Mumbai- Former Maharashtra Minister and former Mumbai BJP President Raj K. Purohit passed away in Mumbai on Saturday following a prolonged illness. He was 71. Purohit breathed his last at a private hospital in the city on Saturday.According to party sources, his last rites will be performed at Muktidham, Chandanwadi, after his mortal remains are…
Patna- Senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders, on Saturday, launched a strong protest against the Bihar government over the suspicious death of a NEET aspirant in Patna, demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the case. A delegation of RJD leaders, led by former MLA Sanjeev Kumar, met the Patna Senior Superintendent of…
Bengaluru- Karnataka Lokayukta sleuths arrested the Deputy Commissioner and two other officials attached to the Excise Department while they were allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 25 lakh for issuing a bar licence, an official said on Saturday. The accused had allegedly demanded a total bribe of Rs 80 lakh and were caught while receiving…
Chennai- Leading the world-famous Alanganallur Jallikattu celebrations, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on Saturday announced two major initiatives aimed at strengthening the traditional sport and supporting its practitioners. He declared that outstanding Jallikattu sportspersons who tame the highest number of bulls will be given priority for government jobs in the livestock and allied…
Thiruvananthapuram- Former Travancore Devaswom Board member and senior CPI leader K.P. Sankaradas, arrested in connection with the Sabarimala gold heist case, was shifted from a private hospital to the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital on Saturday evening, even as the Special Investigation Team (SIT) accelerated the probe ahead of a crucial deadline set by the Kerala…
New Delhi- Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, on Saturday, inaugurated three Ayushman Arogya Mandirs and multiple development projects in the Shalimar Bagh Assembly constituency, aimed at strengthening public healthcare, nutrition and core infrastructure in the area. The Chief Minister inaugurated three new Ayushman Arogya Mandirs at WP Block, VP Block (Pitampura) and Haiderpur, an official…
Mumbai- After the high-stakes Brihanmumbai municipal corporation (BMC) poll results, Shiv Sena-UBT President Uddhav Thackeray, on Saturday, asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Eknath Shinde-led Sena faction may have targeted his party on paper but they could never eradicate the Shiv Sena from the ground. In his speech marked by both defiance…
New Delhi- The Defence Ministry’s Project Veer Gatha 5.0, an initiative to inspire students by highlighting the acts of bravery by Gallantry Award Winners, notched up a record 1.92 crore registrations from students this year, surpassing last year’s record of 1.76 crore, an official said on Saturday. When launched in 2021, the initiative recorded 8…
Kolkata- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that only Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can bring an end to the “politics of violence” in West Bengal, as it did in other eastern Indian states in the recent past. Addressing a rally in Malda district, PM Modi said, “The BJP has formed a government in Odisha….
New Delhi- Delhi families with an annual household income of up to Rs 1.20 lakh will now be eligible for a ration card, up from the earlier cap of Rs 1 lakh, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced on Saturday while sharing a recent Delhi Cabinet decision. She said the decision has been taken to make…
