Wedding called off after groom demands car and police intervenes
Bijnor (UP), March 5 (IANS) A wedding ceremony turned into a major brawl after the groom put up his demand for a Creta car as dowry before the bride’s family and then his family threatened to call off the marriage if the demand was not met.
FM Nirmala Sitharaman in Bihar to attend credit outreach event
Patna, March 5 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrived here on Tuesday for a day-long visit to distribute Rs 1349.52 crore loans under nine central government schemes.
Paper leak: UP Police Recruitment Board Chairperson removed
Lucknow, March 5 (IANS) The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday, removed the chairperson of the UP Police Recruitment Board.
B’luru water crisis: Non-registered water tankers will be seized, warns Shivakumar
Bengaluru, March 5 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar on Monday warned water tanker owners/ operators that the government will seize their tankers if they do not register with the authorities before the deadline of March 7.
Will quit politics if bribery allegations are proven correct: K’taka CM
Bengaluru, March 5 (IANS) Responding to the criticism by the BJP, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that he would retire from politics if it was proved that anyone had given him “a bribe of even five paise” during his government’s previous tenure (2013-2018), and in his current term.
Rajasthan govt provides Rs 5L ex-gratia to kin of man who died after wrong blood transfusion
Jaipur, March 5 (IANS) The Rajasthan government on Monday provided financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the family of a man who passed away recently due to a “wrong blood transfusion” in Jaipur.
‘People of Madhya Pradesh will give befitting reply to Cong in LS polls’
Bhopal, March 5 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh BJP President V.D. Sharma on Monday hit out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, whose ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ is passing through the state, and said that the people of the state will give the latter a befitting reply in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections for his “double standard”.
Kamala Harris urges ceasefire, more aid at meeting with Israeli war cabinet member
Washington, March 5 (IANS) US Vice President Kamala Harris has met with a member of Israel’s cabinet prosecuting the war in Gaza, urging an immediate ceasefire and the increase and safe distribution of humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians in need.
Iran rejects US claims about Tehran-Moscow space cooperation
Tehran, March 5 (IANS) Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has rejected claims by US officials about Tehran’s space cooperation with Moscow as “baseless”.
India calls for ‘immediate de-escalation’ in Gaza
United Nations, March 5 (IANS) India has called for an “immediate de-escalation and eschewing of violence” in Gaza but stopped short of specifically mentioning a ceasefire, which is now a broad demand across the UN but opposed by Israel.
