India

Gauhati HC acquits all six in 2004 Assam bombing case

25 Aug 2023 09:16 AM IST

The Gauhati High Court overturned the 2019 verdict of an Assam court on Thursday, acquitting all six convicts in the 2004 Independence Day Dhemaji bomb blast case from all charges. In July 2019, the Dhemaji District and Sessions Court had found six individuals guilty. Among them, four received life sentences,

ED raids residence of former Punjab minister, 20 other locations

25 Aug 2023 09:11 AM IST

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday morning raided the residence of former Punjab Congress Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu and his close aides, including former Congress Councillor Sunny Bhalla, former LIT chairman Raman Subramanium, Pankaj Meenu Manhotra, and his personal assistant Inderjit Indi. Several officers from the Department of Food and

Man held in connection with killing of VHP member during Haryana riots

25 Aug 2023 09:10 AM IST

The Gurugram police on Thursday arrested a man in connection with the alleged killing of a Bajrang Dal member during the recent communal violence in Haryana, an official said. The district of Nuh—close to Gurugram—witnessed the eruption of violence on 31 July when mobs allegedly pelted stones at the Vishva

In preparation for 2024, BJP begins reaching out to OBC voters in UP

25 Aug 2023 09:10 AM IST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is preparing to launch a door-to-door campaign in Uttar Pradesh to reach out to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) before the Lok Sabha elections. OBCs are a significant vote bank in the state and the BJP government is making every effort to communicate with them. The

Political parties gear up for an eventful Assembly Session in Haryana

25 Aug 2023 09:08 AM IST

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally in Haryana the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) have, for some time now, been at loggerheads with the Opposition over a string of issues. Following the violence that broke out in Nuh on 31 July, there has been a ruckus between the

Punjab dams see high water inflow, state prepares for floods

25 Aug 2023 09:07 AM IST

Fears of a flood are knocking at Punjab’s door of Punjab yet again as Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) released another alert. The state is now on high alert as the water inflow into two dams—Pong and Bhakra—has seen an increase, subsequently raising water levels. The Punjab Government on Wednesday

Efforts ongoing to restore roads, normalcy: CM Sukhu

25 Aug 2023 09:06 AM IST

“All efforts” are being made in order to restore the roads and bring normalcy to the disaster-hit state, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Thursday. “The state government is making earnest efforts to restore the roads and bring normalcy, until then the concerned district administrations have been

HP Rains: Rescuers retrieve another body in Shimla; 8 Kullu buildings collapse

25 Aug 2023 09:05 AM IST

At least eight vacant buildings collapsed on Thursday in rain-battered Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district, while one more body was recovered from the site of a landslide at the Shiv temple in Shimla. There were no casualties in the building collapse incident in Kullu’s Anni area. So far 25 bodies have

We need to modernise madarsas

25 Aug 2023 08:53 AM IST

Zameer Udin Shah, former Deputy Chief of the Army Staff and former vice-chancellor of AMU (Aligarh Muslim University) said on Thursday, “There is no discrimination, of course, discrimination is against the less-educated. This is the lesson I have been trying to put across to my community and the rest of

China’s economic woes may prompt Jinping to look for external diversions’

25 Aug 2023 08:50 AM IST

It is perhaps the world’s best known secret but seldom articulated as openly as at the Festival Of Ideas event presented by the ITV Media Group and Prabha Khaitan Foundation on Thursday. “There is only one man in China, who makes all the decisions. Whether foreign policy, security, or military,

Diversity only strengthens India: Sanjeev Chopra

25 Aug 2023 08:48 AM IST

TedEx speaker Sanjeev Chopra, while speaking on how the idea of India has become, said, “Nowadays, when the state governments are formed. They seem to be pushed to focus on public welfare. And this pattern seems common. They seem to be promising transformation within hundred days. Therefore, country has done

G20 presidency is an Indian success story all the way

25 Aug 2023 08:47 AM IST

The success of India’s presidency of G20 would not just be judged by the shape and content of the outcome document but the way the country has left an imprint on the grouping, said panelists at the Festival of Ideas, hosted by NewsX, TSG and India News that are a part of