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Fresh clashes break out in violence-hit Bhatpara after 3-member BJP delegation leaves

Bhatpara, June 21 (Agencies): Fresh tension was reported in violence-hit Bhatpara in West Bengal's 24 Parganas district on Saturday afternoon. Three persons were injured in the clashes. Police had to resort to lathi charge to disperse the crowd after locals violated S...

BJP's performance in UP a miracle, it surprised many even within party: Rajnath

LUCKNOW, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on his first visit to Uttar Pradesh on Friday, said even some senior leaders in the Bharatiya Janata Party were not sure if we would be able to repeat the heroics of 2014. With the formation of the SP-BSP alliance, people thoug...

Living man declared dead, spends night in morgue in MP

BHOPAL, June 22 (Agencies): In a case of gross medical negligence, a living man was declared dead by a doctor at a government hospital in Sagar district. The doctor declared the elderly man dead on Thursday night. The incident came to light when police went there for ...

Human skeletons found abandoned near SKMCH hospital in Muzaffarpur

PATNA, June 22 (Agencies): Skeletal remains have been discovered lying in open, in a forest near the government-run Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) in Muzaffarpur, which is grappling with cases of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES). An investigation te...

CJI Gogoi writes to Modi, seeks increase in number of SC Judges

NEW DELHI, June 22 (Agencies): Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to increase the strength of judges and raise the retirement age of high court judges to 65 years. Gogoi has also urged the prime minister to make ten...

Coffin of martyred soldier covered with BJD flagBJP demands Naveen Patnaik's apology

Dhenkanal, June 21 (Agencies): Soon after a photograph of martyr Ajit Kumar Sahoo's coffin, draped in a BJD flag, went viral on social media, the Opposition BJP on Friday demanded unconditional apology from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The photograph was taken on Thu...

Ahead of Budget Session, Nirmala asks states to work in cohesion with Centre

NEW DELHI, June 21 (Agencies): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday exhorted states to work together with the centre, stating that while the centre sets the direction of economic growth, it is for the states to ensure effective implementation on the ground. Asse...

Death toll due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome reaches 158, Muzaffarpur remains worst hit

PATNA, June 21 (Agencies): The Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) has claimed the lives of 158 children in Bihar, plunging the state in a grim crisis. The deadly outbreak of the disease has gripped the children of the state since the beginning of this month. The worst-h...

Modi leads celebrations in India as world participates in International Yoga Day

NEW DELHI, June 21 (Agencies): The dawn of Friday witnessed the fifth International Yoga Day, as people across the nation participated in the celebrations with enthusiasm. The Jharkhand capital of Ranchi was selected this year as the venue for the main event and it was...

Rahul trolled for Yoga day tweet on army dogs

'Life is one continuing joke for him'
NEW DELHI, June 21 (Agencies): Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday courted controversy by tweeting pictures of the dog squad of Indian Army doing yoga and captioning it "New India", an apparent dig at the Narendra Modi dispensation. The pictures in the tweet showed...

Rajya Sabha to take up triple talaq bill after President's push for gender equality

NEW DELHI, June 20 (Agencies): The Upper House of Parliament is likely to take up the triple talaq bill, which criminalises instant divorce among Muslim community members, on Thursday. It may be recalled that the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha began soon after the Pre...

Party will decide the new Congress President, not me: Rahul

NEW DELHI, June 20 (Agencies): As speculation continues on his next steps, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said his party will decide on who his successor will be and not him. He is not the person to take a decision on his successor, Gandhi told reporters ...

Court rejects Pragya's plea seeking permanent exemption from appearing in court

MUMBAI, June 20 (Agencies): Special NIA court in Mumbai on Thursday rejected BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's application seeking permanent exemption from attending the court once a week. In her application, Sadhvi Pragya had sought exemption from court appearance o...

'RSS responsible for all terrorist attacks'

Rapper Hard Kaur booked for sedition
NEW DELHI, June 20 (Agencies): UK-based rapper Taran Kaur Dhillon aka Hard Kaur has been booked for sedition for allegedly posting objectionable remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on social media, police said Thursd...

2 dead, 4 injured; police team attacked in clashes in Bhatpara

KOLKATA, June 20 (Agencies): Two people died and four got injured in clashes between two groups in West Bengal’s Bhatpara on Thursday. A police team which went on arrest miscreants has recovered arms and crude bombs from the site of violence. Locals told Zee Media that...

