Cyclone Fengal: Unprecedented rainfall paralyses life in Pondy

Cyclone Fengal: Unprecedented rainfall paralyses life in Pondy

Sunday, 01 December 2024 | PTI

Normal life was crippled in Puducherry on Sunday due to heavy rains that lashed the union territory in the wake of Cyclone Fengal, which crossed the coast here on November 30 night. According to India Meteorological Department, Puducherry recorded 46 cm rainfall during the last 24 hours ending 9 am today. Cyclone...

ED summons Raj Kundra for questioning in money laundering case

ED summons Raj Kundra for questioning in money laundering case

Sunday, 01 December 2024 | PTI

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned businessman Raj Kundra, the husband of actor Shilpa Shetty, for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the alleged illegal distribution of pornographic movies, official sources said on Sunday. They said Kundra has been asked to depose before the investigating officer of the case...

Mahayuti 2.0 govt to take oath on December 5 in PM Modi's presence

Mahayuti 2.0 govt to take oath on December 5 in PM Modi's presence

Saturday, 30 November 2024 | PTI

The new Mahayuti government will be sworn in on December 5 in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Azad Maidan in Mumbai, state BJP unit said. "The oath-taking ceremony of the Mahayuti Government in Maharashtra will be held in the presence of Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji...

Stringent action against employees fraudulently receiving social welfare pensions: Kerala CM

Stringent action against employees fraudulently receiving social welfare pensions: Kerala CM

Saturday, 30 November 2024 | PTI

Strict action will be taken against the government employees in Kerala who are found to be fraudulently receiving welfare pensions meant for weaker sections, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. CM's warning came in view of the findings that around 1,500 government employees, including gazetted officers and college professors, had fraudulently claimed...

Baba Siddique murder case: Mumbai cops invoke stringent MCOCA against accused persons

Baba Siddique murder case: Mumbai cops invoke stringent MCOCA against accused persons

Saturday, 30 November 2024 | PTI | Mumbai

The Mumbai Police has invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime (MCOC) Act in NCP politician Baba Siddique murder case, officials said on Saturday. The crime branch has so far arrested 26 persons, including the alleged main shooter Shiv Kumar Gautam, in the case. Provisions of stringent MCOCA are invoked in...

Congress, UDF should pressure Kerala govt to help Wayanad landslides victims: Rahul

Congress, UDF should pressure Kerala govt to help Wayanad landslides victims: Rahul

Saturday, 30 November 2024 | PTI | Kozhikode(Kerala)

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, who accompanied his sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi to Kerala after her maiden electoral victory, on Saturday urged the party and UDF to pressure the state government to help the Wayanad landslides victims. Rahul, at a joint public meeting along with...

Bihar govt committed to welfare of farmers: Nitish Kumar

Bihar govt committed to welfare of farmers: Nitish Kumar

Saturday, 30 November 2024 | PTI | Patna

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said his government is committed to the welfare of farmers and is implementing various schemes covering the entire spectrum of agriculture for the benefit of cultivators in the state. Kumar said his government after coming to power in 2005 took several initiatives for welfare...

Over 150 two-wheelers gutted in fire at Varanasi's Cantt railway station

Over 150 two-wheelers gutted in fire at Varanasi's Cantt railway station

Saturday, 30 November 2024 | PTI | Varanasi (UP)

Over 150 two-wheelers were destroyed in a fire that broke out at a parking stand in Varanasi's Cantt railway station, officials said on Saturday. There were no reports of any casualties. The incident took place on Friday night when the fire erupted near the platform one parking stand, according to railway officials. Upon...

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