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  • 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.

  • Blast at bus stand in J-K's Udhampur city, 2nd one within hours; no casualty reported

    Sep 29, 2022

    Udhampur/Jammu, Sep 29 (PTI) A blast in a bus parked at a stand in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur city on Thursday morning, the second within a few hours, sent security agencies in a tizzy as they sounded a high alert, sources said. The roof and the backside of the bus were blown away by the blast that occurred around 5.30 am on Thursday but no one was injured, they said.

  • Ankita murder case: U'khand women's commission sets up panel to monitor probe

    Sep 29, 2022

    Dehradun, Sep 29 (PTI) The Uttarakhand State Commission for Women has constituted a committee to monitor the ongoing probe into the Ankita Bhandari murder case and keep an eye on all its aspects. "It is an extremely sensitive matter in which urgent action needs to be taken. A special committee has been set up by the commission to keep a close eye on the ongoing probe into the case," president of the commission Kusum Kandwal said.

  • BJP behind conspiracy to topple Cong govt in Rajasthan: State minister

    Sep 27, 2022

    Jaipur, Sep 27 (PTI) Amid an ongoing political crisis in Rajasthan, state minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas alleged on Tuesday that the BJP has again started hatching a conspiracy to topple the Congress government. On the other hand, another minister, Rajendra Singh Gudha, once again endorsed senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot's name for the chief minister's post. "ED, income tax department, CBI officials are sitting in Rajasthan.

  • Jaishankar takes dig at American media for 'biased' India coverage

    Sep 26, 2022

    By Lalit K Jha Washington, Sep 26 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has slammed the mainstream American media, including The Washington Post, for their "biased" coverage of India. "I look at the media. You know, there are some newspapers you know, exactly, what they are going to write including one in this town," Jaishankar told a gathering of Indian-Americans from across the country amidst laughter and applause on Sunday.

  • 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.

  • Auto-rickshaw driver held for raping woman vendor in Thane

    Sep 21, 2022

    Thane, Sep 21 (PTI) An auto-rickshaw driver allegedly raped a woman vendor near a railway station in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on September 17 when the woman was selling cigarettes near a rickshaw stand located close to the Bhayander railway station, an official from the Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police commissionerate said.

  • Cheetahs brought from Namibia savour their first meal in India, appear playful

    Sep 19, 2022

    Sheopur (MP), Sep 19 (PTI) Siblings Freddy and Alton, two of the eight cheetahs brought from Namibia, were seen frolicking in their quarantine enclosure in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park on Monday, a day after all of them were served food for the first time since their arrival in India. Sisters Savannah and Sasha also looked cheerful.

  • Cheetah: Faster than most cars but low on stamina, struggles to protect its kill

    Sep 17, 2022

    By Gaurav Saini New Delhi, Sep 17 (PTI) Did you know that a cheetah can clock 100 metres in just three seconds, faster than most cars, but cannot maintain its top speed for more than half a minute? To put things in perspective, the world's fastest man and Olympic champion Usain Bolt's top speed is 44.72 kmph.

  • 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.

  • Delhi govt to launch second phase of plantation drive from Oct 15

    Sep 13, 2022

    New Delhi, Sep 13 (PTI) The Delhi government will start the second phase of its plantation drive from October 15 that will focus on planting saplings in the Yamuna floodplains, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference, he said the government had set a target of planting 35 lakh saplings this year, and more than 33 lakh of them have already been planted.

  • Assam: Six water resources dept officials suspended for negligence of duty

    Sep 09, 2022

    Guwahati, Sep 9 (PTI) Six employees of Assam's water resources department, including an assistant executive engineer, have been suspended for alleged dereliction of duty, an official release said. They were placed under suspension with immediate effect as per an order issued on Thursday after a preliminary enquiry into corruption charges against them was conducted, it said.

  • POPULATION, PROBLEMS and EDUCATION

    Sep 07, 2022

    India is a vast country. Our development has started since independence. Science and Technology India has made remarkable progress in the fields of agriculture and medical technology and communication, but all these progresses do not appear in the form of coordinated development in front of the ever increasing speed of population growth. According to the population clock on May 11, 2000 our population has crossed the limit of one billion.

  • Prez Droupadi Murmu bats for teaching in mother tongue; awards 46 select teachers

    Sep 05, 2022

    New Delhi, Sep 5 (PTI) President Droupadi Murmu on Monday emphasised that talent development in science, literature and social sciences can be more effective if taught in one's mother tongue. She was addressing the gathering at National Teachers Awards ceremony where she recalled the contribution of her school teachers due to which she became the first girl from her village to go to college.

  • Facilities at campsites, containers 'basic'; BJP trying to 'defame' Yatra: Cong

    Sep 02, 2022

    By Asim Kamal Kanyakumari (TN), Sep 9 (PTI) The Congress on Friday said its 'Bharat Yatris' were staying in containers which have very "basic and minimal" facilities, and claimed that the BJP was trying to "defame" its 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' as it was rattled by it. The Opposition party alleged that the BJP IT cell was spreading falsehoods about the facilities at its Yatra campsites and in containers.

