Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde today announced to rename the city of Ahmednagar to Ahilyanagar. He made the announcement on the 298th birth anniversary of Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar. CM Eknath Shinde said that from now on Ahmednagar will be called Ahilyanagar after the Maratha queen Ahilyadevi Holkar. Pertinently, this was a long-standing demand from BJP […]Continue Reading
Punjab Police have busted an extortion racket— backed by gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, with the arrest of its three operatives. Those arrested have been identified as Rohit Bharadwaj alias Rimmi of Zirakpur, Mohit Bharadwaj of Chandigarh and Arjun Thakur of Chandigarh. Following a detailed investigation and intelligence-gathering in this case, the State Special Operation Cell, Mohali […]Continue Reading
The National Investigation Agency today on Wednesday cracked down once again on the newly floated terrorist outfits in Jammu and Kashmir, and seized incriminating literature and several digital devices. The searches were conducted at three locations in the Kashmir valley, in the residential premises of sympathizers/cadres, hybrid terrorists and Over Ground Workers (OGWs) linked with […]Continue Reading
The Punjab Governor and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, Banwari Lal Purohit today administered the oath of office and secrecy to Gurmeet Singh Khudian and Balkar Singh as Cabinet Ministers of the state in a brief but impressive ceremony here at Punjab Raj Bhawan in the presence of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. With this third cabinet expansion […]Continue Reading
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), in operations conducted with the support of Jharkhand Police, has seized a large amount of explosives, arms and ammunition from the State, in the PLFI terror funding case over the past two days. Disclosures made by Dinesh Gope, who has been in NIA custody for the last 8 days, following […]Continue Reading
On his third day of his visit to Manipur, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah visited Moreh and Kangpokpi and had wide ranging discussions with civil society organisations. He met delegation of Hill tribal council, Kuki Students Organisation, Kuki Chiefs Association, Tamil Sangam, Gorkha Samaj and Manipuri Muslim council in Moreh. The […]Continue Reading
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik bought the first ticket for the upcoming Intercontinental Cup 2023 that will be played at Bhubaneswar from 9-18 June. Captain of the Indian Football team, Sunil Chhetri handed the first ticket for the marquee event to the Chief Minister in the presence of Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran, the General Secretary of […]Continue Reading
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today appealed to the Panjab University to withdraw its alleged decision to drop Punjabi as a compulsory subject at the graduation level in all its affiliated colleges immediately even as it warned the varsity that Punjabis would never tolerate this discrimination against their mother tongue. Addressing a press conference in […]Continue Reading
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a Supplementary Chargesheet against two persons in the Ludhiana Court complex bomb blast case, in which one person was killed and six others injured on 23rd December 2021. One of the chargesheeted accused, Lakhbir Singh @ Rode of Moga district of Punjab, is reportedly in Pakistan from where […]Continue Reading
Every year on the day of Jyeshtha Ashtami Kashmiri Pandits visits Mata Ragneya Devi Temple also known as Kheer Bhawani Temple to pay their obeisance. This year Mela was celebrated on 28th of May with great fervour and enthusiasm by not only Kashmiri Pandits but also by the locals of the Kashmir valley. In his […]Continue Reading
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed its second Supplementary Chargesheet in the case related to the Naxal attack on former MLA Gurcharan Nayak, in which two police personnel were killed in Jharkhand in January 2022. Two accused have been named in the Chargesheet, filed in the NIA Special Court Ranchi. They have been identified […]Continue Reading
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off Assam’s first Vande Bharat Express via video conferencing today. The Vande Bharat Express will connect Guwahati with New Jalpaiguri Guwahati and the journey will take 5 hrs 30 mins. The Prime Minister also dedicated 182 Route kilometers of newly electrified sections and inaugurated a newly constructed DEMU/MEMU shed at […]Continue Reading
Amid the ongoing rift between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his rival Sachin Pilot, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge is scheduled to conduct separate meetings with both the leaders in Delhi today. According to a report of news agency PTI, the office of the chief minister has also confirmed Gehlot’s itinerary, which includes his visit […]Continue Reading
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has said that the ‘Sengol’ (sceptre) installed in the new Parliament building has been bent on the first day. CM Stalin, who is on a tour of Singapore and Japan, tweeted this in the context of police action protesting wrestlers in Delhi. “It has been several months since […]Continue Reading
63% UK Voters Now Want Closer Ties with EU; Dramatic Reversal In Tide Of Public Opinion Since Brexit
After eight years of Brexit, the British voters are in majority now favoring closer relations with the European Union in a dramatic reversal. As per a new study, even the constituencies that recorded the highest vote to leave the European Union are now considering to move in the opposite direction and have closer ties with […]Continue Reading