Chennai, Aug 21 (BPNS) BJP Mahila Morcha national president and Member of Legislative Assembly from Coimbatore, Vanathi Sreenivasan has urged the state government to create a database of workers in the unorganized sector. Vanathi was speaking to reporters after distributing e-Shram and Ayushman Bharath scheme identity cards to a few beneficiaries on Sunday at Coimbatore. […]
New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) In a jolt to the Congress ahead of assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh, its senior leader Anand Sharma on Sunday resigned from the chairmanship of the party’s steering committee for the state. Sharma, in a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, is learnt to have said that his self-respect is […]
Jamshedpur, Aug 21 (PTI) A 17-year-old male leopard died after water gushed in Tata Steel Zoological Park due to incessant rains and flood-like situation in the Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur city for the last 24 hours. The water entered the low lying areas of the zoo, especially the area near the leopard enclosure, causing the tragic incident, […]
Chennai, Aug 21 (PTI) Tamil Nadu on Sunday logged 603 new COVID-19 infections, including two returnees from Telangana and Assam, pushing the overall tally to 35,63,322, said the Health Department. NVG There were no fresh COVID-related deaths and the toll remained unchanged at 38,033, said a bulletin here. NVG As many as 743 people recuperated […]
Pune, Aug 21 (PTI) Riding on Dilip Khandvi and Vishal’s brilliant defensive play, Odisha Juggernauts handed Gujarat Giants their first defeat in the inaugural edition of Ultimate Kho Kho here on Sunday. Dilip defended for four minutes and 33 seconds and Vishal for three minutes four seconds in a thrilling match that ended with a […]
New Delhi, Aug 21 (BPNS) The process for the election of Congress president got underway on Sunday, with the party’s election authority saying it would stick to the schedule of electing a new chief by September 20. Chairman of the party’s Central Election Authority Madhusudan Mistry told PTI that it was up to the Congress […]
Ghazipur (UP), Aug 20 (PTI) The railway police Saturday arrested two suspected women smugglers and recovered 626 turtles while they were taking them from Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur to Siliguri in West Bengal, officials here said. The cost of the recovered turtles is about Rs 7 lakhs, officials said. Government Railway Police station incharge Akhilesh Kumar […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 20 (PTI) A 10-day-long session of the Kerala Assembly will begin on August 22 with a special one-day conference to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the country’s independence. Announcing the new session, Speaker M B Rajesh said the first day would be dedicated only to the special conference and there would be no […]
Lucknow, Aug 18 (PTI) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Thursday that the political shift in Bihar is a “positive sign” and hoped a strong alternative to the BJP is formed in the 2024 parliamentary polls. He also claimed that the BJP’s allies in Uttar Pradesh are not happy with it and will also break […]
Chennai, Aug 20 (BPNS) The amended Motor Vehicles Act of Tamil Nadu has now given a provision leading to the arrest of any person who is staring at women on a bus. Acts like whistling, obscene gestures, and sexual overtures in bus against women also fall under the category of crime in the state after […]