  • NIA announces Rs 25 lakh reward on fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim

    Sep 01, 2022

    Mumbai, Sep 1 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency has announced a cash reward of Rs 25 lakh for any information leading to the arrest of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, a key accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, an official said on Thursday.

  • 2 women, child killed as house collapses due to rain in Dehradun

    Aug 29, 2022

    Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Aug 29 (PTI) Three people, including a child, were buried alive under the rubble of a house that collapsed on Monday due to heavy rains in Dehradun's Rajpur area. According to the police, the incident took place near Kat Bungalow Rajpur Road where a child and two women were reported buried under the rubble of the house. A State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team was on the spot to pull out the bodies, they said.

  • Congress had given Azad everything, says Kharge

    Aug 26, 2022

    Bengaluru, Aug 26 (PTI) Veteran Congress leader M Mallikarjun Kharge said on Friday the party had given Ghulam Nabi Azad, who ended his five-decade association with the outfit, "everything" during his long innings, and his comments on the party scion Rahul Gandhi were "not in good taste".

  • Give justice to Bilkis Bano, says Priyanka Gandhi

    Aug 25, 2022

    New Delhi, Aug 25 (PTI) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday demanded justice for Gujarat riots survivor Bilkis Bano and said the government has made its stand clear with its silence on the release of 11 people convicted in the 2002 case of her gangrape and murder of her seven family members. The 11 convicts were released on August 15 under the Gujarat government's remission policy after serving 15 years in jail.

  • Tihar inmate dies after scuffle with co-prisoner

    Aug 24, 2022

    New Delhi, Aug 24 (PTI) A 20-year-old inmate lodged in the Tihar jail here died following a scuffle with another prisoner inside a barrack, officials said on Wednesday. Samir Khan, a resident of Bhalaswa Dairy, was lodged in Tihar's central jail number 5 in a robbery case, they added. According to the jail officials, the incident took place at around 9 am on Monday. There was a scuffle between the two inmates.

  • Maharashtra govt clerk among 3 held for accepting Rs 30,000 bribe

    Aug 23, 2022

    Thane, Aug 23 (PTI) A clerk in the Maharashtra Land Records department and two others were arrested in Palghar district on Tuesday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said. The clerk is identified as Rajendra Sankhe (45) and the two others as Kailas Jogi (42) and Raman Goli, an autorickshaw driver.

  • BJP offered me CM's post if I break AAP: Delhi DyCM Manish Sisodia

    Aug 22, 2022

    Ahmedabad, Aug 22 (PTI) Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday claimed the BJP offered him the chief minister's post if he broke the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Addressing a press conference here, Sisodia said he was surprised when someone came to him with a message that he has two offers from the BJP. "The messenger said one was that all big cases registered against you by CBI-ED will be taken back.

  • 2 minors killed in house collapse in J-K's Udhampur

    Aug 20, 2022

    Udhampur/Jammu, Aug 20 (PTI) Two minors were killed after their mud house collapsed due to heavy rains in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district, officials said on Saturday. The mud house collapsed in Tikri block's Samole village during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. The bodies of both the minors, aged between two months and one-and-a-half year, were recovered by the rescuers, officials said.

  • TMC's Mukul Sangma writes to PM, seeks probe by central agency into Meghalaya smart meters 'scam'

    Aug 19, 2022

    Shillong, Aug 19 (PTI) Meghalaya's leader of opposition Mukul Sangma sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an inquiry by a central agency into the purchase of "overpriced" smart meters by the state government. Sangma, a Trinamool Congress leader, alleged massive financial irregularities in the contracts for procurement of smart meters awarded by the Meghalaya government.

  • 6 of family found dead in separate houses in Jammu

    Aug 17, 2022

    Jammu, Aug 17 (PTI) Six members of a family were found dead in two separate houses here in the early hours of Wednesday, police said. Prima facie, it appears that they were poisoned, they said. Noor Ul Habib, Sajad Ahmad Magrey, Sakina Begum and her daughter Naseema Akhter were found dead inside Habib's house in the posh Tawi Vihar locality of Sidhra.

  • Lumpy skin disease: MP Harsimrat Badal demands Pb govt pays Rs 50,000 in damages per animal

    Aug 16, 2022

    Chandigarh, Aug 16 (PTI) Former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday said the Punjab government should give the dairy farmers compensation of at least Rs 50,000 for each animal that died due to lumpy skin disease. The Shiromani Akali Dal MP from Bathinda also urged Union Animal Husbandry Minister Parshottam Rupala to send Central teams to Punjab for effective monitoring and vaccination of animals.

  • J-K LG, Omar Abdullah condemn killing of Kashmiri Pandit in Shopian

    Aug 16, 2022

    Srinagar, Aug 16 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and political leaders cutting across party lines on Tuesday condemned the killing of a Kashmir Pandit in the Shopian district. A Kashmiri Pandit died and his brother was injured after they were shot by militants in the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said.

