News from India
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Nabin in New Delhi. Taking to social media, the Chief Minister shared the photographs of...
Jaipur, Aug 8 (IANS) Governor Haribhau Bagde on Saturday called for a large‑scale public awareness campaign against substance abuse, stressing the need to educate young people and their families about its serious social and familial consequences. “Substance abuse is like...
Ahmedabad, Aug 8 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Police seized 5,050 bottles of prohibited cough syrup worth Rs 59.41 lakh during a night-long checking operation across the city, with the consignment recovered from parcels at the General Post Office on Relief Road,...
Jaipur, Aug 8 (IANS) An attempted theft was reported at the Mahajan Field Firing Ranges (MFFR) in Bikaner district in the early hours of Saturday after unidentified individuals allegedly gained unauthorised entry into the premises by breaching the perimeter fence....
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday praised students for lighting a “beacon of light” amid systemic darkness, crediting them with changing the nation through courage their parents could not muster. Interacting with youth at...
Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) The Army’s Eastern Command on Saturday extended greetings to the people of Sikkim and Nagaland on the occasion of the Tendong Lho Rum Faat and Metümnyo festivals. “Eastern Command extends greetings and best wishes to the...
Ahmedabad, Aug 8 (IANS) Families of Indian fishermen imprisoned in Pakistan, along with fishermen's organisations, have urged the governments of India and Pakistan to release and repatriate those who have completed their sentences and whose nationality has been verified, with...
Ahmedabad, Aug 8 (IANS) The Gujarat Police's State Monitoring Cell (SMF) has raided four spas operating on Ahmedabad’s S.G. Highway and nearby areas, arresting nine people and naming 10 others as wanted in separate cases alleging prostitution activities being conducted...
Chennai, Aug 8 (IANS) Members of Parliament who attended a consultation convened by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Saturday called for abandoning any fresh delimitation exercise, arguing that it could adversely affect the parliamentary representation of Tamil...
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Students who were honoured with gold medals during convocation ceremony of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, on Saturday, hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's awareness about their campus life, saying that the Prime Minister's...
Ahmedabad, Aug 8 (IANS) Vande Bharatam -- the grassroots innovation and entrepreneurship initiative launched by Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani -- has selected its inaugural cohort from more than 26,000 applications received from across the country, it was announced on...
Gwalior, Aug 8 (IANS) In a show of courage and presence of mind, 24-year-old twin sisters in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior on Saturday overpowered and apprehended a youth who was attempting to flee after snatching the mobile phone of one of...