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Mamata meets Sonia amid Opposition unity moves
New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee met with Congress president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi today in their first meeting since the two parties were contested as rivals in the Bengal election in April-May. The meeting is significant amid opposition moves to join forces for a united fight in the 2024 national...
Cloudburst near Amarnath shrine in J&K amid heavy rain
Srinagar: A massive volume of water rushed down from the mountains near the holy cave of Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir after a cloudburst today, videos show. Officials have asked people at public areas at the base of the holy cave to move to higher ground for safety....
18 sleeping on road dead in truck-bus collision in UP’s Barabanki
Lucknow: 18 labourers, sleeping on the road in front of a bus, were crushed to death this morning by a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district, 28 km from state capital Lucknow. The labourers, who are from Bihar, were returning from Haryana when their bus broke down on...
Basavaraj Bommai as CM, proposed by Yediyruappa
Basavaraj Bommai, home minister in BS Yediyurappa’s cabinet, was picked to succeed him as the Chief Minister of Karnataka at a meeting of party MLAs this evening. The oath ceremony will be held at 11 am tomorrow, sources said. Basavaraj Bommai, a leader of the politically powerful Lingayat...
Extensive agenda for talks with US Secretary of State
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will arrive in India on a two-day visit on Tuesday with an extensive agenda featuring the rapidly evolving security situation in Afghanistan, boosting Indo-Pacific engagement and ways to enhance COVID-19 response efforts among others. It will be Blinken’s first visit to India after...
Pitched battle between Assam, Mizoram police forces
Guwahati: Gunshots ringing out on the highway, puffs of smoke, a road littered with stones and tear gas canisters and upturned vehicles of the roadside — the six-hour violence at the Assam-Mizoram border at Kolasib left the area looking like a battlefield and six men of the Assam...
Bengal sets up probe into Pegasus scandal
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee has set up a panel – consisting of retired judges Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya and Justice MB Lokur – to probe the Pegasus phone-hacking scandal. This comes days after her nephew and Trinamool MP, Abhishek Banerjee, appeared on a list of potential surveillance targets. This is...
Chhattisgarh MLA accuses minister of murder bid
Raipur: Tussle within the Chhattisgarh Congress has spilled onto the street following a road rage incident involving a tribal MLA and a relative of state Health Minister TS Singh Deo. On Saturday evening, the convoy of Congress MLA from Balrampur, Brihaspati Singh, was passing through Ambikapur. Apparently angry at...
Yediyurappa says he faced challenges from day 1
Bengaluru: As he stares at his possible exit, B S Yediyurappa on Saturday said he had to face several challenges from the day he took charge as the Chief Minister, but is satisfied that he has made honest efforts to better the lives of the people. The Chief Minister...
Kejriwal says LG insulting people of Delhi
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal’s decision to reject a panel of lawyers picked by the city government for cases against the farmers protesting against the centre’s three new farm laws was “an insult to the people of Delhi”. “Overturning...
