Fire damages 5 parked water tankers in Kathua
Jammu: Five empty water tankers were damaged in a fire on the Jal Shakti Departments compound in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. The fire erupted suddenly this afternoon at the PHE water filling station, quickly spreading to the parked tankers, they said. Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES) personnel responded […]
Kharge, Rahul hold key meet with party’s LS polls candidates, ask them to stay alert on counting day
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former AICC chief Rahul Gandhi held a meeting on Sunday with the party’s Lok Sabha candidates, legislative party leaders and state unit chiefs via video conferencing, and urged them to be alert and put in place measures to check any attempts of rigging on poll counting day, sources […]
Cong, INDIA bloc trying to undermine electoral process, alleges BJP; urges EC to take action
New Delhi: The Congress and its INDIA bloc allies are trying to undermine the integrity of India’s electoral process, the BJP alleged on Sunday and urged the Election Commission to prevent any attempts of “violence and unrest” during the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha polls on June 4. A BJP delegation comprising Union […]
Arvind Kejriwal surrenders
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday surrendered at the Tihar jail here after his interim bail granted by the Supreme Court in the excise policy-linked money laundering case ended on June 1. He was granted the relief for campaigning in the Lok Sabha elections. Before surrendering, Kejriwal paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi […]
Reduction in heat wave intensity in next three days: Weather office
New Delhi: A reduction in the intensity of heatwave conditions is likely in the country over the next three days, the weather office said on Sunday. Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh was the hottest in the country with a maximum temperature of 46.2 degrees Celsius. Sirsa in Haryana and Ganganagar in Rajasthan sizzled at 45.4 degrees […]
Polling for LS polls concludes, over 59 per cent voting in last phase
New Delhi: An approximate voter turnout of 59.15 per cent was recorded on Saturday in the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha polls with incidents of violence between TMC and BJP supporters reported in Sandeshkhali region of West Bengal, and complaints of EVM glitches and rigging at some booths lodged. Polling was conducted […]
Exit polls predict big win for BJP-led NDA in LS elections
New Delhi: Several exit polls on Saturday predicted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will retain power for a third straight term, with the BJP-led NDA expected to win a big majority in the Lok Sabha polls. The ruling alliance in all likelihood will open its account in Tamil Nadu and Kerala and sweep Karnataka but […]
Security challenges overwhelmingly external in J&K: DGP
Says focus is on ‘foreign terrorists’ now Jammu: Director General of Police (DGP) R R Swain Saturday said that the focus of terrorism in the Union Territory has shifted from “resident terrorism to foreign terrorism” as the number of local terrorists’ active is very miniscule. The Director General of Police (DGP) said that the foreign […]
Sgr likely to have longest flyover from Parimpora-Shalteng crossing soon
Srinagar: The Roads and Buildings (R&B) department is all set to come up with a longest flyover, to be constructed on the highway bypass in Srinagar, stretching from Parimpora to Shalteng Crossing, sources said on Saturday. Sources in the R&B department said that a flyover is about to be sanctioned on the busiest bypass highway, […]
PM Modi concludes meditation, says he feels divine energy
Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday concluded his 45-hour-long meditation at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial here and said he felt a divine energy. On conclusion of his dhyana session, Modi, clad in white, visited the 133-ft statue of Thiruvalluvar, located next to the rock memorial and placed a huge garland there marking […]
