The oil tanker association in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday announced it was again suspending fuel supplies to the Valley. Anan Sharma, president of the All Jammu and Kashmir Oil Tankers Association, told reporters here that oil tankers and their drivers had been attacked in the Valley despite assurances from the state government. “Our drivers, […]
Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who is also the Congress’s presumptive chief ministerial candidate in Uttar Pradesh, fell ill on Saturday during the ’27 Saal, UP Behaal’ campaign and had to cut short her trip. Accompanied by senior leaders the septuagenarian Dikshit was in Kushinagar when she started feeling uneasy, a party leader told […]
Amid nationwide outrage over a tribal man walking 10 km with his wife’s body on his shoulders in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, the state government on Saturday said such incidents would not get repeated in future. “The state government is concerned over the unfortunate incident. We are working so that such incidents do not recur in […]
The US embassy has denied the allegation levelled by BJP MP Virendra Singh Mast that he was asked by embassy officials to remove his ‘pagdi’ or headgear for the visa documentation. “The United States does not discriminate on the basis of religion nor do we forbid religious dress,” the embassy said in a statement. “During […]
Curfew and separatist called shutdown continued in Kashmir on Friday for the 49th consecutive day bringing life to a standstill. Police said curfew will continue without any relaxation in Anantnag, Pulwama , Badgam, Shopian and Srinagar city while restrictions would remain in force elsewhere in the Valley. On Thursday evening, senior separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer […]
Australian ultramarathon runner Samantha Gash has started her grueling 3,800 km record run across India, in a bid to raise money for World Vision projects tackling barriers to quality education in India. Starting yesterday at one of the driest deserts on earth, Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, she will pass through the foot of the Himalayas and […]
In its 69th year of independence, India is continuing to make its mark globally. The country’s growth in areas of service sector, infrastructural developments, and scientific breakthroughs are a testimony to its accomplishments. Yet, almost seven decades after India won its freedom, millions of children are anything but free and for them education still remains […]
Harassment of dairy farmers in the name of cow protection must end and those violating the law will be dealt with sternly, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said on Tuesday. Badal’s warning comes after reports that some self-styled ‘Gau Rakshaks’ (cow protectors) have been stopping trucks and tractor-trolleys carrying cattle and harassing dairy farmers. […]
“I don’t know what happened, my mind has totally gone blank,” said Apurvi Chandela after getting eliminated in the 10 metre air rifle competition for women here at the Olympic Shooting Centre. “Of course when I came in this morning, I expected to win. Who doesn’t,” a visibly crestfallen Chandela told IANS before proceeding to […]
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who underwent surgery to fix a dislocated shoulder after she collapsed due to exhaustion during a rally at Varanasi, is recovering well and also did some exercises on Saturday, hospital authorities here said. The Congress president was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on August 3. A medical bulletin from the […]