BJP working prez Nadda to visit UP on July 5; several agenda on cards
Lucknow, : With Uttar Pradesh set to get a new BJP president and expansion of the Yogi Adityanath ministry on the cards, the new BJP working president J P Nadda is slated to visit the state capital on July 5. Mr Nadda ,who was UP in-charge during the Lok Sabha polls, was nominated as the […]
FIR lodged against SP MP Azam Khan in Rampur for remark on Jaya Prada
Rampur,: Police have registered FIRs against Samajwadi Party Lok Sabha member Mohammad Azam Khan along with ten others in connection with their derogatory statement against Bollywood star and BJP leader Jaya Prada recently. Azam Khan, MP from Rampur, who defeated Jaya Prada, made the derogatory statement on June 29 during a cricket match function. Meanwhile […]
IAF Tejas’ fuel tank falls on agricultural land near Coimbatore
New Delhi, : Fuel tank of Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter aircraft LCA Tejas fell in an agricultural land near Irugur on the outskirts of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. As per locals, the incident happened around 0800 hrs near Irugur, near Sulur air base during a training flight. The Sulur Air Force Station […]
Heavy rains claim five lives in Palghar, Thane
Thane , : Five people were killed including a three-year-old infant due to wall collapse as heavy rains lashed Thane and Palghar districts, the authorities said on Tuesday. In the first incident at Kalyan, a wall of a Urdu school collapsed at around 0130 hrs in which three people lost their lives and one was […]
Goa CM asks people entering govt service to work sincerely, look after dependents
Panaji, : Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has asked people entering into government service to be sincere and have a humanitarian approach when dealing with the public. Speaking at a function where letters of appointment of candidates to government service on compassionate ground were distributed to beneficiaries at State Secretariat on Monday, the Chief Minister […]
Amarnath yatri from UP dies due to cardiac arrest
Srinagar,: A pilgrim from Uttar Pradesh died due to cardiac arrest on way to holy cave on traditional Pahalgam track, a yatra official said on Tuesday. He said 65-year-old yatri Krishen, son of Assaram, a resident of Meerut of UP suffered a massive cardiac arrest at Sheshnag. He was rushed to a nearby medical centre […]
Tripura to impose fine on littering and open urination
Agartala, : Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb indicated that his government is considering the imposition of a fine on the citizens for littering, unscientific disposal of waste and urination in open space soon to ensure compliance of the direction of National Green Tribunal (NGT) regarding waste management. While addressing the inauguration of a weeklong […]
Three killed, 4 injured as car hits Army vehicle in Samba
Jammu,: Three persons including a woman was killed and four others injured when a car in which they were travelling hit an Army crane near Ghagwal in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. “One van late night on Tuesday at around 0120 hours hit the back side of an Army crane near Sandh Bari in […]
Trump says Iran ‘playing with fire’ by exceeding nuclear deal limit
Washington, : US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran was ‘playing with fire’ after Tehran announced it had exceeded its limit for low-grade enriched uranium allowed under a 2015 nuclear deal. Asked at a White House event if he had a message for Iran, Trump said,””They know what they’re doing. They know what […]
5.9 magnitude quake jolts Philippines
Manila, : A 5.9 magnitude quake shook Bohol province in the central Philippines on Tuesday. The tremor, which was tectonic in origin, was also felt in Borongan City, the capital of Eastern Samar province, Xinhua reported. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the temblor, which struck at 12:59 am, hit at a […]