Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) West Bengal’s opposition BJP Thursday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of unleashing “gruesome” violence against its party workers and urged Governor M.K. Naraynan to initiate steps for restoring peace and democracy in the state. “West Bengal is presently passing through a massive spate of post-poll violence, which is being unleashed against BJP […]
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Delhi reeled under intense heat Thursday as the maximum temperature settled four notches above the average at 44.7 degrees Celsius, making it the season’s hottest day yet. No respite is expected Friday, the met office said. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Friday will see clear skies and the searing […]
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and union Environment and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar were among those who called on prime minister Narendra Modi Thursday. “The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shri @ChouhanShivraj met PM @narendramodi”, the Prime Minister’s Office tweeted. Javadekar presented a sapling to Modi to commemorate […]
Chennai, June 3 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah and Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday condoled the death of Union Minister Gopinath Munde following a car accident in Delhi. In a statement issued here, Rosaiah said Munde was an able administrator, a parliamentarian and a legislator par excellence. “His death is an irreparable loss to the […]
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath MundeTuesday died in a car accident here, doctors said. “On his arrival to the AIIMS trauma centre, there was no spontaneous breathing, no blood pressure, no pulse and there was no cardiac activity. So immediately CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) was started and continued for the next 15 […]
Mumbai, June 2 (IANS) Murali Manohar, the co-producer of the latest Rajinikanth- starrer “Kochadaiiyaan”, which opened to mixed reports, admits the film has not done as well as expected in the north Indian belt. Nonetheless, he is confident that the team will work harder on its sequel. “We did what we could, given restrictions of time […]
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The national capital will experience a clear Monday ahead and the maximum temperature is likely to hover around 40 degrees Celsius, said the Met Office. “The sky will remain clear today (Monday),” said an official of the India Meteorological Department. The day’s minimum temperature settled three notches below the season’s average […]
Hyderabad, June 2 (IANS) Following are the major events in the history of Telangana, which Monday came into being as 29th state in India. 1948: Indian Army annexes princely state of Hyderabad, which comprised different regions including Telangana. Nov 1, 1956: Telangana merged with Andhra State, which was carved out of Madras State, to form Andhra […]
Hyderabad, June 2 (IANS) Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao Monday took oath as the first chief minister of Telangana, a few hours after it took birth as the 29th state of India. Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan administered the oath of office and secrecy to 60-year-old Rao at a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan here. […]
Mumbai, June 2 (IANS) The ruling Congress-NCP government of Maharashtra was Monday expanded with the induction of two legislators as ministers barely four months before the state assembly elections. Latur legislator Amit Deshmukh, son of former chief minister late Vilasrao Deshmukh, and Sillod (Jalna) legislator Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi were administered the oath of office and […]