The security arrangements in north-west Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area were placed on high alert early Sunday morning following the communal violence that occurred between two groups of people resulting in several injuries, including Delhi Police personnel. The communal clashes occurred at the Jahangirpuri area on Saturday evening in the wake of the ‘Shobha Yatra’ that was […]
Violence broke out during a Hanuman Jayanti procession in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area on Saturday, leaving several police personnel injured.There was stone-pelting and some vehicles were also torched, police said. Warning of strict action against rioters, Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana said the situation is under control and adequate additional force has been deployed in […]
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has announced 300 units of free electricity for residents of the state with effect from July 1. The state government made the announcement formally on Saturday, a month after Mann became CM.The CM had On Thursday announced at a press conference in Jalandhar that people of Punjab would be given […]
Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday yet again attacked the Congress amid protests over the death of a contractor this week that has prompted the state minister, KS Eshwarappa, to announce that he would step down. The 73-year-old minister on Thursday said he would quit amid the growing opposition pressure. As the Congress held […]
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 […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated the ‘Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya’ (prime ministers’ museum), which is a tribute to every prime minister since Independence, irrespective of their ideology or tenure. Being inaugurated during the celebration of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, the museum tells the story of India after independence through the lives and contributions of its […]
Six persons died in a fire accident in a chemical factory located in Akkireddygudem in the district and 12 others sustained burns, police said on Thursday.According to Rahul Dev Sharma, Superintendent of Police, Eluru, the injured are being treated in a Government Hospital in Vijayawada. He said it is suspected the fire broke out late […]
The trials of the bullet train will be conducted at a speed of 350 kilometres per hour, comparable to the take-off speed of airplanes, officials said on Wednesday.The first such trial will be held between Bilimora and Surat in Gujarat in 2026, followed by other sections, they said. The operational speed of the trains will […]
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya, party’s Rajasthan chief Satish Poonia and others were allegedly stopped from visiting communal violence-hit Karauli on Wednesday. The BJP leaders were stopped at the Dausa-Karauli border but kept demanding that they be allowed to meet victims of the April 2 violence that broke out after a bike rally […]
The New York Police Department has identified Frank James as a ‘person of interest’ in the Brooklyn subway attack that injured more than 20 people on Tuesday when chaos unfolded in the morning rush-hour, officials said. “More than 20 people were left injured – ten were reportedly hit directly by the gunfire while 13 more […]