India

Himachal Pradesh will declare heavy rainfall a state calamity says CM Sukhu

19 Aug 2023 09:06 AM IST

The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to declare the massive damage caused by heavy rains as a state calamity, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Friday. He said a notification in this regard would also be issued. The state is also awaiting a response from the Centre to declare

Sukhu to hold meetings in Delhi to procure relief funds for HP

19 Aug 2023 09:05 AM IST

Heavy rains continue to wreak havoc in Himachal Pradesh. With this second bout of incessant, torrential rains, the state has incurred losses amounting to Rs 7,500 crore. However, the budget that has been received from the Centre so far to deal with the disaster was last year’s due. Consequently, Chief

Monsoon session in Haryana Assembly to last three days

19 Aug 2023 09:03 AM IST

The Haryana Legislative Assembly’s monsoon session, slated to commence on 25 August, will last for three days and all the formalities have been completed. To ensure security arrangements are in place, a meeting with the Chandigarh administration and Punjab will be held on 24 August. According to official information on

Amid devastation, Himachal CM takes swipe at four ‘elected representatives’

19 Aug 2023 09:02 AM IST

Targeting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs from Himachal Pradesh, as well as a leader from his own party, Pratibha Singh, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday asked if the four parliamentarians had in Delhi raised the issue of the devastation caused by the rains in the state. Responding to

As factionalism festers, Congress orders leaders to ‘prove’ loyalty

19 Aug 2023 09:01 AM IST

Congress leaders in Haryana will now have to “prove” their loyalty to the party. Leader of the Opposition (LoP) and former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has organised several outreach programmes in eight constituencies, it would seem that Hooda and party high command seem unhappy with Congress leaders’ performance in

SP declares general category candidate for OBC-dominant seat, sparks surprise

19 Aug 2023 08:59 AM IST

The issue of PDA communities (backward minorities) has become a hot topic in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the upcoming Ghosi by-election and the Samajwadi Party (SP) has chosen a different strategy. Even as SP leader Akhilesh Yadav talks about the issues of Backward Classes, Dalits, and other minorities, he has

Punjab police launch special drive to secure borders, nab smugglers

19 Aug 2023 08:58 AM IST

Special Director General of Police (SDGP) Arpit Shukla on Friday, chalked out a “foolproof strategy” with the Border Security Force (BSF) to completely break the supply chain of drugs and to counter the Drone operations at Punjab’s international borders, which have emerged as the new modus operandi to smuggle drugs

Hoax bomb threat delays Vistara flight for 8 hours at Delhi Airport

19 Aug 2023 08:54 AM IST

A Delhi-Pune Vistara airlines flight was delayed for around eight hours at the IGI Airport here after a bomb threat call which later turned out to be a hoax, security sources and police said. The bomb threat assessment committee declared the call, received at 7:38 am, non-specific or a hoax,

Court rebukes Delhi Police, discharges 3 accused over wrong charge sheets

19 Aug 2023 08:53 AM IST

A Delhi sessions court, hearing a case of the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, has come down heavily on the city police for filing the charge sheet in a predetermined, mechanical and erroneous manner,” and not investigating the incidents “properly and completely.” The court discharged three accused in the case, and

Centre brought Delhi ordinance as money power, ED threat failed: Delhi CM

19 Aug 2023 08:48 AM IST

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday attacked the BJP-led Centre, saying the ordinance on services matter was brought as money power and the threat of the ED and the CBI failed in Delhi. In a speech in the Assembly, he also claimed that the BJP has brought the “Sanghi” model

Delhi Police make tight security arrangements for upcoming G20 summit

19 Aug 2023 08:47 AM IST

The Delhi Police said on Friday that they are coordinating with security agencies and are fully prepared for the upcoming G20 summit, which is going to be held next month. Police have also worked on the soft skills of the staff, which will be deployed during the summit, they said.

BJP predicts AAP’s ouster from Delhi due to corruption and nepotism

19 Aug 2023 08:46 AM IST

The BJP on Friday reacted sharply to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s scathing attack on Prime Minister Modi over the recently enacted GNCTD Amendment Act, saying “corruption, inaction, and nepotism” of his government will pave the way for its exit in 2025. Kejriwal had earlier in the Delhi Assembly claimed