Bihar (File photo) (Used for representation) NEW DELHI: Seven people were killed and several others injured in a stampede-like incident at Ashokdham Temple in Bihar’s Lakhisarai on early Monday, as news agency ANI quoted Bihar police.SDPO Shivam Kumar told ANI, “Seven casualties have been reported. It is being said that an electric pole fell there…
Kiren Rijiju said PM was not referring to the opposition after P Chidambaram’s ‘dimagi Naxal’ post. NEW DELHI: PM Modi’s ‘dimagi Naxal’ remark on August 15 became the subject of a political slugfest Sunday, with Congress‘s P Chidambaram saying he was “proud to be a dimagi Naxal” to which BJP replied that the ex-home minister’s…
CJI Kant told TOI he ‘never consented to Nalsar’s invitation’. NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has not accepted the invitation to be chief guest at the convocation of National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (Nalsar) University of Law amid a row sparked by a section of students opposing his presence…
An SC bench said the evidence for an accidental drowning was more plausible than homicide. NEW DELHI: Observing that the human mind can sometimes act foolishly, especially in the face of unpredictable adversity, Supreme Court has said that such behaviour cannot be the sole basis of conviction and acquitted two men who had been held…
Water samples were found to contain coliform bacteria. NEW DELHI: Comptroller and Auditor General has flagged gaps in sanitation and minimum essential amenities at 458 out of 512 railway stations, including presence of E coli bacteria in water coolers at eight stations.The CAG report on “passenger amenities and sanitation at non-suburban railway stations”, presented in…
ED investigation into a Kolkata-based aviation company. NEW DELHI: An ED investigation into a Kolkata-based aviation company has found that the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress allegedly funded Rs 160 crore from the party’s coffers to a little-known firm, Carewell Aviation India Pvt Ltd, to buy an Embraer jet and an Agusta VIP helicopter, which it…
As the country has progressed, so has the theme of PM Modi’s speeches. NEW DELHI: From access to aspiration and from problems to potential – the focus of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speeches has kept changing since 2014.Those tracking his speeches over the last 12 years have noted how in the initial year,…
Rahul Gandhi said the upcoming rally in Pune on Aug 22 will be exclusively for girls. NEW DELHI: As part of his “chhatron ki goonj” meetings targeting the youth, Congress’s Rahul Gandhi said the upcoming rally in Pune on Aug 22 will be exclusively for girls.The announcement came along with Rahul’s social media video post…
The controversy erupted after a video from Congress’s Aug 15 function showed Sonia gesturing and speaking to party president Kharge. NEW DELHI: The row over the full rendition of Vande Mataram at Congress headquarters on Independence Day acquired a Bankim Chandra connection, with BJP MLA Sumitro Chatterjee, a direct descendant of the national song’s author,…
NEW DELHi: Attacking home minister Amit Shah for demanding an apology over the Vande Mataram row, Congress claimed the minister had insulted Bhimrao Ambedkar’s memory in Rajya Sabha and that he owes allegiance to an organisation that did not unfurl the tricolour at its headquarters till 2002 – in what were allusions to Shah’s controversial…