News from India
Mumbai, Aug 13 (IANS) Shiv Sena(UBT) on Wednesday supported the Supreme Court’s orders upholding the Bombay High Court’s stay on feeding pigeons and asking the municipal authorities to pick up… Continue reading ‘People die, dogs and pigeons live is the new mantra for some’, taunts Shiv Sena(UBT) in ‘Saamana’
Chennai, Aug 13 (IANS) A simmering land dispute in Chettikarai Panchayat of Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu has prompted residents from four villages to announce a one-day hunger strike on… Continue reading Residents in TN’s Dharmapuri to protest Waqf board land claims on I-Day
Thrissur, Aug 13 (IANS) Union Minister of State and BJP MP from Thrissur, Suresh Gopi, received a rousing welcome from party supporters upon his arrival at Thrissur railway station on… Continue reading MoS Suresh Gopi continues silence on poll ‘rigging’ charges, reaches Thrissur
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is set to benefit the domestic mineral sector, according to the Ministry of Mines. V.L. Kantha Rao,… Continue reading Domestic mineral industry set to benefit from India-UK trade pact
Chennai, Aug 13 (IANS) The DMK will hold a crucial district secretary-level meeting on Wednesday, to be chaired by party president and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, at Kalaignar Arangam, Anna… Continue reading CM Stalin to review today DMK membership drive, election preparations
Puri, Aug 13 (IANS) In a major boost to inter-state rail connectivity, the extension of the Puri-Lalgarh-Puri Weekly Express up to Sri Ganganagar came into effect on Wednesday, linking the… Continue reading BJP MP Sambit Patra flags off Puri-Lalgarh Express extension to Sri Ganganagar
Hyderabad, Aug 13 (IANS) AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi has slammed the closure of slaughterhouses and meat shops on Independence Day, calling the move by the municipal authorities ‘callous’ and ‘unconstitutional’.… Continue reading Meat shop closure order on I-Day callous, unconstitutional, says Owaisi
Hyderabad, Aug 13 (IANS) The Telangana government has ordered the closure of all schools in five districts for two days in view of the red alert issued by the India… Continue reading Schools shut in five Telangana districts in view of heavy rain alert
Dausa (Rajasthan), Aug 13 (IANS) Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Wednesday expressed grief over the truck-container collision in Dausa, which killed 11 people, including women and children. Over half a… Continue reading Extremely tragic: Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal expresses grief over Dausa accident
Chennai, Aug 13 (IANS) PMK President Dr Anbumani Ramadoss has called upon party cadre and the public to ensure that resolutions demanding a caste-based population census are passed during grama… Continue reading PMK urges cadre to push for caste census resolutions on I-Day grama sabha meets in TN
Dausa (Rajasthan), Aug 13 (IANS) Eleven people, including women and children, died while over half a dozen were injured when a pickup truck collided with a container near Bapi village… Continue reading 11 killed after truck collides with container in Rajasthan’s Dausa
Chennai, Aug 13 (IANS) As the sanitation workers’ strike entered its 13th day on Wednesday, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) launched an overnight cleaning operation in Royapuram and Thiru Vi… Continue reading Trash piles up in Chennai due to sanitation staff strike; govt hires workers
