The star-studded premiere of Madhuri Dixit-Naseeruddin Shah starrer Dedh Ishqiya which was scheduled to happen in Lucknow on Friday was cancelled. Officials of a multiplex in Lucknow, where the premiere was scheduled to happen, said Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and members of his family were supposed to attend the premiere at the multiplex, but the […]
The reservoir of an upcoming private hydropower project burst Sunday on the outskirts of this tourist resort in Himachal Pradesh, officials said. There was no loss of life. Official sources said the newly-built reservoir of the 4.8 MW Aleo hydropower project being constructed by the Aleo Manali Hydropower Pvt Ltd, just three km from here, […]
Around 800 ambulances fitted with global positioning system (GPS) would be made available for patients in rural areas in Jammu and Kashmir, the state government said Sunday. People in rural areas would only need to dial the toll-free number 102 to avail ambulance services fitted with GPS under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Minister […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday warned the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led government in Delhi of agitation over persistent power cuts. “The BJP will soon launch a ‘bijli andolan’ if corrective measures are not taken immediately,” Delhi BJP president Vijay Goel said. “The AAP government has failed to bring any clarity on the issue of […]
Three people were arrested from the Adarsh Nagar railway station in North Delhi with Rs.4.5 lakh in fake Indian currency notes (FICN), police said Sunday. Shajahan, 43, Mahesh Prasad, 40, and Mohd. Nisar, 38, were arrested Saturday when they went to deliver the consignment to a contact. Shajahan earlier used to work as a butcher […]
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla Sunday criticised Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas for targeting Rahul Gandhi, saying the AAP’s thinking was limited to the Congress vice president. The Congress MP said Gandhi has been contesting elections from Amethi constituency for years and the people there are very happy to see him […]
Marginal and highly fragile tribal communities should not be disturbed in the name of development, President Pranab Mukherjee said here Sunday. “The marginal and highly fragile tribal communities should not be disturbed in the name of development, lest they get destroyed as has happened in the past as a result of attempts to assimilate them,” […]
Legendary bhajan singer Juthika Roy, who enthralled the likes of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru with her enchanting voice, is undergoing treatment at a city hospital for age-related ailments. The 92-year-old singer is admitted to the city’s Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan. “She was admitted earlier in the month with breathing and other problems. Her condition […]
About six lakh commercial vehicles kept off the roads across Karnataka Sunday in support of about 3,000 sand transporters, agitating since Dec 22 demanding more permits, release of lorries seized by the police and end to harassment of drivers at check-posts. “The response to our three-week-long agitation has been overwhelming as movement of transport vehicles […]
BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday took a potshot at the media, accusing it of being obsessed with the politics in Delhi. Lauding Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar for his “simplicity”, Modi said Parrikar would have been the apple of the eye had he been a part of Delhi’s political scene. “Imagine if Parrikar […]