Bengaluru, Aug 25 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister, G. Parameshwara, on Tuesday said 102 taluks in the state were currently facing drought conditions and that a comprehensive report on the situation would be submitted to the Union government by the...
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from coercive action to journalist Abhishek Upadhyay in connection with an FIR registered by the Uttar Pradesh Police against him over an alleged road-rage incident in Ghaziabad....
Dhar, Aug 25 (IANS) A half-day bandh called by Hindu organisations over the Bhojshala dispute was observed in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district on Tuesday, with most shops in major markets remaining closed and heavy police deployment in place to prevent...
Bengaluru, Aug 25 (IANS) BJP MLC C.T. Ravi on Tuesday demanded the immediate release of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists arrested during protests over alleged irregularities in the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC). He sought a judicial enquiry into...
Srinagar, Aug 25 (IANS) Kashmiri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti (KPSS) on Tuesday voiced serious concern at the 'latest threats' by a terrorist outfit to PM Package employees working in the Valley. In a press statement, KPSS President Sanjay Kumar Tickoo, said,...
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Cautioning the public against panic, Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh said on Tuesday that Chief Minister Rekha Gupta convened a review meeting over H1N1 cases in the city and assured that the situation regarding...
Hyderabad, Aug 25 (IANS) Inspector of Jubilee Hills Police Station in Hyderabad has been suspended over Forest and Endowments Minister Konda Surekha’s former OSD, N. Sumanth’s case. Muttu Yadav, the Inspector (Station House Officer) of Jubilee Hills Police Station, faced...
Ahmedabad, Aug 25 (IANS) The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested a man wanted by Punjab Police in connection with a firing case in Batala, after tracking him down to a hotel in Palanpur, officials said on Tuesday. The accused,...
Bengaluru, Aug 25 (IANS) The Karnataka government is stepping up preparations for cloud seeding to address the rainfall deficit, with the Water Resources Department likely to launch operations within the next two days, Water Resources Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy said on...
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IANS) Former CPI(M) legislator from Uttarpara assembly constituency in Hooghly district of West Bengal, Srutinath Praharaj, who was arrested from his residence, was granted bail by a district court in Hooghly on Tuesday. Police arrested Praharaj and...
Bengaluru, Aug 25 (IANS) The Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will undertake a 200‑km padayatra from Raichur to Ballari between September 1 and 10 to highlight what it calls the failures of the Congress government in the...
Bengaluru, Aug 25 (IANS) In a significant development in the sensational Renukaswamy murder case, a Bengaluru trial court on Tuesday allowed Pradosh S. Rao, accused No. 14 in the case, to turn an approver and provide details of the events...