Mumbai, July 4 (BPNS) In a major setback for the Shiv Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray, the Maharashtra Legislature Secretariat has struck down the appointments of Ajay Chaudhary as the Shiv Sena Legislature Party Leader (SSLP) and the Chief Whip Sunil Prabhu. The action came late on Sunday. The legislature has accorded recognition to the […]
Lucknow to have 4 ‘vanar van’ to check monkey menace
Lucknow, July 4 (BPNS) Lucknow will soon have four dedicated ‘monkey forests’ on its outskirts to check the growing monkey menace within the city limits. As a pilot project, the first monkey forest would be developed in six acres of area in the Umaria village of Bakshi-Ka-Talab area, following which similar forests would be developed […]
B’luru Idgah Maidan row: Hindu organizations call for bandh on July 12
Bengaluru, July 4 (BPNS) Several Hindu organizations have announced a massive rally and given a bandh call on July 12 in support of their demand to allow Hindu festivals in the Idgah Maidan. The Hindu organizations have already held a meeting in this regard in Jangama Mutt of Bengaluru. The activists demand that the Idgah […]
Huge cache of arms, ammunition seized in J&K’s Rajouri
Jammu, July 4 (BPNS) A huge cache of arms and ammunition have been recovered by the police after the disclosures made by Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Talib Hussain, who was caught by the villagers of Tukson Dhok village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district along with his accomplice, officials said on Monday. The two terrorists were overpowered […]
Eknath Shinde govt to seek ‘vote of confidence’ today
Mumbai, July 4 (BPNS) A day after winning its first major legislature battle to bag the Speaker’s post in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly — the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde government supported by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will seek the crucial ‘vote of confidence’ in the House, scheduled here on Monday. The trust vote for the […]
Diarrhoea outbreak: Schools shut, Sec 144 invoked in Karaikkal, TN
Chennai, July 4 (BPNS) Public health emergency is declared in Karaikkal area of Tamil Nadu and CrPC 14 invoked following a diarrhoea outbreak in the city. District administration in a statement said that schools will remain closed from Monday till Wednesday to clean up the water tanks in the surrounding areas. The situation, according to […]
Lankans arrest 12 Indian fishermen from TN
Chennai, July 4 (BPNS) The Sri Lankan Navy Spokesman Captain Indika DeSilva in a statement said that they arrested 12 Indian fishermen at Point Pedro in Jaffna on Sunday. They have been charged with illegal fishing in Sri Lankan waters and their mechanized boats seized, the statement said. The arrest has taken place days after […]
“Rocketry: The Nambi Effect” co-director explains how Madhavan transformed for the role
Arun Lakshman/ July 3(IANS) The movie Rocketry: The Nambi effect was released globally on July 2, 2022, and is gaining good reviews. The movie is about the life and struggles of the country’s eminent scientist, Dr. Nambi Narayanan who was a senior scientist in the ISRO and later was charged with a spy scandal. He fought […]
IT professional dies, 17 injured after van falls off ghat road Nilgiris
Chennai, July 3 (BPNS) An IT professional, Muthumari (29) was killed and 17 other IT professionals of a private company were seriously injured when a tourist van in which they were traveling to Masinagudi in Nilgiris fell off a Kalhatti Ghat road on Sunday early morning. The IT staff were traveling for a holiday trip […]
Madras HC to hear plea to stall AIADMK’s July 11 general council meet on Monday
Chennai, July 3 (BPNS) The Madras High Court will hear a plea by the AIADMK general council member, M. Shanmugham to restrain the party from holding its general council meeting on July 11. The court will also take a call on staying the appointment of senior AIADMK leader A. Tamilmagan Hussain as the party presidium […]



