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AAP appoints IIT Prof Sandeep Pathak as HP Jt. in-charge
Chandigarh: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announced its Rajya Sabha member Dr Sandeep Pathak as co-incharge of Himachal Pradesh ahead of crucial assembly elections in the state.
Issuing a letter, National Secretary Pankaj Gupta…
Shimla Municipal election not likely to be deferred in Himachal
Shimla: The State Election Commission of Himachal Pradesh might not be defer the Shimla MC election due this month, despite the state government yet remaining undecided to conduct the same under the guise of partly quashing of delimitation…
‘Antyodaya Melas’ to be held in Haryana from June 10: CM
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said that the third phase of 'Antyodaya Melas', under the 'Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana', would be organized from June 10 with the objective of increasing…
Champawat by-election: Dhami set to retain CM post, leads by over 54,000 votes
Uttarakhand: Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami cruised towards victory in the Champawat by-election on Friday as he led by over 54,000 votes. Dhami contested the Assembly seat after losing in the state polls earlier this…
Punjab: Sidhu Moosewala cremated
Mansa: Popular Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, popularly known as Sidhu Moosewala (28), was cremated at his native Moosa village in this district on Tuesday.
At around 0815 hours, the body of Moosewala was brought from civil hospital…
Ink thrown at former BKU leader Tikait in Bengaluru press meet
Bengaluru: Former Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait had to face an awkward situation in a press conference in Bengaluru on Monday afternoon. Tikait has been openly campaigning against Bhartiya Janata Party during elections and…
Probe ordered against restaurant for charging exorbitant GST
Shimla/Parwanoo: Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Ram Subhag Singh on Monday ordered a probe against a restaurant run by m/s Timber Trail Resort at Parmanoo for allegedly charging exorbitant or excess GST.
The CS ordered Secretary Excise…
Jakhar: Kejriwal should not interfere in Punjab
Chandigarh: Former MP and BJP leader Sunil Jakhar on Monday said to bail Punjab out of shock suffered due to broad daylight murder of singer turned politician Sidhu Moosewala, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant…
Social Media Cell set up at Delhi Police HQ
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Monday set up a Social Media Cell in-house state-of-the-art studio to counter fake news, holding Podcast, Twitter Live sessions, panel discussions and press briefings.
Inaugurating the Media Cell, Delhi…
Strong hailstorm, rain hit national capital, 2 dead
New Delhi: At least two persons lost their lives in separate incidents after the national capital received a heavy downpour, accompanied by a hailstorm, which lashed a few parts of the national capital on Monday evening.
The deaths were…
BJP believes in ‘justice to all, appeasement to none’: Nadda
New Delhi/Kangra: BJP President JP Nadda on Monday said the BJP believed in "justice to all appeasement to none", and stressed that the benefit of government schemes have reached all socio-religious groups.
Asked about the ongoing…
Delhi L-G asks MCD to prepare action plan to sort legacy waste sites
New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor (L-G) VK Saxena on Sunday asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to draw out an action plan for the complete razing of all three garbage mountains situated at Ghazipur, Bhalaswa and Okhla area of…
PM to interact with beneficiaries of govt schemes at Shimla on Tuesday
Hamirpur/New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the beneficiaries of about 16 schemes and programs spanning nine Ministries and Departments of the Government of India's part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.
The…
BJYM: WhatsApp group found plotting assassination of Manipur CM
Imphal: The Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha on Saturday alleged that a WhatsApp group was found plotting the assassination of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh. BJYM Manipur unit President MB Sharma said in a statement that people involved…
Panchayat polls: Chouhan announces awards for villages that elect women
BHOPAL: Samrasta (harmony) through unopposed election of village sarpanchs and gram panchayats will be the buzzword in the three-tier panchayat polls in Madhya Pradesh, whose poll schedule was announced by the State Election Commission on…
Akhilesh: UP govt only playing with figures in budget
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) president and Leader of the Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday accused the Yogi government of misleading the people from the ground issues and said that in the budget,…
Ahead of PM visit HRTC employees call off strike
Shimla: Around 4500 drivers of Himachal Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (HRTC), who had threatened to go on a state wide from May 30 onwards, called off their plans after the state government agreed to their demands on Friday.…
Uttarakhand mob burns alive leopard caught by forest officials, 150 villagers booked
Dehradun: A seven-year-old male leopard captured by the Uttarakhand forest department was burnt alive by an angry mob in a village in Pauri Garhwal district in the presence of department officials on Tuesday.
According to officials, the…
Yogi govt presents Rs 6.15 lakh cr budget in UP Assembly
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said the government has presented the biggest budget in the state keeping in mind the public aspirations and with a vision of holistic and inclusive development.
Talking to…
CM Soren digs in, plans CCTVs, special drives to check illegal mining
Ranchi: With the state’s mining secretary arrested in a decade-old corruption case, and Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren himself under the scanner in an alleged mining scam, the Chief Minister has called for express steps to tackle the…