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  • Farooq Abdullah reaches remote hamlet in J-K's Kishtwar on horseback

    Oct 06, 2022

    Jammu, Oct 5 (PTI) National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday visited a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on horseback. The former chief minister's visit to the picturesque Warwan-Marwah, which usually remains cut off in the winter months owing to heavy snowfall, sent the villagers and especially the National Conference workers into celebration.

  • Positive changes in J-K, Ladakh after constitutional reforms: RSS leader

    Oct 06, 2022

    Jammu, Oct 5 (PTI) RSS leader Krishna Gopal on Wednesday said the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are witnessing positive changes due to the reforms undertaken by the BJP government at the Centre. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's joint general secretary also asserted that India is a "Hindu Rashtra".

  • PM Modi, Mamata announce ex-gratia for kin of those killed in flash floods during idol immersion

    Oct 06, 2022

    Kolkata, Oct 6 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for every next of kin of the eight people who lost their lives, after being swept away due to flash floods in the Mal river in Jalpaiguri district during idol immersion of Goddess Durga. They also said Rs 50,000 each will be provided to the injured.

  • Killing of Sikh family in US sends shock waves in their native village in Punjab

    Oct 06, 2022

    Hoshiarpur, Oct 6 (PTI) The killing of four members of a Sikh family after they were kidnapped in the US state of California sent shock waves in their village here on Thursday and the villagers demanded exemplary punishment for the culprit. Residents of the family's Harsi Pind village also expressed grief over the incident and demanded that steps be taken to ensure the safety of those going abroad.

  • Kidnapping of Indian-origin family in US: Relatives back home in Punjab village in state of shock

    Oct 05, 2022

    Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Oct 5 (PTI) The news of the kidnapping of an Indian-origin family of four, including an eight-month-old child, in the US state of California, has left their relatives back home here in a state of shock. A 48-year-old man considered a person of interest in the kidnapping of the four-member Sikh family has been taken into custody and is in critical condition, authorities in the US said. The victims are still missing though.

  • Domestic help arrested for murder of JK DG (Prison) Hemant Lohia

    Oct 04, 2022

    Jammu, Oct 4 (PTI) A 23-year-old working as a domestic help was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly killing Jammu and Kashmir Director General (Prisons) Hemant K Lohia, police said. Yasir Lohar's arrest followed a major all-night manhunt, police said in a statement, adding that his interrogation had begun. He was arrested from a field in Kanhachak area. Lohar is a resident of Halla-Dhandrath village in Ramban district.

  • All in Congress wish to take on BJP, not each other: Tharoor

    Oct 03, 2022

    New Delhi, Oct 3 (PTI) Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said all in the party wish to take on the BJP rather than each other. The Thiruvananthapuram MP who is set for an electoral face-off with Congress veteran Mallikarjun Kharge for the party president's post, said the two have no ideological difference. "Let me make clear that I agree with @kharge ji that all of us in @incIndia wish to take on the BJP rather than each other.

  • One motorcyclist killed, two others injured in accident in UP's Sultanpur

    Oct 01, 2022

    Sultanpur, Oct 1 (PTI) One person was killed and two others were injured when their motorcycle was run over by a truck, police said on Saturday. Kotwali Dehat police station SHO Shivkant Tripathi said the accident occurred on the Ayodhya-Prayagraj National Highway late on Friday night. Three persons were travelling on the motorcycle when it was hit by a truck near Pyarepatti bypass, Tripathi said.

  • PM Modi launches 5G services in India

    Oct 01, 2022

    New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the 5G telephony services in the country, ushering in an era of ultra high-speed internet on mobile phones. The Prime Minister launched the 5G services in select cities at the IMC 2022 conference. The services will progressively cover the entire country over the next couple of years.

  • Tharoor visits Rajghat ahead of filing nomination papers for Cong prez poll

    Sep 30, 2022

    New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor visited Rajghat here on Friday and paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi ahead of filing his nomination papers for the party's presidential poll. "Paid tribute to the man who built India's bridge to the 21st century this morning," Tharoor said in a tweet. He quoted former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi as saying, "India is an Old country but a young nation...

  • Will stay away from active politics post retirement as Meghalaya Guv: Satya Pal Malik

    Sep 30, 2022

    Meerut (UP), Sep 30 (PTI) Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik on Friday said he will neither join any political party nor contest elections post his retirement from the current post, putting an end to speculations that he would be joining the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD). Malik will complete his tenure as the governor of the Northeast state on Friday. On his post-retirement plans, Malik told PTI, "I have no plans yet.

  • Senior PTI journalist Sanjay Anand dies in Delhi

    Sep 30, 2022

    New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) Senior PTI journalist Sanjay Anand died on Friday, six months after he was diagnosed with a brain tumour, his family said. He was 59. He is survived by his wife Anita Anand and sons Vidur and Vyas. The Delhi-based Anand worked at the Press Trust of India (PTI) for over a decade. Prior to joining PTI, he worked at the Times of India, the Financial Express and United News of India (UNI) news agency. His demise was condoled by his colleagues and members of the journalist fraternity.

