Senior SP leader inches closer to BJP; praises PM Modi, Amit Shah
Lucknow, May 28 (IANS) Just days before the final phase of polling, senior Samajwadi Party leader Narad Rai is all set to join the BJP. The SP leader, on Monday night, took to ‘X’ to praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, making his intentions clear. Rai, who was considered close […]
Udhayanidhi Stalin likely to become TN Deputy CM during June Assembly session
Chennai, May 28 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Minister for Sports Welfare and Youth Affairs Udhayanidhi Stalin is likely to be anointed as the Deputy Chief Minister of the state during the Assembly session to be convened in the second week of June. The Tamil Nadu Assembly was last convened in the second week of February. A […]
Wanted ‘lady don’ arrested by Delhi Police
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) A 22-year-old alleged ‘lady don’, also a member of Deepak Agrola and Karamveer Kaala gang, was arrested from Fatehpur area in the national capital, said a Delhi Police’s Special Cell official on Tuesday. The accused was identified as Kaili Tanwar, a resident of Ghaziabad district in Uttar Pradesh and was […]
Six youths hurt in Mumbai’s Dharavi slum fire
Mumbai, May 28 (IANS) At least six persons were hurt in a major fire that broke out in a slum tenement in Mumbai’s Dharavi on Tuesday, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Disaster Control officials said. The fire was noticed around 3.50 a.m. when the occupants of the structure in Ashok Mills Compound were fast asleep. The […]
LS polls: PM Modi to campaign in Jharkhand, Bengal today
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will campaign in Jharkhand and West Bengal on Tuesday for the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections. The Prime Minister will hold a public meeting in Jharkhand’s Dumka at 12:15 p.m., followed by another two in West Bengal’s Barasat at 2:30 p.m. and […]
Number of heatstroke patients rise to 3,622 in Rajasthan
Jaipur, May 28 (IANS) The number of heatstroke patients in Rajasthan increased from 2809 to 3622 on Monday as the state continued to witness intense heatwave conditions. The death toll, however, remained unchanged at one, health officials confirmed. On Monday, Phalodi was the hottest in the state at 49.4 degrees Celsius — 6.3 degrees above […]
Odisha: 348 Assembly candidates face criminal charges
Bhubaneswar, May 28 (IANS) A joint report of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Odisha Election Watch has revealed that 348 candidates out of the 1283 candidates who are contesting the ongoing Assembly election in Odisha face criminal cases. The report reveals that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), among all the major political parties […]
TN Police Cyber Wing cautions people against online scamsters
Chennai, May 28 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Police’s Cyber Crime Wing has cautioned people not to fall prey to online scamsters seeking to lure gullible people into parting with their hard-earned money. In a statement on Monday, police warned people against sharing their bank credentials and other details with anyone who contacts them through phone […]
Rajkot game zone fire: Three arrested individuals sent to 14-day police remand
Rajkot, May 28 (IANS) Three persons arrested in connection with the May 25 fire incident at a game zone here in which at least 35 people including children were killed have been sent to a 14-day police remand by a court, an official said on Monday. Yuvraj Singh Solanki, Nitin Jain and Rahul Rathod were […]
Drone attack by pro-Iranian militias from Iraq on Israel
Tel Aviv, May 28 (IANS/DPA) Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq have reportedly attacked the port city of Eilat in southern Israel with drones. The group Islamic Resistance in Iraq said early Tuesday morning that it had attacked military targets in the area with three drones. The attack took place on Monday. The Israeli army said late […]
