Trinamool Congress candidates have taken the lead over their rivals in both the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency and the Ballygunge assembly segment, after initial rounds of counting for by-polls to the two seats, election officials said on Saturday.In Ballygunge, Babul Supriyo is ahead of CPI(M)’s Saira Shah Halim by 4,676 votes, after three rounds of […]
With an eye on the assembly elections later this year, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Friday announced several poll sops on the occasion of the 75th Himachal Day at the state-level function held at Chamba. Chief Minister announced 50 per cent discount on travelling in HRTC buses for women, which would cost the exchequer […]
Militants shot dead a sarpanch in an orchard at Goush-bugh village of Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday evening.A police official said a sarpanch was shot dead by suspected militants in an orchard at Goush-bugh village. The sarpanch has been identified as Manzoor Ahmad Bangroo of Goush-bugh and is said to be associated […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the country will get a record number of new doctors in the coming 10 years due to the central government’s plan of establishing a medical college in every district. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the KK Patel Super Speciality Hospital in Gujarat’s Bhuj district via video conferencing, […]
Gujarat Congress leader Hardik Patel has refused rumours he plans to leave the party just months before the assembly election. “There is a rumour that I am leaving Congress, I do not know who is spreading so,” Patel, who joined the Congress in March 2019, said at an event in Surat on Thursday. “I have […]
Tremors were felt in Arunachal Pradesh after an earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck China’s Qinghai on Friday morning. According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake occurred at 1176 km north of Pangin in Arunachal Pradesh. The NCS on its Twitter handle wrote, “Earthquake of Magnitude:5.3, Occurred on 15-04-2022, 06:56:19 IST, Lat: 38.62 […]
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has held a “wide-ranging discussion” with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and exchanged views on the global impact of the Ukraine conflict as well as the situation in Afghanistan and Myanmar.Jaishankar arrived here on Wednesday evening following his visit to Washington. “A wide ranging discussion with UNSG @antonioguterres. Exchanged views on […]
Public complacency owing to the waning of the pandemic coupled with the nine-month gap between the second and the precaution dose are major reasons for the low uptake of booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines in the 18-59 age group, experts said on Thursday.AIIMS Chief Dr Randeep Guleria said unlike in the past, people have less […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested Ritan Sheikh, an e-rickshaw driver who allegedly bought the petrol used in the arson that claimed nine lives at Bogtui village in Birbhum district on the night of March 21, an official of the investigating agency said. “Scrutiny of security camera footage showed Ritan Sheikh driving […]
Karnataka minister KS Eshwarappa – mired in controversy over corruption allegations leveled by a contractor who was found dead this week and facing massive pressure to step down – said Thursday evening that he would resign. “Tomorrow I’m handing over the resignation letter to CM (Basavaraj Bommai). I thank you all for co-operation,” he was […]