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The situation turned tense as JP youth wing workers and Congress supporters confronted each other, prompting Goa police to interveneThe situation turned tense as BJP youth wing workers and Congress supporters confronted each other, prompting Goa police to interveneThe situation turned tense as JP youth wing workers and Congress supporters confronted each other, prompting Goa police to interveneThe situation turned tense as BJP youth wing workers and Congress supporters confronted each other, prompting Goa police to interveneThe situation turned tense as JP youth wing workers and Congress supporters confronted each other, prompting Goa police to intervene Panaji: BJP’s youth wing…
A video showcasing elderly men dancing at Punjab’s Independence Day celebrations has sparked a heated political discussion CHANDIGARH: A video of three elderly men dancing at Punjab’s state-level Independence Day function in Ferozepur has triggered a political slugfest, with the opposition alleging that they were presented as beneficiaries of the state government’s knee-replacement scheme despite being health department employees, while the AAP defended the performance as an expression of beneficiaries’ happiness.The video shows the elderly men dancing to ‘Beh ke dekh jawana babe bhangra paunde ne’ as part of a health department tableau showcasing the Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana. Chief…
Lucknow: A sub-inspector was allegedly assaulted and nearly strangled during an anti-encroachment drive in the Budheshwar area, leading police to lodge an FIR against 27 people and arrest two women on Monday.The incident took place around 5.10 pm in Gadiyana-Badalkheda under Para police station limits when a joint team of the Lucknow Municipal Corporation and police began action against alleged illegal cattle rearing and dumping of animal waste on roads and into drains.In an FIR filed by SI Vinay Patel, he said a group of about 20-25 men and two women gathered at the site, abused officials, and obstructed the…
Patna: Three BJP functionaries — Shivesh Kumar Ram, Rituraj Sinha and Siddharth Shambhu — have been included in the party’s new national team announced on Monday by party national president Nitin Nabin. MLC Sanjay Mayukh has been relieved of his responsibility as national co-media in charge. No leader from Bihar has been appointed national vice-president or national general secretary.Rajya Sabha member Shivesh Kumar Ram has been appointed national president of the BJP Scheduled Caste Morcha, while Rituraj Sinha has been named co-convener of all party cells. Siddharth Shambhu will serve as a national secretary.Rituraj, son of former Rajya Sabha MP…
A 35-year-old man was allegedly murdered during a booze party following a dispute among the those present near Chandlai railway crossing under Shivdaspura police station area Monday Times News NetworkJaipur: A 35-year-old man was allegedly murdered during a booze party following a dispute among the those present near Chandlai railway crossing under Shivdaspura police station area Monday. Police suspect that his companions attacked him with a large stone and later dumped his body near railway tracks. The deceased is yet to be identified, only then can the probe progress.The blood-covered body was found around 7 am Monday near the railway…
Nagpur: After Special Intensive Revision (SIR) enumeration exercise concluded on Monday, 9.22 lakh of Nagpur’s 24.47 lakh electors — 37.68% — face probable deletion from the voter list, setting the stage for a substantial churn in the city’s electoral rolls in recent years.More strikingly, each of the six Assembly constituencies has over 1.3 lakh such electors, though how many names will eventually be deleted will become clear after the prescribed scrutiny and claims-and-objections process.The figures are based on the latest official SIR status report as of 9pm Monday. District-wide, Nagpur digitised 31,93,766 enumeration forms, taking overall digitisation to 68.85%, while…
Jharkhand’s government cancelled recruitment exams conducted by an outsourced agency RANCHI: The Jharkhand government on Monday cancelled the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission-Combined Graduate Level (JSSC-CGL) examination and all recruitment tests conducted by outsourced agency TSR Data Processing Pvt Ltd (TDPL) since 2014, addressing one of the key demands of students protesting alleged irregularities in recruitment exams.The decision was announced after chief minister Hemant Soren chaired a marathon cabinet meeting at the state secretariat. The government also decided to set up an exam reforms committee headed by senior IAS officer Amitabh Kaushal to recommend measures to strengthen the recruitment process.“The government…
Varanasi: A complaint has been submitted against former Congress president and Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi, alleging disrespect to the national song Vande Mataram during an Independence Day programme at the Congress headquarters in Delhi. However, no FIR has been registered so far.The complaint was filed on Sunday at the office of the Varanasi Police Commissioner by Nageshwar Mishra, a resident of Tilmapur under the Sarnath police station area and a former village head. Mishra has demanded that a case be registered against Sonia under relevant legal provisions.In his complaint, Mishra alleged that during the Independence Day programme held at…
The recent fire at a hotel in Tarapith has raised alarm bells for the local religious tourism industry KOLKATA: The hotel fire at Tarapith can impact a mutiple-crore religion-tourist circuit weeks before Kaushiki Amavasya, when the pilgrim economy, centred around Tarapith and extending to Nalhati, Bakreswar and Kankalitala, is expected to enter its peak season.The state, which has already ordered a safety audit, plans to complete the safety checks of hotels, guest houses and lodges in the area by Aug-end.Asked if the safety audit would be over before Kaushiki Amavasya, junior fire minister Koushik Chowdhury said, “We will do it…
Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank welcomed daughter in Portugal Princess Eugenie has revealed the name of her newborn daughter, paying a touching tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II. Eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, welcomed their third child two weeks ago in Portugal, and the couple have now announced that their baby girl is named Adelaide Elizabeth Annina Brooksbank.Sharing the news on Instagram, Eugenie, who is 12th in line to the British throne, explained that the name was chosen to honour three people the couple love and admire, including the late Queen Elizabeth II.“Named after three people we love…