  • History-sheeter shot dead outside court in UP's Hapur

    Aug 16, 2022

    Hapur, Aug 16 (PTI) A history-sheeter from Haryana was shot dead here outside the district and sessions court, where he was brought for a hearing in a case registered against him, a senior police official said on Tuesday. "The firing took place 25 to 30 metres outside the gate of the district and sessions court," Circle Officer (City) S N Vaibhav Pandey told PTI. Lakhan, alias Yashpal (35), was killed in the incident.

  • 5G mobile services to start soon, says PM Modi

    Aug 15, 2022

    New Delhi, Aug 15 (PTI) 5G mobile telephony, which holds the promise of offering 10 times faster speeds and lag-free connectivity, will soon start in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday.

  • J-K govt sacks 4 employees including son of Hizb chief Syed Salahuddin, wife of Bitta Karate

    Aug 13, 2022

    Srinagar, Aug 13 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir administration Saturday sacked its four employees including son of Syed Salahuddin, the chief of banned Hizbul Mujahideen, and the wife of terror-funding accused Bitta Karate, officials said. All the four employees were dismissed from service under Article 311 of the Constitution which enables the government to sack its employees without an inquiry.

  • AAP only hope for people of J-K for change: Sandeep Chib

    Aug 12, 2022

    Jammu: Aam Admi Party senior leader Sandeep Singh Chib Friday convened meeting at Nishant Complex Ward 32 over party’s door to door campaign under the supervision of AAP Observer Jammu West Kuldeep Kumar Rao. On this occasion, Vipul Singh Jamwal,Sourav Bhagat , Akash Sharma joined AAP along with their supporters.

  • Congress likely to get 4 ministerial berths in new government in Bihar, say sources

    Aug 10, 2022

    New Delhi, Aug 10 (PTI) The Congress is likely to get four ministerial berths in the new government in Bihar as JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar snapped ties with the BJP and joined hands with the RJD and its allies, sources have indicated. Kumar will be administered the oath of office Wednesday. They said Kumar spoke to both Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi soon after resigning as chief minister.

  • India is witnessing death of democracy: Rahul Gandhi

    Aug 05, 2022

    New Delhi, Aug 5 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that India is witnessing the "death of democracy" and anybody who stands against the onset of dictatorship is "viciously attacked".

  • Pakistan Army Lt Gen among 6 dead in helicopter crash in Balochistan province

    Aug 02, 2022

    Islamabad, Aug 2 (PTI) A top Pakistani army general and five senior military officials were killed when their helicopter crashed while on a flood relief operation in troubled Balochistan province, the army said on Tuesday. The six individuals on board included the Commander XII Corps Lt Gen Sarfraz Ali, who was supervising the flood relief operations in Balochistan province.

  • Unidentified hacker uses Maha teacher's PAN number for GST account; FIR filed

    Aug 01, 2022

    Beed, Aug 1 (PTI) A case of cheating was registered against an unidentified person for allegedly using the PAN number of a teacher in Maharashtra for operating a GSTIN account and conducting transactions worth over Rs 3 crore, police said on Monday. The fraud came to light when the victim, Anil Jare, approached a CA to file his income tax return recently.

  • Underground tunnels to serve as parking lots in U'khand hills: Govt

    Jul 28, 2022

    Dehradun, Jul 28 (PTI) Uttarakhand government has decided to construct small underground tunnels to address the perennial problem of parking in the hills. A proposal to this effect moved by the Public Works Department (PWD) got the state cabinet's nod at its meeting here on Wednesday. The tunnels will serve as parking lots in the hills, Uttarakhand Chief Secretary S S Sandhu told reporters.

  • Rahul Gandhi detained during Cong protest against Sonia Gandhi's questioning

    Jul 26, 2022

    New Delhi, Jul 26 (PTI) Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and several party MPs were detained by police at Vijay Chowk on Tuesday after they staged a protest against the ED questioning of Sonia Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi and the other Congress MPs had gathered at Vijay Chowk to march towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan to draw the President's attention to the alleged misuse of agencies by the government, but were stopped by the police.

  • Bengal minister arrested over school jobs scam

    Jul 23, 2022

    Kolkata, Jul 23 (PTI) West Bengal Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee was arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday in connection with its investigation into the alleged school jobs scam, an official of the agency said. The TMC secretary general, who was the state education minister when the scam took place, was arrested after around 26 hours of grilling in connection with the probe since Friday morning.

  • Varun Gandhi questions Centre's move to scrap train fare concession to elderly

    Jul 22, 2022

    New Delhi, Jul 22 (PTI) BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Friday questioned the government's decision to scrap the concession given to senior citizens in train tickets and asked why this relief to the elderly is seen as a "burden" when MPs continue to get subsidy on train fare. Ending the concession for the elderly is unfortunate, he said, and asked the government to reconsider the decision.

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