India

Disinfection, fumigation to be done in Delhi’s flood-affected areas: Atishi

20 Jul 2023 08:44 AM IST

Delhi Revenue Minister Atishi has directed the divisional commissioner to ensure disinfection and fumigation are done on a war footing in all the flood-affected areas. In an official communication, she directed that a daily report of disinfected and fumigated areas be submitted to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Secretary Naresh

Delhi LG, CM meet to discuss DERC chairperson appointment

20 Jul 2023 08:43 AM IST

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal held a meeting on Wednesday at the Raj Niwas here to pick a candidate to head the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC), officials said. Details of the meeting, which went on for nearly an hour, are yet to be

Mumbai Police launches investigation into Kirit Somaiya video case

20 Jul 2023 08:41 AM IST

After Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday promised a detailed probe into the matter, the crime branch of the Mumbai Police has initiated an inquiry in connection with a purported “explicit” video of Maharashtra BJP leader Kirit Somaiya which showed him in a compromising position, an official confirmed

Probe into murder of Jain monk transferred to CBI: Siddaramaiah

20 Jul 2023 08:40 AM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday announced a Crime Investigation Department (CID) probe into the brutal murder of a Jain monk in Belagavi district that took place earlier this month. The Opposition in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with a section of the Jain community had demanded

USS Stethem conducts cooperative deployment with Indian Navy in Goa

20 Jul 2023 08:39 AM IST

The United States’ Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) has successfully conducted a Cooperative Deployment (CODEP) with the Indian Navy following the ship’s port visit to Goa, officials announced on Wednesday. The US Navy destroyer worked with the Indian Navy frigate INS Tarkash (F-50), as operations focused on

Police complaint filed against Opposition for ‘improper use’ of ‘INDIA’

20 Jul 2023 08:37 AM IST

A day after 26 Opposition parties formed an alliance and named it ‘INDIA’ or the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections of 2024 together, Delhi police registered a complaint against all 26 parties “for improper use of the name of INDIA and for the

Following panchayat polls, BJP women MPs visit violence-hit Bengal regions

20 Jul 2023 08:35 AM IST

A five-member team of women MPs from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi visited Amta in West Bengal’s Howrah district on Wednesday with the aim to meet victims of panchayat post-poll violence. The team, appointed by the party’s national president JP Nadda, visited the violence-hit Deganga in North

Fabrication of evidence: Supreme Court grants bail to Teesta Setalvad

20 Jul 2023 08:34 AM IST

The Supreme Court on Wednesday has given a big relief to activist Teesta Setalvad. The Supreme Court awarded her regular bail in the case of Fabricating Evidence related to the Gujarat Riots of 2002. While pronouncing the order, the Supreme Court said, “Gujarat High Court’s order is quashed and set

TMC delegation lands in Manipur as state tightens curfew relaxations

20 Jul 2023 08:33 AM IST

A five-member delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs, which reached the Manipur capital Imphal on Wednesday afternoon, said that it would meet “all groups and communities” in the violence-hit state and listen to their problems. The TMC has been claiming that the “divisive” policies of the BJP-led governments at the Centre

We are with SP, Akhilesh: Pallavi Patel after Opposition meet in Bengaluru

20 Jul 2023 08:29 AM IST

After the 26-party Opposition meeting in Bengaluru, the politics of Uttar Pradesh has started revolving with Pallavi Patel, Vice-President of Apna Dal (Kameravadi) and MLA from Sirathu, saying that she will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in 2024 with the Samajwadi Party (SP) and that the seat-sharing arrangement will

10 BJP MLAs suspended from Karnataka assembly after ruckus

20 Jul 2023 08:28 AM IST

The Karnataka legislative assembly on Wednesday witnessed chaotic and unruly scenes as angry Bharatiya Janata Party legislators tore copies of bills and the agenda, and threw them at the deputy Speaker, who was presiding, following which Speaker U T Khader suspended 10 of them for the remainder of the session.

Streets flooded, cars submerged as heavy rain lashes Gujarat

20 Jul 2023 08:26 AM IST

Gujarat was hit by heavy rainfall on Tuesday and Wednesday causing flood-like situation in several areas. Torrential rain caused severe waterlogging in Rajkot, Surat and Gir Somnath districts after the state received 300 mm of rainfall in the last few hours, forcing the evacuation of 70 people. Visuals on social