India

Seven teams to ensure quality of seed, pesticide

19 Jun 2023 00:38 AM IST

Punjab Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department has set up seven teams to ensure the supply of quality seeds, fertilisers, and pesticides to farmers. State Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian said on Sunday that these teams will also visit shops and manufacturing units of seeds, fertilisers, and pesticides, besides carrying out

Eight acres of land reserved for women’s nursing college

19 Jun 2023 00:37 AM IST

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said that eight acres of land have been earmarked in the IMT area for the construction of the Women’s Nursing College at Manesar in Gurugram district. He further shared that information regarding its construction has also been shared with the Central Government. The institute

Amit Shah hits several targets with Sirsa rally

19 Jun 2023 00:36 AM IST

Eyeing the 2024 polls, the BJP in Haryana has decided to organise a mass outreach campaign across the state to mark the completion of nine years of the saffron BJP-led government, and in this series, the ruling BJP conducted the initial rally in Sirsa Lok Sabha. Amit Shah addressed a

Punjab’s law and order worsens as Mann Tours as Kejriwal’s Pilot: Shah

19 Jun 2023 00:35 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah scornfully attacked the AAP governance and its dispensation in Punjab, saying the state’s law and order is going from bad to worse as Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann spends all his time facilitating tours and escorting Arvind Kejriwal across the country for Kejriwal’s political ambitions. Shah

Gadkari: Unfortunate removal of Savarkar chapter from syllabus

19 Jun 2023 00:13 AM IST

Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar was a social reformer and patriot, and it was unfortunate that chapters on him and RSS founder K B Hedgewar were being removed from school syllabus. The senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was speaking at the launch of

Saifai family’s potential impact on BJP’s mission-80 in UP

19 Jun 2023 00:12 AM IST

The Saifai family could play a crucial role in BJP’s Mission-80 in Uttar Pradesh. Winning the 80 seats in the state is vital for any party to gain power at the national level. Recognizing the challenge posed by the Saifai family, the BJP is devising a new strategy to secure

Gujarat adopts 3D mapping, Anti-drone tech for Rath Yatra

19 Jun 2023 00:10 AM IST

The 146th edition of the renowned Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad in Gujarat on June 20 will see the use of 3D mapping technology for the first time as part of a host of security arrangements, a senior police official said on Sunday. Ahmedabad police commissioner Prem Vir Singh

54 deaths occurred in UP district hospital in Ballia in last three days

18 Jun 2023 15:04 PM IST

The Ballia District Hospital in Uttar Pradesh has seen 400 hospitalisations and 54 fatalities in the last three days due to the extreme heat. Although there are many different causes for the deaths, doctors have suggested that extreme heat may play a role. According to them, the extreme heat is

Babita Phogat attacks Sakshi Malik, calls her ‘Congress puppet’

18 Jun 2023 14:55 PM IST

Olympian wrestler and BJP leader Babita Phogat issued a statement on her Twitter handle on Wrestler Sakshi Malik’s video, posted on Saturday, calling her a “Congress puppet”. In the video posted yesterday, Sakshi Malik and wrestler Satyawart Kadian thanked Babita Phogat for supporting the wrestlers’ protest and serving as a

‘Delhi’s Law system has worsened over past year’: Saurabh Bharadwaj on RK Puram murder

18 Jun 2023 13:51 PM IST

The health minister and AAP politician Saurabh Bharadwaj criticised the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi on Sunday after two women were shot in Delhi’s RK Puram. He said that the law and order situation in Delhi has gotten worse over the previous 12 months. Two women were killed earlier today at

“Delhi people have started feeling very insecure,” exclaims Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on RK Puram double murder case

18 Jun 2023 11:22 AM IST

After a double murder event was reported in the RK Puram neighbourhood of Delhi early on Sunday, Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, questioned the city’s law and order condition. According to authorities, two women were shot and killed early on Sunday morning in the vicinity of Delhi’s R.K.

IMD : Odisha will experience severe heatwave conditions till June 19

18 Jun 2023 10:58 AM IST

There is a severe heatwave warning in effect for all of Odisha until Monday, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). “IMD has issued severe heatwave warning across Odisha until June 19th,” IMD Director H R Biswas said on Saturday in Bhubaneswar. The maximum daytime temperature was 45.6 degrees Celsius