Uttarakhand CM Dhami attends Gorkhali Women’s Hartalika Teej Festival in Dehradun DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami attended the Gorkhali Women’s Hartalika Teej Festival held on Sunday at Jaswant Singh Ground in Garhi Cantt, Dehradun.On the occasion, the Chief Minister announced that the Hartalika Teej festival would be organised on a larger scale at…
Rescue operation underway after a five-storey building collapsed at Satya Niketan area, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday expressed grief over the building collapse in Delhi’s Satya Niketan, urging the NDRF, Delhi Fire Service and other rescue teams to make every possible effort to reach those trapped under…
India to be drug-free by 2029, says Amit Shah; outlines reverse investigation model, NIDAN database NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the Narendra Modi government has prepared a roadmap to make India drug-free by 2029, calling the fight against narcotics a national security priority.Addressing the media, Shah stated that the fight…
A five-storey building collapsed in Delhi’s Satya Niketan, killing one person and injuring three. Six people were rescued as several students were feared trapped under the debris. Singapore minister K Shanmugam condemned racist online comments targeting Indians amid discussions over Nepal floods, calling them “shameful, nasty, totally unacceptable”. Billions linked to Iran still pass through…
What can a daughter, wife, widow or mother legally claim? For generations, inheritance in India has been shaped by family relationships, religious personal laws and the nature of the property being inherited.A daughter may have an equal right with her brother in one situation, but not necessarily in another. A widow may be entitled to…
“Students deserve safe classrooms, safe hostels and basic dignity,” Abhijeet Dipke said. NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke called out Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a building collapse near Satya Niketan in South-West Delhi, asking: “For how long will students in this country have to pay the price for failing infrastructure and…
Controversial caste poster at IIT Mandi sparks row, institute orders inquiry into display NEW DELHI: IIT Mandi has set up an inquiry after a Bhagavad Gita-themed poster displayed on its campus during Janmashtami celebrations described Shudras as being meant to “serve higher classes”, triggering controversy over caste discrimination.Institute Director Laxmidhar Behera said the poster was…
The Ganga was flowing at 50.57 metres at Gandhi Ghat at 6am on Sunday, 0.05 metres above its previous highest flood level (HFL) of 50.52 metres recorded on August 21, 2016. NEW DELHI: More than 19.57 lakh people have been affected by floods across 11 districts of Bihar as of Sunday, with authorities putting downstream…
NEW DELHI: Former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi on Sunday criticised the Election Commission over its special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, claiming that the exercise had effectively removed around 14-15 crore people from the country’s voter lists.Speaking to news agency ANI, Quraishi urged the poll panel to disclose the number of voters deleted,…
The eyewitness said the collapsed building was called ‘Hostel Daze’ NEW DELHI: A building collapse in Delhi’s Satya Niketan area on Sunday left several people feared trapped under the rubble, with an eyewitness describing a horrific scene in which an adjacent building also collapsed.The eyewitness said the collapsed structure, known as ‘Hostel Daze’, was a…