Gujarat Assembly Elections: Campaigning for first phase polls in 89 seats ends today
Ahmedabad, Nov 29 (PTI) The campaigning for the first phase of elections in 89 out of the total 182 seats in Gujarat will end on Tuesday. Elections for the first phase will be held on December 1. Voting for the remaining 93 seats will be held on December 5. Bharatiya Janata Party president J P Nadda […]
Amid hazy conditions, Srinagar records season’s coldest night at minus 2.2°C
Srinagar, Nov 29: Freezing weather conditions continued across Kashmir Valley and Ladakh as Srinagar recorded the season’s coldest night at minus 2.2°C on Tuesday. A meteorological department official here said that amidst mist this morning, the summer capital of J&K surpassed previous lowest of minus 2.1°C recorded only on Sunday and today’s minimum temperature was […]
Childless couple moves Bombay HC to seek setting up of district surrogacy board
Mumbai, Nov 29 (PTI) A couple here has moved the Bombay High Court seeking a direction to the Maharashtra government to set up a district surrogacy board as per provisions of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 and to process registrations of infertility clinics in Mumbai. A division bench headed by Justice S V Gangapurwala on […]
BSF shoots down drone along India-Pak border in Amritsar
Amritsar, Nov 29 (PTI) The Border Security Force has shot down a drone that sneaked into the Indian side from Pakistan in Punjab’s Amritsar district, officials said on Tuesday. The BSF personnel fired at the drone on Monday night after they noticed it entering the Indian territory near Chaharpur village, around 40 km north of […]
Jammu’s biggest warehouse to issue bills in Sanskrit
Jammu, Nov 29 (PTI) In a bid to popularise Sanskrit language, a traders’ body in Jammu announced to issue bills of products in the city’s biggest warehouse in the ancient language. The body will also inaugurate a “Sanskrit market” in the biggest and oldest grain mandi of the Union territory. “Sanskrit market will be inaugurated […]
04 AGuH terror associates held in Sopore: Police
Srinagar, Nov 28: Police on Monday said that in a major break-through against terror infrastructure in Kashmir Valley as police alongwith 22 RR busted AGuH module by arresting AGuH Handler of North Kashmir, 4 OGWs cum terrort associates in Sopore. Besides that police claimed that Incriminating materials, huge cache of arms and ammunition have been […]
Gujarat polls: Cong counts on localised campaign, ‘disappointment’ with state govt amid AAP factor
Dhoraji/Tankara (Gujarat), Nov 28 (PTI) Sitting among party workers and supporters at his office, Lalit Vasoya, Congress MLA from Dhoraji, sounds unconcerned about the BJP’s star-studded campaign compared to his party’s low-key canvassing and expresses confidence of another win on the back of his constituency outreach and people’s “anger” with the state government. Star campaigners […]
Over 75 per cent Indians with hypertension have uncontrolled BP: Lancet study
New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) Less than one-fourth of hypertensive patients in India have their blood pressure under control, according to a study published in The Lancet Regional Health journal. Hypertension or high blood pressure is an important modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), making it one of the significant contributors of premature death […]
Man jumps in river Jhelum at Sopore, rescue operation started
Sopore, Nov 28: A 45-year-old man on Monday jumped into the river Jhelum in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district even as search and rescue operation has been launched. An official said that the man identified as that Ali Mohammed Wani son of Atta Mohammed of Kupwara jumped into the river near Chankhan area […]
PM hails growth in milk production in last 8 years
New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed happiness over the growth in milk production in the last eight years, and said a vibrant dairy sector is also a great way to further strengthen our “Nari Shakti (women power)”. His remarks came in response to a tweet by Union minister for […]