Torrid summer kills 71, mostly in Bihar

Torrid summer kills 71, mostly in Bihar

Saturday, 01 June 2024 | Archana Jyoti | New Delhi

Severe heatwave sweeping Northwest and Central India is increasingly becoming a public health crisis in India with around 71 people succumbing to heat-related illness especially sunstroke since March 1 till date even as Uttarakhand and Jammu region reported forest fires adding complexity to the ongoing situation on Friday. The reports of...

'Nation needs inclusive, nationalist Govt'

Friday, 31 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi/Amritsar

In his first statement in the fag-end of ensuing Lok Sabha elections, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday accused his successor Narendra Modi of lowering the dignity of public discourse and the gravity of the office of the PM by giving "hateful speeches" during the poll campaign. Singh also took...

BJP, Cong swear by Constitution, but gloves are off

BJP, Cong swear by Constitution, but gloves are off

Friday, 31 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | Hoshiarpur (Punjab)

Addressing his final rally of the back-to-back hectic 2024 Lok Sabha polls campaign, which spanned about two months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attacked the Congress for 'ranting' about the Constitution. He accused them of 'strangling' it during the Emergency and not caring about it when Sikhs were killed...

Sop ‘Khatakhat' draws women to Bengaluru GPO

Thursday, 30 May 2024 | PTI | Bengaluru/New Delhi

An otherwise silent General Post Office (GPO) in Bengaluru is witnessing an unprecedented rush of women hurrying to open India Post Payment Bank accounts, anticipating a monthly deposit of Rs 8,500 into their accounts if the INDIA Bloc comes to power at the Centre. The elections are still in the process...

Why can't Modi meditate in private, Oppn seethes

Thursday, 30 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Opposition parties, including Congress and Trinamool Congress, are to approach the Election Commission to first restrict and secondly prevent media publicity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meditation plans at Rock Memorial, a monument built in tribute to Swami Vivekananda, in Kanyakumari following the culmination of the Lok Sabha polls campaign...

SUV in Brij Bhushan son’s convoy mows down two, injures 2

Thursday, 30 May 2024 | PNS | Lucknow

In an incident similar to that reported in Lakhimpur Kheri in which Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni's son went crushing farmers, a vehicle of the convoy of the son of Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Kaiserganj in Gonda district, Brij Bhushan Saran Singh, crushed two youths,...

Prajwal books return ticket, date with SIT

Thursday, 30 May 2024 | PNS | Bengaluru/New Delhi

Suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna, who is facing sexual abuse charges, has booked a return flight ticket to Bengaluru from Munich on May 30, official sources said on Wednesday. According to sources in the Special Investigation Team (SIT), the 33-year-old grandson of JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda is expected to...

SC cold to Kejriwal  bail extension plea

SC cold to Kejriwal bail extension plea

Thursday, 30 May 2024 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

In a major setback to AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court registry on Wednesday refused to list his plea to extend his interim bail by a week to undergo certain medical tests. During their campaign, the BJP questioned Kejriwal for seeking yet another relief from the...

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