The Hijab row in Karnataka on Tuesday turned violent in parts of the state, forcing Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to close down schools and colleges for the next three days. The development comes after violence in Shivamogga district forced the state administration to impose prohibitory orders.Considering the volatility of the situation, the district administration has […]
A local court in Punjab on Tuesday extended the Enforcement Directorate custody of Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew Bhupinder Singh for three more days in the illegal sand mining case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested Bhupinder Singh alias Honey, Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew, in an alleged illegal sand mining […]
All seven army men who were trapped in avalanche in Arunachal have been found dead. The seven Army personnel were part of a patrolling team and were hit by the avalanche in a high-altitude area (14,500 feet) on Sunday.The area witnessed inclement weather with heavy snowfall for the last few days.In May 2020, two soldiers […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party released its manifesto for the Assembly polls in Punjab on Tuesday, promising to completely waive off debt of farmers with less than 5 acres land-holdings in the state. Besides offering free electricity up to 300 units for all houses, it also guarantees a Minimum Support Price (MSP) for farmers growing fruits, […]
External Affaris Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that he raised the issue of a tweet by Hyundai Pakistan on Kashmir during a call with South Korea’s Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong.Jaishankar took to Twitter to share this news. “Received a call from ROK FM Chung Eui-yong today. Discussed bilateral and multilateral issues as also the […]
BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Tuesday described as ‘atrocious’ the appointment of Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit as the new vice-chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), as he pointed out ‘multiple grammatical mistakes’ in her press release thanking the Prime Minister and Minister of Education for appointing her as the first woman VC of the Delhi-based […]
The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Tuesday adopted the bill against the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) to admit students to undergraduate programmes in medicine. A special assembly session was convened for the purpose during which the bill was adopted by voice vote. All the political parties, except the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supported the […]
Mumbai’s city mayor Kishori Pednekar on Tuesday proclaimed about unlocking of Mumbai by February end and said, “there is good news for Mumbaikars. Mumbai will be unlocked by the end of this month. We have made up our minds, but it is essential for the people to wear masks and observe social distancing”. As the […]
Nirmal Ahuja, wife of Padma Jagdish Lal Ahuja, popularly known as Langar Wale Baba being honored by Dharam Pal, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, UT. Jagdish Ahuja was well known for offering free meals to hungry and poor people. In 2020, he was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India, the fourth highest civilian […]