BHOPAL — After the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh concluded and its results announced, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) released its report in which it was revealed that 90 newly elected MLAs out of 230 in the State, which is nearly 39%, have criminal cases against them. “90 winning candidates out of the 230 analysed […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Haj Committee of India (HCoI) has invited online applications from all the aspirants who intend to undertake the Haj pilgrimage 1445(H)—2024(CE). The Haj application forms shall be available from December 4, 2023 and the last date for submission of the same has been fixed as December 20, 2023. Before filing the […]
SRINAGAR — At least six labourers from Kulgam district of South Kashmir died and as many sustained injuries in a road accident in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh. Reports said, the accident occurred on Monday morning, when the driver of the pickup truck, in which they were traveling in from Sunni to Mandi, lost control […]
HYDERABAD — A trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Toopran mandal area of Medak district in Telangana on Monday morning. Two officers on board, a trainer and a trainee pilot died in the crash. The aircraft took off from Air Force Academy (AFA) at Dundigal near Telangana. The IAF in a […]
LUCKNOW — A case has been registered against Kafeel Khan, a former doctor at the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur, and five unidentified people over publication of his book, some text of which is allegedly against the Uttar Pradesh government. SHO, Krishna Nagar, Lucknow, Jitendra Pratap Singh, said: “The FIR has been registered under various […]
DURG — The parents and grandmother of a woman IPS officer were killed after a car they were travelling in collided with a truck in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district, police said on Wednesday. The IPS officer, PD Nitya, is currently posted as Superintendent of Police of Leh district in Ladakh. The accident took place on Tuesday […]
UTTARKASHI — After 17 days of mega operation, all the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi were safely extricated on the evening of Tuesday, November 28. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami was present at the site, where multiple ambulances and medical teams were kept ready for the trapped workers. As soon […]
AHMEDABAD — Twenty people have been killed in lightning strikes in different parts of Gujarat during widespread unseasonal rainfall in the state, an official said Monday. As per an official of the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), a total of 20 rain-related deaths have been reported so far from different parts of Gujarat. All the […]
NEW DELHI — Air quality in Delhi and its suburbs improved further on Sunday due to favourable atmospheric conditions, primarily wind direction and speed, monitoring agencies said. The City’s air quality index stood at 290 at 7 am. The 24-hour average AQI, recorded at 4 pm every day, was 319 on Saturday, 405 on Friday […]
MEERUT — Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind chief Maulana Syed Arshad Madani has asked members of the Muslim community to open separate schools for girls after Class 8, on the ground that they were being targeted in co-educational institutions. Madani made the remarks during a conference of west Uttar Pradesh office-bearers in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoband on Tuesday. He […]