News from India
Jammu, July 19 (IANS) Amarnath Yatra pilgrims on Sunday welcomed the decision of the Jammu and Kashmir administration to temporarily halt the pilgrimage due to adverse weather conditions.Speaking to IANS, a pilgrim said: "We have come to Jammu for the...
Bhubaneswar, July 19 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Odisha Assembly and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Sunday demanded that the paper leak issue be debated in Parliament and also urged the Centre to engage in a...
Ayodhya, July 19 (IANS) The investigation into the theft of offerings from the Ram Mandir has entered a crucial phase, as the police intensively questioned key accused Ramshankar Yadav alias 'Tinnu' and his nephew Manish Yadav during their 39-hour custody...
Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) Following overnight rainfall, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued a red alert for heavy rain in four north Bengal districts over the next two days and forecast a prolonged spell of showers across south...
Hyderabad, July 19 (IANS) Bahadurguda village near Hyderabad Airport in Shamshabad, Telangana, remained tense on Sunday as the authorities continued fencing 650 acres of land earmarked for a proposed high-speed train hub.Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) removed...
Bengaluru/New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The BJP on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the Congress after senior Karnataka MLA H.C. Balakrishna allegedly referred to Union Minister of State Shobha Karandlaje's "Yajman" remark while defending the controversial Bidadi Township Project,...
Jammu, July 19 (IANS) At least ten people were killed as flash floods wreaked havoc in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Rajouri districts, officials said on Sunday, adding that several were missing.The people were killed after flash floods struck the...
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) After staging a walkout to protest the presence of the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) members at the all-party meeting convened by the government on Sunday, the Opposition leaders called the invitation of the...
Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police, on Sunday, arrested a woman with a huge cache of illegal firearms and ammunition at Ahsoknagar in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.The woman has...
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has convened a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee at 5 p.m. on Sunday to schedule and manage the day-to-day legislative agenda for the Parliament's Monsoon Session.The Monsoon Session will...
Jaipur, July 19 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) convened the quarterly State-Level Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) meeting for Rajasthan in Jaipur to strengthen coordinated efforts among enforcement agencies in combating drug trafficking and implementing a comprehensive strategy against narcotics-related...
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday met Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi, President of Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania, and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council, in New Delhi and discussed ways to further expand bilateral...