NEW DELHI: Officials on Monday announced that Prayagraj Raj Sangam station will remain closed for passengers from February 9 to February 14 amid the ongoing Maha Kumbh. However, regular and special trains are running from the other 8 stations; Prayagraj Chheoki, Naini, Prayagraj Junction, Subedarganj, Prayag, Phaphamau, Prayagraj Rambagh and Jhusi. Akhilesh Yadav on traffic…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that he was ‘looking forward to meeting his friend’ Donald Trump, remembering their time working together during his first term as US President.“I look forward to meeting my friend, President Trump. Although this will be our first meeting following his historic electoral victory and inauguration in…
PM Narendra Modi will visit the US on February 12-13 at the invitation of President Donald Trump. This will be the first meeting between the two leaders after Trump assumed office for his second term. Modi will be the fourth global leader to visit the US since Trump’s inauguration.On the agendaTo build on the strong-India-US…
RAIPUR: At least 31 Maoist insurgents and two security personnel were killed Sunday in a fierce gunfight in the dense forests of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, one of the last Naxal strongholds in the country. The operation is ongoing and officials expect the Maoist death toll to rise.This is the second-largest Maoist casualty count in a…
ROHTAK: A drunk man shot dead a 20-year-old national-level powerlifter, firing five bullets at him after an argument over the sportsperson’s parked motorcycle, which the assailant alleged was blocking his car in a residential lane in Haryana’s Sonipat on Sunday.Vansh, a district-level gold medallist and national silver medallist, had gone to meet his classmates, Akshita…
VARANASI/BHOPAL: Eight Kumbh pilgrims – four from Chhattisgarh’s Raipur, three from MP’s Satna district, and one from Odisha’s Kandhamal – were killed in separate road accidents on Sunday, raising the death toll from such mishaps since the start of the world’s largest religious congregation to 79, report Rajeev Dikshit.An SUV carrying ten pilgrims returning to…
KOLKATA: The family of the RG Kar victim along with other protesters remained on the streets on Sunday, setting up Abhaya clinics and taking out rallies, to mark her 32nd birthday.“My daughter always used to treat patients on her birthday. Every year, we celebrated with payesh and a cake-cutting at night. But this year, her…
AIZAWL: Mizoram’s main opposition, Mizo National Front (MNF), vowed to prevent Lengpui airport in state capital from going into the hands of Indian Air Force even as Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) government has been making efforts to hand over the lone airport to IAF. A team of MNF legislators, led by opposition leader Lalchhandama Ralte,…
PALANPUR/AHMEDABAD: An accident at a road construction site in Banaskantha district claimed the lives of three women and a toddler when a sand-laden dumper truck toppled onto them.The deceased were identified as Renuka Ganawa (24), Sonal Ninama (22), Ila Bhabhor (40) and Rudra (2).The accident took place on Saturday night at Khengarpura village, where labourers…
DEHRADUN: A fast track court in Dehradun acquitted three men who spent four years in jail on rape charges under Pocso Act after finding that the case against them was fabricated. The court ruled that the woman, then 19, was in a consensual relationship with one of the accused and filed a false complaint after…
