should once again “lit the torch” and fight against “corruption and dictatorship”…
- India
Punjab floods: 41 killed, over 1,600 people living in relief camps
Chandigarh: Forty-one people were killed and 1,616 are living in 173 relief camps following the floods that hit Punjab recently, officials said. Nineteen districts — Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Hoshiarpur,…
- India
Ensure violence ends in Manipur, NHRC tells state govt
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday directed the Manipur government to ensure that no further violence takes place in the strife-torn northeastern state. In a statement issued late…
- India
SP built Aurangzeb museum, we are building one for Shivaji: Yogi
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said a museum in memory of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb was built in Agra when the Samajwadi Party was in power while his government…
- India
Non-basmati white rice: IMF ‘encourages’ India to remove export restrictions
Washington: The International Monetary Fund has said it would “encourage” India to remove restrictions on export of a certain category of rice, which, it said, would have an impact on global inflation.…
- India
Manipur tribal body seeks Prime Minister Modi’s intervention
Imphal: The Zomi Council Steering Committee (ZCSC), representing nine Kuki-Zomi tribes of Manipur, on Tuesday demanded imposition of President’s Rule in the state, while a leading Meitei civil rights organisation- COCOMI- urged…
- India
MP: 2 cheetahs brought back to enclosure for health examination
Bhopal: Two more translocated cheetahs were brought back to the enclosure for health examination at the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district on Tuesday, officials said. Prabhas (male) and…
- India
Kejriwal writes to Sitharaman, flags Delhi’s ‘frozen’ share in central taxes
New Delhi: Ahead of constitution of the 16th Central Finance Commission, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, flagging Delhi’s “frozen” share in central pool of taxes…
- Andhra Pradesh
YSRCP regime pushed agriculture into crisis, says TDP chief Naidu
Amaravati: Telugu Desam Party supremo N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday alleged that four years of the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP government has pushed agriculture sector into a serious crisis. He…
- Telangana
Telangana rains: Two girls washed away in Mahabubnagar district
Hyderabad: Two girls were washed away in an overflowing stream in Mahabubnagar district in Telangana following downpour as heavy rain continued to lash the state leading to inundation of low-lying areas and…
- Bangalore
‘Rains batter parts of Karnataka, at least four dead
Bengaluru: At least four people lost their lives in Udupi and Vijayapura in rain-related incidents, the authorities said on Tuesday. There was also widespread destruction of property and damage to houses in…
- India
Kejriwal, Sanjay challenge Gujarat court’s summons for July 26 appearance
Ahmedabad: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP MP Sanjay Singh on Tuesday filed revision applications in the sessions court here challenging the summons against them by a lower court for personal…
- Photos
24th Kargil Vijay Diwas eve
Kargil: General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command of Army Lt General Upendra Dwivedi with Col. V N Thapar during a briefing at Lamochan view point ahead of 24th Kargil Vijay Diwas celebration at…
- India
Manipur strife quite similar to Gujarat riots of 2002: Dipankar
Patna: CPI(ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya on Tuesday likened the ethnic strife in Manipur to communal riots that broke out in Gujarat when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the western state’s…
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President Murmu completes one year in office
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu lays the foundation stone for construction of a cricket pavilion at the sports ground of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Kendriya Vidyalaya to mark the completion of one year…
