In another rail accident, eight coaches of the Meerut-Lucknow Rajya Rani Express derailed on Saturday morning. The unpleasant incident happened between Rampur and Mundapanda, near a bridge over the Koshi River. Notably, no casualties have been reported so far. Reportedly, 10 people were injured in the incident. “Personally monitoring situation.Directed[Read More…]
Counting of votes for Srinagar-Budgam parliamentary by-election began on Saturday morning. The State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Shantmanu who visited the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar on Friday, said counting of votes would begin simultaneously in Jammu, Udhampur and New Delhi where Kashmiri migrants had voted. Notably, there[Read More…]
The “rhetoric” in the Indian Parliament on the sentencing of Kulbhushan Jadhav was “un-warranted,” said Pakistan, alleging that it is fueling hatred against them. Pakistan refused India’s request for consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav. Pakistan foreign secretary Tehmina Janjua said Indian high commissioner Gautam Bambawale that the hatred against Islamabad[Read More…]
Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar said that he could not handle the pressure of some key issues, like Kashmir, which was one of the reasons why he opted to quit as the defence minister and return to the coastal state. Parrikar was sworn in as the CM for the fourth[Read More…]
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday refuted Pakistan’s claim of a fair trial being given to justice to former Indian Navy officer Kulbhusan Jadhav who has been given death sentence by a Pakistani court. He said that the government would make all efforts to provide justice to Jadhav. “I[Read More…]
A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre, states and union territories to make Hindi compulsory for students of class I-VIII across the country to promote unity and national integration. The plea is likely to come up for hearing next week in the[Read More…]
In January 2013, the then Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi visited the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and was deeply impressed by the work being carried out at Dalal Street. The Chief Minister could not help but instantly extend an invitation to Ashish Kumar Chauhan, the MD and CEO of[Read More…]
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Friday pointed out that she was willing to be a part of larger anti-BJP front. She also said that her brother Anand Kumar would be the vice president of the party. As national vice-president he will be empowered to dispose of the party[Read More…]
The leakage of chlorine gas in a small village on the outskirts of Gujarat led to 19 people being hospitalized, said district officials on Friday. The incident happened last night because of leakage in the valve of a chlorine gas cylinder. It happened when the process of chlorination in a[Read More…]
After the news that UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath has ended the quota based reservation for SC, ST and OBC in medical colleges’ across the state, the authorities at the state medical education department have countered the trending information saying, reservation was never a part of the admission process. “It[Read More…]