AAP vs BJP As Delhi Lt Governor Pauses Transfer Of 5,000 Government Teachers

AAP leader and Delhi's education minister Atishi welcomed the LG's direction Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena on Sunday directed Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar to keep orders on the transfer of 5,000 teachers, who have been posted in the same school for more than 10 years, in abeyance as an …...Read More

Integrating PoK With India Could Have Been Feasible If...: Union Minister

He said the Constitution could not be altered and recalled the 1975 emergency. Integrating the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) into India and reclaiming the land captured by China in 1962 would have become feasible had the NDA won 400 plus seats in Lok Sabha elections, Union minister and Shiv Sena MP …...Read More

Man Dies Of Suffocation As Lakhs Gather For Puri Rath Yatra

The pulling of the chariots began around 5.20 pm. A massive crowd at the Puri Rath Yatra has led to one person dying of suffocation and several others being hospitalised. The yatra, which is one of the country's largest religious gatherings, witnessed an even higher turnout this year because it …...Read More

8 More People Die As Flood Situation Remains Grim In Assam, Death Count Now 78

With this, the toll in this year's flood, landslide and storm increased to 78. Eight more people lost their lives as the flood situation in Assam remained grim on Sunday, an official bulletin said. Two deaths each were reported from Dhubri and Nalbari, and one each from Cachar, Goalpara, Dhemaji …...Read More

80 Stuck At Goa Waterfall Rescued; Schools Shut Tomorrow Due To Heavy Rainfall

There was heavy rush of visitors at the site since it was a Sunday All 80 people stuck at Pali waterfall in Goa's Sattari taluka were rescued on Sunday by the state's Fire and Emergency Services and the police, an official said. These people had got stranded after sudden increase …...Read More

"Some People Opened Cans Of Poisonous Substance": Bhole Baba's Lawyer

On Saturday, Hathras police said it was also probing into the suspected funding of the congregation. Self-styled godman Bhole Baba's lawyer AP Singh alleged on Sunday that witnesses told him some people opened cans containing a poisonous substance in the crowd during the July 2 Hathras 'satsang', triggering the stampede. …...Read More

Pics: 2-Day Rath Yatra Begins Amid Lord Jagannath Chants, Lakhs Of Devotees Attend

Lord Jagannath's annual Rath Yatra festival began in Puri on Sunday The grand annual Rath Yatra, also known as the chariot festival of Lord Jagannath and his siblings, commenced in the seaside pilgrim town of Puri today. The Rath Yatra festival will be a two-day affair being held after 53 …...Read More

Air Indias 1st Narrow-Body Jet Airbus A320neo In New Livery Lands In Delhi

This aircraft is expected to enter service in August, operating on domestic short-haul routes. Air India on Sunday welcomed its first narrow-body aircraft - Airbus A320neo, which landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport from the Airbus facility in Toulouse, France. The A320neo aircraft joining the Air India fleet will …...Read More

Centre Acts Against 2 Kolkata Senior Cops For "Tarnishing" Governor's Office

CV Ananda Bose's report was submitted to the Home Minister in late June (File) The Union Home Ministry has initiated disciplinary action against Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal and a DCP for allegedly maligning the office of the West Bengal Governor by promoting and spreading canards, a central government official …...Read More

Mayawati Aide, Hacked To Death, Cannot Be Buried In BSP Office: Court

K Armstrong was hacked to death in Chennai on Friday evening The body of K Armstrong, BSP's Tamil Nadu chief who was hacked to death near his Chennai home Friday, cannot be buried at the party's office in the state capital, the Madras High Court ruled today, upholding the DMK …...Read More