News from India
Gandhinagar/Dang, June 20 (IANS) Gujarat’s Dang district, one of India’s few districts with an overwhelmingly tribal population, has emerged as a national model for rural sanitation after achieving near-universal adoption of twin-pit toilets, a key component of faecal sludge management...
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Reacting to the gang-rape and brutalisation of a woman in Bihar's Begusarai district, the Congress on Saturday termed the incident deeply shameful and unfortunate, saying it had crossed all limits of barbarity. Speaking to IANS,...
Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) The decomposed body of a 34-year-old woman, who had been missing for 23 days, was recovered from a dense forest on Henry Island in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, the police said on Saturday.The deceased...
Ahmedabad, June 20 (IANS) The Ahmedabad City Police has put in place extensive security and traffic management arrangements for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) UG re-examination scheduled on June 21, with more than 10,000 candidates expected to appear across 23...
Kochi, June 20 (IANS) In a major development in the controversial microfinance irregularities case, the Vigilance Director has approved the first chargesheet against SNDP Yogam General Secretary Vellappally Natesan, marking a crucial step in a long-running probe involving one of...
Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police on Saturday questioned senior Trinamool Congress legislator Sovandeb Chattopadhyay for nearly an hour in connection with its ongoing investigation into alleged discrepancies in signatures on a...
Chennai, June 20 (IANS) The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) on Saturday announced its decision to withdraw from the DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu, marking a significant political development in the state following the 2026 Assembly elections and the formation...
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday said it will challenge before the Bombay High Court the acquittal of all accused in the high-profile murder case of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar and his driver.A special...
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) With just a day left for the NEET-UG re-examination on June 21, aspirants across the country are engaged in last minute preparations, however, some of them told IANS that despite studying hard they are less...
Kolhapur (Maharashtra), June 20 (IANS) Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Saturday accused Congress and Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray of surviving in politics by turning infiltrators into a vote bank. However, he clarified that...
Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) As Kolkata prepares for a massive International Yoga Day event on Sunday, to be led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, yoga practitioners called it a "festival" for the city, stressing that they have never witnessed something...
Jaipur, June 20 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Secretary V. Srinivas on Saturday paid a courtesy call on Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar during his visit to Jaipur. The Government of Rajasthan extended a warm welcome to the Chief Election Commissioner,...