Case booked against YSRCP’s former Kakinada MLA
Amaravati, July 5 (IANS) Police in Kakinada have booked former MLA Dwarampudi Chandrasekhar Reddy of YSR Congress Party and 25 others for obstructing public servants in discharge of their duties. A case has been registered against Reddy, his key aide B. Suribabu and others at Two Town Police Station in Kakinada. The YSR Congress leader […]
Hathras stampede: Rahul Gandhi seeks quick & substantial compensation, blames admin deficiency
Aligarh/Hathras, July 5 (IANS) Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has said that the stampede in Hathras that led to the death of 121 people was a result of the administration’s negligence and also demanded quick and substantial compensation for the affected families. He said that he did not wish to politicise the tragedy but it was […]
Police open fire in air on Hyderabad outskirts, arrest robbers
Hyderabad, July 5 (IANS) Police opened fire in the air to catch a gang of robbers near Outer Ring Road on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Friday. The incident occurred at Pedda Amberpet in Rangareddy district when robbers tried to attack a police party. Police personnel belonging to Central Crime Station Nalgonda opened fire in […]
Cong doubles its tally in Telangana Legislative Council after defection of BRS MLCs
Hyderabad, July 5 (IANS) The midnight defection of six MLCs of the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) has doubled the strength of the ruling Congress party to 12 in the 40-member Telangana Legislative Council. The joining of six MLCs in one go came as another big jolt to the main opposition party, which has already lost […]
Kirodi Lal Meena in Delhi to meet JP Nadda after quitting as Raj minister
Jaipur, July 5 (IANS) Days after tendering his resignation from the post of Agriculture Minister in the Rajasthan Cabinet, veteran BJP leader Kirodi Lal Meena reached New Delhi on Friday for a meeting with party National President, JP Nadda. Meena shocked political circles in Rajasthan on Thursday when he revealed that he had quit 30 […]
Hathras stampede lesson: Bengal govt to enhance arrangements at Tarakeswar temple
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) Taking a lesson from the Hathras stampede, the entire area in and around the iconic Tarakeswar temple in West Bengal’s Hooghly district will be wrapped under a blanket security cover ahead of the Shravani Mela. At a meeting chaired by the Tarakeswar Municipality chairman, Uttam Kundu and attended by senior district-level […]
Fan murder case: SIT issues 2nd notice to ex-deputy Mayor Mohan Raju
Bengaluru, July 5 (IANS) The Karnataka Police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the Renukaswamy murder case, on Friday issued a second notice to the former Deputy Mayor of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Mohan Raju, and directed him to appear before it. The second notice was issued after he failed to respond to […]
Srinagar ex-Mayor Junaid Mattu takes break from politics
Srinagar, July 5 (IANS) Former Mayor of J&K’s Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and leader of Apni Party, Junaid Azim Mattu on Friday announced an interim cessation of his political activity. “After considerable thought, I announce an interim cessation of all my political activities. A strong conviction has to precede any meaningful work and with all […]
Nandita Das supports Mothers Against Vaping to counter menace of new-age tobacco devices among children
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) ‘Mothers Against Vaping’, a united front of concerned mothers combatting the promotion of New-Age Tobacco Devices such as e-cigarettes, vapes, electronic nicotine delivery systems, heat-not-burn products, e-hookahs and similar devices among Indian children and youth, on Friday announced that Nandita Das, actor-filmmaker and National Film Award winner, would be supporting […]
Maha govt tables Bill to prevent paper leaks with provisions of jail term, hefty fines
Mumbai, July 5 (IANS) Amid raging controversy over NEET paper leaks, the Maharashtra government on Friday tabled a Bill in the Assembly titled the ‘Maharashtra Competitive Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024’ with stringent penalties for those found guilty of unfair means and malpractices. The Bill, presented by Minister Shambhuraj Desai, has been crafted […]
