Assam Police 'order' opposition parties to withdraw stir against CAA, warn of action

March 12, 2024 11:52 am | Updated 11:53 am IST - Guwahati The Assam Police have issued notices to opposition parties "ordering" them to "withdraw" the hartal over the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA and warned that "legal action" will be taken against them if they fail …...Read More

Private jet and yachts seized as three arrested in £76m luxury care homes raid

A private jet and two yachts have been seized, as three people have been arrested, in a £76m raid on a group who ran luxury care homes. Two sites were raided across St Leonard's, Dorset, and Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, as part of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) probe, supported by the …...Read More

Water woes | A searing crisis in Karnataka and its IT capital, Bengaluru

March 12, 2024 11:46 am | Updated 11:59 am IST The Karnataka water crisis has affected more than 7,000 villages, 1,100 wards, and 220 talukas thus far. The State saw consecutive years of surplus rain, but the monsoon failed in 2023. While the water level at the Krishnaraja Sagar Dam …...Read More

Three killed after sugarcane-laden lorry falls on van on Dhimban Ghat road in Erode district

March 12, 2024 11:45 am | Updated 11:45 am IST - ERODE Three persons on board an omni van were killed, while three others suffered injuries after a sugarcane-laden lorry fell on their vehicle near the 27th hairpin bend on the Dhimbam Ghat Road in Erode district, on Tuesday, March …...Read More

CAA implementation | Security beefed up around Jamia Millia Islamia, police patrol northeast Delhi

March 12, 2024 11:40 am | Updated 11:41 am IST - New Delhi Heavy police force was deployed around Jamia Millia Islamia on March 12 morning while security was tightened in Delhi with paramilitary personnel conducting patrols and flag marches after the Centre implemented the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. A …...Read More

Cracks in BJP-JJP alliance | Haryana CM Khattar and Cabinet resign

March 12, 2024 11:40 am | Updated 12:02 pm IST - Chandigarh Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar along with his Cabinet on March 12 submitted their resignation to Governor Bandaru Dattatreyar. Earlier, Mr. Khattar and his Cabinet reached the Governor House in Chandigarh to meet Governor Bandaru Dattatreya amid …...Read More

India rejects China’s comments on PM Modi’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh

March 12, 2024 10:52 am | Updated 10:55 am IST Rejecting China’s statement on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh, the Ministry of External Affairs on March 12 said the country “doesn’t stand to reason”, as Arunachal is integral part of India. “We reject the comments made by …...Read More

Man breaks wife’s leg for trying to stop minor daughter’s marriage in Karnataka

March 12, 2024 10:36 am | Updated 10:48 am IST - belagavi A man allegedly broke his wife’s leg for trying to stop him from getting their minor daughter married, in Harugoppa village near Bailhongal in Belagavi district of Karnataka, on March 12. Beerappa allegedly assaulted his wife Mayakka till …...Read More

‘I started my life on railway tracks’, says PM Modi in Ahmedabad; lays foundation stone of ₹85,000 crore railway projects

March 12, 2024 10:33 am | Updated 12:01 pm IST - Ahmedabad Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 12 inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of ₹85,000 crore railway projects, including the launch of 10 new Vande Bharat trains. The PM launched the projects from the Sabarmati area of Ahmedabad …...Read More

Money laundering case: ED raids Jharkhand Congress MLA, linked persons

March 12, 2024 10:23 am | Updated 12:02 pm IST - Ranchi The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, carried out searches against Jharkhand Congress MLA Amba Prasad and some others allegedly linked to her as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said. About 17-18 premises in …...Read More