NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday slammed Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal over his ‘poison in Yamuna’ comment and termed the allegations “disgusting”. Addressing a rally in Delhi, he said that it was absurd to think that Haryana BJP was mixing poison into the water that prime minister drinks.“A former CM of…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Atishi on Wednesday wrote a letter to the lieutenant governor VK Saxena, accusing him of “failing to address the pressing issue of dangerously high ammonia levels in Delhi’s water” and prioritising directives from “political masters”.CM Atishi wrote, “It is deeply disappointing but hardly surprising that instead of addressing the pressing…
NEW DELHI: A stampede broke out in the early hours of Wednesday at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, just ahead of the most significant ritual ‘Amrit Snan’ on Mauni Amavasya, which is expected to draw nearly 10 crore pilgrims from around the world. Later, UP Police said that 30 people were killed while 60 were…
NEW DELHI: The opposition has raised serious concerns over the management of the UP government after a stampede broke out leaving several injured on Wednesday morning at Sangam, Maha Kumbh. While Congress president slammed the Yogi Adityanath government for “paying more attention to self-promotion than management and mismanagement”, Samajwadi Party chief called upon the BJP-led…
NEW DELHI: Eyewitnesses recounted the horror of the stampede that broke out at Sangam, Maha Kumbh on Wednesday early morning, leaving multiple injured. An eyewitness described the harrowing experience at the stampede where a member went missing. “My sister, sister daughter in law, everyone was there. But one person was missing. They dragged him and…
NEW DELHI: A year after his “racist” remark about India’s diversity, chairman of Indian Overseas Congress Sam Pitroda has once again courted controversy by suggesting that India should be tolerant towards illegal Bangladeshi migrants at a time when govt has insisted on identifying and deporting them. BJP reacted strongly saying the Congress functionary’s statement advocating…
MUMBAI: Activist Anjali Damania has written to Bombay high court chief justice, seeking suo motu action in the probe into the kidnapping-murder of Massajog sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh.Raising concerns about state minister Dhananjay Munde‘s business ties with prime accused, Walmik Karad, she urged HC to have the probe transferred out of Munde’s area of influence as…
DEHRADUN: Dehradun unit of CBI filed two cases of cheating and forgery against 11 persons, including six serving officers of Indo-Tibetan Border Police – among them commandants – for allegedly causing a loss of Rs 1.8 crore to the exchequer through fraudulent means during their attachment with force’s 7th Battalion in Mirthi, Pithoragarh, from 2017…
NEW DELHI: Government school enrolment for children aged 6-14 has declined sharply from 72.9% in 2022 to 66.8% in 2024, as per the ‘Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2024’ released Tuesday. While overall enrolment for this age group remains high at 98.1%, the drop in govt school share signals a post-pandemic shift toward private…
NEW DELHI: In the early hours of Tuesday, as locals and rescuers in Burari combed through the debris to scan for any sign of life, they caught a glimpse of a faint light coming from a mobile phone. However, once they reached the spot and cleared the debris, they realised another life had been snuffed…
