AMBALA: A group of farmers on Saturday protested against the BJP’s Ambala candidate Banto Kataria during her Lok Sabha polls campaign in the Naggal village. The protesters asked Kataria why the farmers marching towards Delhi to seek a legal guarantee on minimum support price for crops were not allowed to proceed to the national capital … Read more
Jaipur: Rajasthan Police have deputed additional forces in the city after a cleric was murdered in a mosque in Ajmer on Saturday, a police officer said. The incident was reported at around 3 a.m. on Saturday, said police officials adding that three masked miscreants committed the crime. At the time of the incident, there were … Read more
Madhya Pradesh’s former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday took a jibe at Sam Pitroda, who heads the Congress’ overseas chapter over his remarks on inheritance tax and said that India’s culture, tradition, and moral values are not of America.Addressing a public rally in Raisen, Shivraj Singh Chouhan slammed Sam Pitroda for comparing India … Read more
NEW DELHI: In its bid to ensure more availability of onion when supply dips, govt has decided to irradiate 5,000 tonne of the key kitchen item this year, which will improve shelf-life and reduce storage losses. Last year as a pilot 1,200 tonne of onion was irradiated using gamma rays in line with the protocol … Read more
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI) Over 63 per cent polling was reported in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections covering 88 seats across 13 states amid few complaints of EVM glitches and bogus voting in some states. Voters in some villages of Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura, Rajasthan’s Banswara and Maharashtra’s Parbhani were boycotting the polls … Read more
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday found a large number of arms and ammunitions, including foreign-made pistol and revolvers, during search operations conducted at two premises in North 24 Parganas district’s Sandeshkhali, in connection with the attack on the Enforcement Directorate officials on January 5 by followers of now suspended Trinamool leader Shahjahan … Read more
SRINAGAR: Two terrorists were killed in an overnight encounter in Sopore area in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Two soldiers and a civilian sustained bullet injuries in the fire exchange, and were stable after treatment, officials said Friday.One of the slain terrorists was identified as Saifullah. The identity of the other terrorist was being ascertained, said … Read more
Mumbai: The rupee declined 10 paise to close at 83.38 against the US dollar on Friday as a strengthening American currency overseas and a selloff in domestic equities weighed on the local unit. Besides, rising crude prices in the international market and foreign fund outflows amid risk-averse sentiment dragged the domestic currency down, forex traders … Read more
More than 50 houses, four electricity towers, a receiving station, and a main road were damaged in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district dur to sinking of a road, officials said on Friday. Ramban Deputy Commissioner Baseer-ul-Haq Choudhary visited the Pernote village, five kms from the district headquarters, on Friday morning and assured assistance to the … Read more
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/KOCHI: Various church factions in Kerala on Friday urged the people to go and vote for those supporting secularism and democracy in the general elections in the southern state. Voting commenced in all 20 Lok Sabha seats of the state at 7 am today. Archbishop Raphael Thattil of the influential Syro-Malabar Church, after casting his … Read more
