In Jammu and Kashmir, democracy has penetrated the grassroot level, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday as he visited the union territory for the first time since the scrapping of Article 370 by the government in 2019. “I want to tell the youth of Jammu and Kashmir that the hardships your parents and grandparents […]
Ola Electric is recalling 1,441 units of its electric two-wheelers in the wake of incidents of vehicles catching fire, according to a company statement. The company said its investigation into the fire incident on March 26, in Pune, is ongoing and preliminary assessment found that it was an isolated one.However, it said, “As a pre-emptive […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted the nation on the occasion of the National Panchayati Raj Day. Taking to Twitter to extend wishes, the Prime Minister said panchayats (village bodies) are the ‘pillars of Indian democracy’ and “key to building a self-reliant India”. “Wishing you all a very Happy National Panchayati Raj Day. Panchayats […]
A cooperative based here in Madhya Pradesh has sent 2,000 chicks of the popular protein-rich ‘Kadaknath’ breed to a farm at Ranchi in Jharkhand following an order placed by former India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, an official said on Sunday. The black Kadaknath chicken meat from Jhabua district of MP got the Geographical Indication […]
Accusing Maharashtra’s ruling Aghadi coalition of orchestrating ‘attacks’ on state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Kirit Somaiya and Mohit Kamboj, state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil warned that his party workers, too, ‘will not remain silent’. “The attack on Kirit Somaiya was not just an attempt to threaten him but to kill him. It happened in […]
An explosion took place in an agriculture field on the outskirts of Jammu on Sunday with police suspecting that it was caused by a lightning strike or a meteorite.The blast was reported at Lalian village in Bishnan belt, they said. “We suspect it to be a meteorite…. might be lightning”, a police officer told PTI. […]
The daily Covid-19 cases crossed the 2,500-mark for the second straight day as India reported 2,593 fresh infections on Sunday. The daily cases stayed above the 2,000-mark for the entire week except on Tuesday. Forty-four Covid-linked deaths were reported in the last 24 hours as per the data shared by the health ministry on Sunday. […]
Investigations into gunning down of two Jaish-e-Mohammed attackers by security forces in Sunjwan in Jammu have revealed that the terrorists wearing suicide vests had plans for mass casualties with the objective of disrupting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir today. Interrogation of Bilal Ahmed Wage of Pulwama, the accomplice who picked up […]
Royal Challengers Bangalore crumbled in the powerplay to some excellent bowling and fielding from SunRisers Hyderabad and they could never stem the collapse. Marco Jansen got Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli and Anuj Rawat in the second over after which Glenn Maxwell fell to T Natarajan in the fifth. Kohli fell to his second golden […]
Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya clinched his third straight Asian Championship gold medal with a dominating performance in the 57kg category, winning the title clash by technical superiority against Kazakhstan’s Rakhat Kalzhan on Saturday. Ravi, the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist, conceded early lead in all his bouts, but he bounced back in tremendous fashion to […]