India

Uttarakhand: Dehradun lawyer arrested in land fraud case

27 Aug 2023 11:48 AM IST

According to officials, police detained a Dehradun attorney named Kamal Virmani on Saturday in relation to the sale and purchase of a plot of land worth crores by allegedly tampering with the records in the Dehradun registrar’s office. According to the police, an SIT was established at the Chief Minister

BJP’s Bengal chief Sukanta Majumdar : “ISI agents staying in state, working against country”

27 Aug 2023 10:24 AM IST

Sukanta Majumdar, the president of the BJP in West Bengal, claimed that alleged Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spies were not only residing in the state but also using it as a base for their anti-national activities. The BJP state chief made his comments in response to reports that a 36-year-old man

“Scientists behind Chandrayaan-3 proved man is a storehouse of infinite energy,” CM Dhami

27 Aug 2023 10:18 AM IST

Pushkar Singh Dhami, the chief minister of Uttarakhand, claimed on Saturday that Mission Chandrayaan 3 scientists had established that human beings are capable of and capable of storing an infinite amount of energy. The Chief Minister spoke after honoring scientists at the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing from various scientific

Bhagwant slams Banwarilal Purohit over letter

26 Aug 2023 14:29 PM IST

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Saturday that the Governor had “threatened the peace-loving people” of the state and that law and order is fully in control. The Governor had written to him informing him of the potential imposition of President’s Rule. The Chief Minister stated to the media

“Complaint registered, child getting counselling sessions”, Muzaffarnagar DM on video of UP teacher asking children to slap classmate

26 Aug 2023 14:26 PM IST

A day after a video of a school teacher from Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar asking children to slap his classmate went viral, Muzaffarnagar District Magistrate Arvind Mallappa on Saturday said that a complaint has been registered and the victim child is getting counselling sessions. Mallappa further said that during investigation it

“Prevention from cyber-crimes is possible only through awareness”: UP CM Yogi

26 Aug 2023 12:52 PM IST

UP CM Yogi said that Cyber-crime stations will be established in every district and cyber cells will be formed in all police stations. The Chief Minister made a strategy to curb cyber crimes, the system from the police station to the headquarters will be more concrete. CM said, “Prevention from

Internet services suspended in Nuh as VHP announces Yatra on August 28

26 Aug 2023 12:02 PM IST

After the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announced that their Brij Mandal Jal Abhishek Yatra will take place on August 28, mobile Internet and bulk SMS services were shut down in Haryana’s Nuh District for two days. Internet access will be unavailable from noon today till midnight on August 28. This was

Kharge slams BJP over video of UP teacher asking children to slap classmate

26 Aug 2023 11:59 AM IST

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge held “hate-filled politics of the BJP-RSS” responsible while reacting to an incident seen in an undated viral video where a private school school teacher in Muzaffarnagar was instructing children in her class to slap their Muslim classmate. The viral video goes on to show children taking

Bandipora police uncovers terrorist plot and recovers weapons and ammo in J&K

26 Aug 2023 11:53 AM IST

In Bandipora in North Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir Police, 26 Assam Rifles, and 3rd BN CRPF busted a terror module and effectively thwarted the evil plans of Pakistan-based terror handlers to revive the terrorists in the district, officials said on Saturday. “On August 25, based on a specific input

Shivraj Chouhan expands cabinet, 3 new ministers included

26 Aug 2023 11:11 AM IST

With elections scheduled for later this year in Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has expanded his cabinet. The chief minister included 3 more MLAs in his cabinet on Saturday. These three MLAs took the ministerial oath today at a function in the Raj Bhavan. Prior to this expansion

Tamil Nadu: 9 killed in Madurai train fire; passengers ‘illegally smuggled gas cylinder’, say officials

26 Aug 2023 11:10 AM IST

Nine passengers travelling from Uttar Pradesh were killed and over 50 persons were injured after a fire broke out inside a stationary train compartment near the Madurai Railway Station in the early hours of Saturday, officials said. An ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh has been announced for the kin of

Vande Bharat’s technical glitch: Railways change rake, passengers protest

26 Aug 2023 10:36 AM IST

A technical glitch in the rake of the Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express on Friday morning forced the railways to replace it with the one used in operating Yuva Express, causing a delay of one hour, an official said. A section of passengers also protested the change, which dashed their