  • 17-year-old student stabbed to death by schoolmate in Delhi's Adarsh Nagar

    Sep 30, 2022

    New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) A 17-year-old student was stabbed to death by his schoolmate in northwest Delhi's Adarsh Nagar area, police said on Friday. The juvenile had purchased the weapon of offence -- a button-actuated knife -- online, they said. On Thursday, police got a PCR call regarding the incident in Adarsh Nagar, police said.

  • Gen Anil Chauhan takes charge as India's new Chief of Defence Staff

    Sep 30, 2022

    New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) Gen Anil Chauhan on Friday became India's new Chief of Defence Staff with a mandate to implement the ambitious theaterisation plan that aims to ensure tri-services synergy and prepare the armed forces for future security challenges facing the nation.

  • Charred body found inside burnt car in Delhi

    Sep 29, 2022

    New Delhi, Sep 29 (PTI) A charred body was recovered from a burnt car in northwest Delhi's Kanjhawala area on Thursday, police said. The body, which was completely charred, is yet to be identified, they said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) Pranav Tayal said a PCR call was received around 6.40 am regarding a burning car in Kanjhawala. On reaching the spot, the car was found on the route from Majra Dabas to Jatkhod.

  • Lt Gen Anil Chauhan is new CDS

    Sep 29, 2022

    New Delhi, Sep 28 (PTI) Lt Gen Anil Chauhan (retd), a former eastern Army commander and director general of military operations, was on Wednesday appointed as India's new Chief of Defence Staff, more than nine months after the post fell vacant following the death of Gen Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash.

  • LUMPY SKIN DISEASE: A NOTIFIABLE DISEASE

    Sep 28, 2022

    BY DR. WAHIED KHAWAR BALWAN Lumpy Skin Disease is caused by the Lumpy Skin Disease Virus (LSDV), which belongs to the genus capripoxvirus, a part of the poxviridae family (small pox and monkey pox viruses are also a part of the same family). The LSDV shares antigenic similarities with the sheep pox virus (SPPV) and the goat pox virus (GTPV) or is similar in the immune response to those viruses.

  • Congress Bharat Jodo Yatra to enter Rahul Gandhi's Wayanad constituency

    Sep 28, 2022

    Malappuram (Kerala), Sep 28 (PTI) The Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra began its 18th day of march in Kerala on Wednesday with hundreds of party workers and followers accompanying Rahul Gandhi set to enter his Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency during the day. The march started from Pandikkad School Padi here and is scheduled to halt for a break at Wandoor junction around 10.30 am.

  • If communal forces are to be banned, RSS should be the first: CPI(M)

    Sep 27, 2022

    Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 27 (PTI) Kerala's ruling CPI(M) on Tuesday said imposing a ban on an extremist organisation or a communal force would not put an end to its activities and if such a step has to be taken then RSS should be the first one to be banned. CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan's statement came amidst reports that the Centre was planning to include the Popular Front of India (PFI) in the list of terror outfits.

  • Heavy rains likely to lash Kolkata during Durga Puja, organisers on tenterhooks

    Sep 27, 2022

    Kolkata, Sep 27 (PTI) Durga Puja in Kolkata and southern West Bengal districts is likely to be rain-drenched this year with the Met department on Tuesday saying that a cyclonic circulation may form over northwest Bay of Bengal on October 1. Regional Met director GK Das said that the system is likely to cause heavy rain in Kolkata and other southern districts on October 2 -- Mahasaptami, the first day of the four-day festival.

  • Cong observers preparing report on Rajasthan developments, to submit to Sonia

    Sep 27, 2022

    New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) The Congress on Tuesday continued to grapple with the political crisis in Rajasthan after the party observers termed as "indiscipline" the action of 82 MLAs in the state setting conditions to the party leadership for appointing Ashok Gehlot's successor. The two observers Mallikarjun Kharge and Ajay Maken are preparing a written report on the developments in Rajasthan and are likely to submit it by the evening.

  • Heavy rains lash Uttarakhand; woman trapped under debris of damaged house

    Sep 22, 2022

    Dehradun, Sep 22 (PTI) Rescuers were searching for a woman who was trapped under the debris of a damaged house as heavy rains lashed various parts of Uttarakhand triggering landslides in the hills and disrupting power and water supply in several towns on Thursday. A house got damaged following heavy rainfall in Kumrada village in Chinyalisaur area of Uttarkashi district at around 1.

  • 7 killed in wall collapse incidents in Uttar Pradesh due to heavy rains

    Sep 22, 2022

    Etawah (UP), Sep 22 (PTI) Seven people were killed in separate incidents of wall collapse following continuous rainfall in this district of Uttar Pradesh in the past 24 hours, senior officials said here on Thursday. In the first incident, four children died in their sleep when the wall of their house collapsed in Chandra Pura village under Civil Lines police station area late Wednesday night.

