PITHORAGARH: A copter carrying CEC Rajiv Kumar had to make an emergency landing at a village about 35km away from Munsiyari due to bad weather on Wednesday.Pithoragarh DM Vinod Girish Goswami said the chopper, which was on its way to Milam Glacier, landed at a helipad at Ralam village due to low visibility, it landed…
MUMBAI: Responding to questions on whether the state’s electoral watchdog would take action on comments like ‘vote jihad‘, additional chief electoral officer Kiran Kulkarni on Wednesday said, “This has legal aspects… We will seek legal opinion before deciding to forward it to the ECI.” He said the state electoral office had not received complaints on…
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand DGP Abhinav Kumar on Wednesday issued directives to tighten food safety across the state following reports of food tampering and adulteration, which have endangered public health and caused unrest. Hotel, restaurant, and dhaba owners have been ordered to verify all employees and install CCTV cameras in their kitchens to ensure hygienic food preparation.Local…
LONDON: The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) issued on Wednesday a statement siding with Canada in the diplomatic firestorm that has erupted between Ottawa and New Delhi, saying India’s “cooperation with Canada’s legal process was the right next step”.The FCDO issued a strongly worded statement “on the ongoing Canadian investigation linked to the…
While sticking to his allegation that Indian agents killed pro-Khalistan terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said that he lacked “evidentiary proof” but only had intelligence when he first went public with the accusations last year.Testifying before Foreign Interference Commission, he admitted Canada had not shared any evidence with India but…
A wildlife activist gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a snake and saved its life in Vadodara on Tuesday night. Yash Tadvi then handed over the chequered keelback snake to the forest department. Tadvi got a call from a resident on Waghodia road that a snake was lying dead. He reached the spot and realised that the…
In an extraordinary occurrence, nine women gave birth to twins within a 24-hour period – from 8am Tuesday to 8am Wednesday – at Burdwan Medical College and Hospital in Bengal. None of the pregnancies was conceived by assisted reproductive technology, reports Mohammad Asif. Of the 18 newborns, seven are male and 11 female. All the…
RAIPUR: A day after Chhattisgarh police arrested Kuldeep Sahu for the murder of the wife and daughter of a head constable, four more suspects – including NSUI district president Chandrakant Chaudhary – were arrested Wednesday. Though the bodies had been found nude, the medical investigation didn’t indicate any ‘initial signs of rape or sexual assault’,…
ISLAMABAD: External affairs minister S Jaishankar had “casual conversations’’ with both Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and his counterpart Ishaq Dar over the past 2 days even though there was no formal bilateral meeting between the foreign ministers on the margins of the SCO heads of government summit in Islamabad, diplomatic sources said. The fact that…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau In a surprising admission, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed that his government had no concrete evidence when it initially accused India of being involved in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a prominent Khalistani extremist. The revelation comes at a time of escalating tensions between India and Canada, raising…