Mamata, Mayawati, Stalin, among others to skip all-party meet convened by Modi

NEW DELHI, June 19 (Agencies): The meeting of party leaders across political parties, who have a lawmaker either in Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha, on Wednesday convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not be attended by many leaders. PM Modi has invited the heads of al...

Cong to skip All-Party Meeting on 'One Nation, One Election' called by PM

NEW DELHI, June 19 (Agencies): The Congress will skip the all-party meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday to discuss the 'one nation, one election' proposal. Earlier, Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi had told the media in Parliament: "As far as I kn...

Cong dissolves Karnataka State Committee amid rumblings

KARNATAKA, June 19 (Agencies): The Karnataka Congress on Wednesday dissolved its state unit and retained only its president and the working president. "The AICC has decided to dissolve the present committee of (the) Karnataka Pradesh Congress. The president and workin...

Next Maharashtra CM will be from Shiv Sena

MUMBAI, June 19 (Agencies): In what could emerge as a new bone of contention between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, the latter has declared that the next Chief Minister of the state would be one of its men. In an editorial in its mou...

9 month old infant dies after being gagged by man following rape bid

TELANGANA, June 19 (Agencies): A nine-month-old girl died after a man apparently gagged her, following an alleged rape bid in Warangal of Telangana on Wednesday, police said. The accused, aged around 28, took the baby in the wee hours, while she was asleep alongside h...

'Independence of judiciary not a one-time pill': CJI

NEW DELHI, June 19 (Agencies): Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has said the independence of the judiciary has to remain constant, even as it faces “continuous and recurrent waves of onslaught”. “Every nation should aspire for an independent judicial system and ind...

Acute Encephalitis Syndrome claims lives of 146 children in Bihar

Litchi fruit under scanner over spread of infection
PATNA, June 19 (Agencies): The death toll of children due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Bihar reached 146 on Wednesday, nearly a fortnight after its deadly outbreak in the state. The worst-hit district is Muzaffarpur with the viral disease claiming the lives ...

TN police says 3 suspected IS supporters were planning attacks on temples, churches

TAMIL NADU, June 19 (Agencies): Three suspected IS sympathisers, who were arrested recently, were planning to carry out terror attacks on temples and churches in and around the city, police said on Wednesday. According to the FIR registered against the trio -- Shahjah...

Forget 'paksh', 'vipaksh', 'nishpaksh' spirit important: Modi seeks opposition cooperation

NEW DELHI, June 17(Agencies): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged all opposition parties to come together and work for the larger interest of the country. He said, "More than paksh (ruling party), vipaksh (opposition party), nishpaksh (unbiased) spirit is more...

Junior doctors call off week-long strike after meeting West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

KOLKATA:, June 17(Agencies): Junior doctors in West Bengal called-off their week-long strike after meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state Secretariat Nabanna on Monday afternoon. A formal announcement of the withdrawal of the strike will be made from ...

Modi, others take oath as MPs in 17th Lok Sabha, Budget session commences

NEW DELHI, June 17(Agencies): Amid chants and thunderous applause, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took oath as a member of the new Lok Sabha. The PM, who is also the leader of the House, took oath after being re-elected from Varanasi parliamentary constituency ...

Delhi: 3 policemen suspended for thrashing tempo drivers as their vehicles collided

New Delhi, June 17(Agencies): Three cops were suspended for allegedly thrashing two men after their tempo bumped into a police vehicle in Mukherjee Nagar area of New Delhi on Sunday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest Delhi) Vijyanta Arya suspended Assistant Sub...

BJP leader attacked in Amroha, blames former MP Devendra Nagpal

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijay Pawar has accused former Member of Parliament Devendra Nagpal of carrying out an attack on him in Amroha in Uttar Pradesh. Pawas has alleged that he was attacked by Nagpal and his supporters because of political rivalry. Pawar...

Acute Encephalitis Syndrome claims 126 lives in Bihar; 104 children die in Muzaffarpur

BIHAR, June 17(Agencies): There seems to be no end to the menace of the Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), which has till now claimed at least 126 lives in Bihar. While 12 children died due to the viral infection in Vaishali, at least 104 lost their lives in Muzaffarpu...
 

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