  • UP: BJP leader externed from Sultanpur for 6 month under Goonda Act

    Sep 22, 2022

    Sultanpur (UP), Sep 22 (PTI) The district administration has externed a BJP leader for six months under the Goonda Act for his alleged criminal activities, police said on Thursday. Action was taken action district unit vice president of BJP Kisan Morcha Awadhesh Pandey by Additional District Magistrate Finance and Revenue on the basis of a report of the local police, they said.

  • EAM Jaishankar discusses Cyprus with Turkiye's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu

    Sep 21, 2022

    By Yoshita Singh United Nations, Sep 21 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has discussed the Cyprus issue with Turkiye's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu, hours after the Turkish President raked up Kashmir in his address to the General Assembly. Jaishankar met Cavusoglu on the second day of his engagements on the sidelines of the high-level General Assembly session here.

  • Should Indian sports be cleansed of politics, politicians to reach zenith: Varun Gandhi

    Sep 20, 2022

    New Delhi, Sep 20 (PTI) BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Tuesday highlighted incidents of "disrespectful" behaviour towards sportspersons and asked if Indian sports should be cleansed of politicians and their representatives to reach its zenith. Gandhi tweeted videos of two incidents. One showed athletes at a state-level kabaddi tournament in Saharanpur being served food kept on toilet floor.

  • Paddy procurement to start from Oct 1 in Punjab, says chief minister

    Sep 20, 2022

    Chandigarh, Sep 20 (PTI) Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said paddy procurement will begin from October 1 and 191 lakh metric tonnes of the crop is expected to arrive in various mandis in the state. The chief minister reviewed the procurement arrangements here and asserted that the state government is committed to procure every single grain of the crop.

  • ITI to pay US firm Rs 169 cr, HC tells authorities to check backdoor entry of foreign cos

    Sep 20, 2022

    Bengaluru, Sep 20 (PTI) The Karnataka High Court dismissed a petition by ITI Ltd challenging an arbitration order directing it to pay over Rs 169 crore to an US based company, and gave a direction to the authorities to check the backdoor entry of foreign companies in securing government quota contracts. ITI had signed a technical collaboration agreement (TCA) with Alphion Corporation in October 2007.

  • Seers perform rituals to save cows from lumpy skin disease in Rajasthan

    Sep 19, 2022

    Jaipur, Sep 19 (PTI) While veterinary doctors have been inoculating cows and other cattle to protect them from lumpy skin disease, seers on the other hand have been performing 'yagyas' for their good health. A 'puja' and 'havan' were organised at the Jaipur Municipal Corporation Heritage headquarters on September 13, during which several councillors, including Mayor Munesh Gurjar, participated.

  • Bharat Jodo Yatra: Rahul Gandhi begins day 12 by interacting with fisherfolk in Alappuzha

    Sep 19, 2022

    Alappuzha (Ker), Sep 19 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday held discussions with the fishermen community here at the Vadackal beach ahead of the 12th day of his party's Bharat Jodo Yatra. In an early morning meeting, Gandhi discussed the challenges of rising fuel costs, reduced subsidies, dwindling fish stock and environmental destruction among other issues.

  • Rahul Gandhi kick-starts 10th day of Bharat Jodo Yatra

    Sep 17, 2022

    Kollam, Sep 17 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday kick-started the tenth day of his Bharat Jodo Yatra from Puthiyakavu junction near Karunagappally here with thousands of party workers accompanying him waving party flags. Gandhi and the yatra members had halted at Karunagappally after walking around 24 km on Friday. The yatra, which resumed shortly after 6.

  • Will 'beautify' Delhi if get control of MCD: Arvind Kejriwal

    Sep 16, 2022

    New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that if Aam Aadmi Party gets control of the MCD, it will beautify the national capital and accused the current MCD of trying to turn the city into a city of "garbage mountains." During a press conference, he alleged that the civic body has plans to create 16 new landfill sites.

  • SC refuses to entertain PIL for common dress code in educational institutes

    Sep 16, 2022

    New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre, states and union territories to implement a common dress code for staffers and students in registered educational institutions. A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia said this is not a matter which should come to the court for adjudication.

  • Cattle smugglers caught in UP's Bulandshahr after violent encounter

    Sep 15, 2022

    Bulandshahar (UP), Sep 15 (PTI) Two cattle smugglers were arrested after a brief encounter with the police near a village in Sikandrabad here in which one of them was injured, police said on Thursday. Additional Superintendent of Police Surendra Nath Tiwari said, Acting on local intelligence input a police team of Sikandrabad Police Station surrounded some meat smugglers who were planning to slaughter prohibited cattle on Wednesday night.

  • 10 dead, 28 injured as mini-bus plunges into gorge in J-K's Poonch

    Sep 14, 2022

    Jammu, Sep 14 (PTI) Ten people died and 28 more were injured when an overcrowded mini-bus plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Wednesday, officials said here. The bus was on its way to Poonch from Gali Maidan when it met with the accident near Brari Nallah in the border belt of Sawjian around 8.30 am, they said.

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