Maliwal cries foul as L-G sacks 223 DCW ‘illegal’ staff

Maliwal cries foul as L-G sacks 223 DCW ‘illegal’ staff

Friday, 03 May 2024 | Saumya Shukla | New Delhi

With its topmost leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal still in Tihar, the AAP has received yet another blow as the Women and Child Development (WCD) Department of the Delhi Government has terminated the services of 52 "illegally" appointed contractual employees of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW). The termination has...

Mayday! Kids in 131 Delhi, Noida schools exposed to terror scare

Mayday! Kids in 131 Delhi, Noida schools exposed to terror scare

Thursday, 02 May 2024 | Saumya Shukla | New Delhi/Noida

In a scare of unprecedented scale, panic gripped schools in the national Capital and adjoining Noida after 131 of them received identical bomb threats through emails on Wednesday morning, triggering mass evacuations and massive searches as panicked parents rushed to pick up their children. The anti-terror unit of the Delhi Police...

Kolkata experiences 43°C burns for first time ever

Wednesday, 01 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | Kolkata

Even as parts of south-western Bengal simmered in the vicinity of 45-46 degrees centigrade, Kolkata on Tuesday recorded its all-time highest temperature at 43 degrees which is six degrees above normal, said the weather office, adding the temperature is to go up in the coming 3-4 days Kolkata had recorded highest...

EC confirms voter fatigue in first two rounds

EC confirms voter fatigue in first two rounds

Wednesday, 01 May 2024 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

Days after suspense over the low voter turnout, the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday came out with official data showing low voting percentage in the first two phases that concluded recently. A voter turnout of 66.14 per cent was recorded in the first phase and 66.71 per cent was recorded in...

MEA debunks WaPo report claiming RAW hand in murder plan

Wednesday, 01 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

A day after The Washington Post named an Indian official for allegedly plotting to eliminate Sikh extremist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, India on Tuesday said the report made “unwarranted and unsubstantiated” imputations on a serious matter. The newspaper, citing unnamed sources, named a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officer in connection with...

Sex scandal plot thickens

Sex scandal plot thickens

Wednesday, 01 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi/Bengaluru

JD(S) on Tuesday suspended its Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna from the party with immediate effect over an alleged sex scandal involving him. Prajwal is the BJP-JD(S) alliance’s candidate from Hassan, which went to the polls in the second phase on Friday. While Home Minister Amit Shah sought to know why the...

Amit Shah deepfake video singes the Congress

Wednesday, 01 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | Ahmedabad/New Delhi

The Gujarat police on Tuesday said they have arrested a Congress leader and an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) functionary for allegedly sharing Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s deep fake video, in which he is purportedly seen announcing the curtailment of reservation rights of the SCs, STs and OBCs. The arrest comes...

Covishield cure comes with serious side effects

Covishield cure comes with serious side effects

Wednesday, 01 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Sparking criticism and raising concerns, British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has for the first time acknowledged in court documents in the UK that its Covid-19 vaccine, which is known as Covishield in India, has the potential to cause Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS), a rare side effect associated with blood...

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