In one of the worst accidents this summer in Uttarakhand, 14 people died and 12 others were injured when a vehicle in which they were travelling from Delhi-NCR fell into a 200m gorge near the Alaknanda river in Raitoli area of Rudraprayag district on Saturday. Officials said 10 persons died on the spot while...
Read MoreAn assistant professor at a govt college in MP’s Betul was allegedly thrashed by six men, including two students, on Friday because the college refused their demand to rush through a girl student’s scholarship application. The victim, Sanskrit teacher Neeraj Dhakad, is in hospital with a fractured elbow. The attackers threw chilli powder into...
Read MoreIn a detailed order rejecting the discharge pleas of three doctors accused of abetting the 2019 suicide of their junior, Dr Payal Tadvi, by harassing her over her caste, a special court observed that had they filed the pleas only to prolong trial. The court said there is prima-facie sufficient material on their participation...
Read MoreBarely a fortnight since Lok Sabha poll results, Karnataka’s Congress govt Saturday increased the prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 3 with immediate effect through a revision in retail taxes. BJP denounced the hike as “an act of revenge” on the people who had given the party and ally JD(S) 19 of the...
Read MoreFormer Karnataka CM and BJP veteran BS Yediyurappa said he will appear before CID on June 17 for an inquiry, following his return to Bengaluru Saturday. His statement came a day after Karnataka HC stayed a non-bailable warrant against him, in connection with a Pocso case. “I had gone to Delhi for a pre-scheduled...
Read MoreGreater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials on Saturday razed two rooms built on the footpath outside the Jubilee Hills residence of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. The makeshift structures that encroached the footpath along the compound wall of Jagan’s residence housed security personnel.
Read Morel those who opposed Ram are out of power. Those who took pledge of devotion to Ram are in power today,” he said. The back-pedalling followed a snub from the Sangh leadership who termed Kumar’s “arrogant” jibe “unauthorised”, leaving its senior functionary with little option but to swallow his words. In retreat mode, Kumar...
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