NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls, the Congress on Tuesday set up its Pradesh Election Committee which includes the likes of the Bihar unit chief Rajesh Ram, Shakeel Ahmed Khan and Madan Mohan Jha, to get battle-ready for the elections.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the proposal for the constitution of the Pradesh…
Photo/PTI NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Malviya on Tuesday criticised leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, calling his Punjab visit a “drama.”“After yet another secret holiday in Malaysia’s Langkawi, Rahul Gandhi landed in Punjab, a state Congress lost to AAP, to stage yet another drama,” Malviya said in…
NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday announced that education loans provided under the state’s Student Credit Card Scheme will now be completely “interest-free for all applicants.” The move comes months ahead of the Bihar assembly elections.Sharing the post on X, the Bihar CM said that the decision would “boost students’ morale” and…
Devastation in Uttarakhand and Himachal NEW DELHI: Heavy rain, cloudbursts and landslides have battered Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, leaving a trail of destruction. The intense monsoon downpour on Monday night and early Tuesday caused major damage to property, disrupted daily life, stranded tourists, and swept away vehicles. Three dead in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh In Himachal…
NEW DELHI: CRPF’s CoBRA battalion, which specialises in jungle warfare, has neutralised 20 hardcore Left-wing extremists in Jharkhand, including two central committee (CCM) members, along with the state police in the current year.The two eliminated CCM members are Vivek Chandri Yadav alias Prayag, who was killed in an operation in Bokaro in April, and Sahdev…
NEW DELHI: A video shows nurses at a hospital in Assam’s Nagaon acting heroically during 5.8-magnitude earthquake, ensuring the safety of newborns as tremors shook the Northeast and parts of West Bengal on Sunday.Their quick response and presence of mind have drawn praise for protecting the infants in a moment of panic.Officials said the 5.8-magnitude…
NEW DELHI: Nearly thirteen years after fellow Maoists helped him escape by ambushing his jail van on its way to a Giridih court, Sahdev Soren, a CPI(Maoist) central committee member (CCM) wanted for over 80 cases of Naxal violence, including the 2007 Chilkhari massacre that had killed former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi’s son and…
Daylight saving time (DST) will end sooner than usual this year on Sunday, November 2, 2025, at 2:00 am local time.With it, Americans will have an extra hour of sleep, and also earlier sunsets in many regions. This year’s change is a day earlier than last year and is the second-earliest possible date for the…
BENGALURU: Over 50 passengers narrowly escaped after a Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) bus caught fire near the HAL bus stop on Monday at around 5:10 am. The incident occurred while the bus was operating on the KBS–Kadugodi route.Officials said that the fire started in the engine compartment and rapidly spread, engulfing the entire vehicle….
NEW DELHI: Five Bangladeshi students from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar in Assam have been suspended for allegedly taking part in violent clashes on campus and will face deportation, officials said on Monday.The students, who were enrolled under the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) scholarships, were also allegedly found in possession of…
