Chandigarh, June 18 Polling to Haryana’s 28 municipal committees and 18 municipal councils will be held on Sunday. The results will be declared on June 22. While the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Jannayak Janta Party (JJP)alliance and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are fighting these polls on party symbols, the…
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Don’t arrest sex workers during raids: Madras High Court
Chennai, June 18Sex workers should not be arrested or penalised whenever a brothel house is raided by police, the Madras High Court has ruled.Citing a recent Supreme Court judgment, which had held that whenever any brothel is raided, sex workers should not be arrested or penalised or harassed or victimised…
View More Don’t arrest sex workers during raids: Madras High CourtKaran Johar was on Lawrence Bishnoi gang’s target list for extortion, ‘claims’ arrested gang member Mahakal
Mumbai/Pune, June 18 Siddhesh Kamble, alias Mahakal, an alleged member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, has told investigators that Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar was on the list of persons whom the gang planned to target for extortion, a police official said on Saturday. But a senior official also warned that…
View More Karan Johar was on Lawrence Bishnoi gang’s target list for extortion, ‘claims’ arrested gang member MahakalMother found happiness in others’ joys: PM Narendra Modi’s tribute to Heeraba on her 99th birthday
New Delhi, June 18 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid heartfelt tributes to his mother Heeraba and late father Damodar Modi, as both entered the centenary year of their births. In a detailed blog, the PM reminisced memories of childhood including his window-less one room house in Vadnagar,…
View More Mother found happiness in others’ joys: PM Narendra Modi’s tribute to Heeraba on her 99th birthdayAssam reels under devastating floods, PM Modi dials CM Himanta
Guwahati, June 18 Assam reeled under devastating floods caused by incessant rain, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking stock of the situation and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visiting several relief camps sheltering affected people on Saturday, officials said. As many as 19 lakh people remained affected by the deluge…
View More Assam reels under devastating floods, PM Modi dials CM HimantaSurge in Covid cases: States, UTs asked to submit ‘larger number’ of samples for whole genome sequencing
New Delhi, June 18States and Union territories have been asked to submit “larger number” of samples for whole genome sequencing from districts and areas which have seen a surge in Covid-19 cases over a period of seven days, official sources said on Saturday.The direction was issued during Friday’s meeting by…
View More Surge in Covid cases: States, UTs asked to submit ‘larger number’ of samples for whole genome sequencing‘Agnipath’ scheme: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh okays 10% reservation for ‘Agniveers’ in Coast Guard and PSUs
Ajay Banerjee New Delhi, June 18 Amid raging violent protests across the country over Centre’s “Agnipath” scheme for recruitment in the armed forces, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday approved a proposal to reserve 10 per cent of the job vacancies in the Ministry of Defence for ‘Agniveers’ meeting requisite…
View More ‘Agnipath’ scheme: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh okays 10% reservation for ‘Agniveers’ in Coast Guard and PSUsSidhu Moosewala case: Suspect Santosh Jadhav tells Pune police he was in Gujarat the day singer was killed
Pune, June 18 Santosh Jadhav, a suspect in the May 29 killing of renowned Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, has told police he was in Gujarat and not in Punjab on the day the latter was gunned down, a senior official said on Saturday. When queried on this information, Pune Rural…
View More Sidhu Moosewala case: Suspect Santosh Jadhav tells Pune police he was in Gujarat the day singer was killedSidhu Moosewala case: Suspect Santosh Jadhav tells Pune police he was in Gujarat on the day of killing
Pune, June 18 Santosh Jadhav, a suspect in the May 29 killing of renowned Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, has told police he was in Gujarat and not in Punjab on the day the latter was gunned down, a senior official said on Saturday. When queried on this information, Pune Rural…
View More Sidhu Moosewala case: Suspect Santosh Jadhav tells Pune police he was in Gujarat on the day of killing‘Agnipath’ scheme: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh holds meeting with top brass of Army, Navy and IAF
New Delhi, June 18Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday held a meeting with the top brass of the Army, Navy and the Air Force on the overall situation arising out of the rollout of the ‘Agnipath’ military recruitment scheme as protests against it intensified in several parts of the country.The…
View More ‘Agnipath’ scheme: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh holds meeting with top brass of Army, Navy and IAFPM Modi will have to become ‘maafiveer’, withdraw ‘Agnipath’ scheme: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi, June 18Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had to withdraw the farm laws, he will have to accept the demand of the youth and rollback the Agnipath defence recruitment scheme.The former Congress chief also said that for eight consecutive years,…
View More PM Modi will have to become ‘maafiveer’, withdraw ‘Agnipath’ scheme: Rahul GandhiAgnipath protests LIVE Updates: More protests in Haryana, damage caused in Ludhiana railway station; 369 trains cancelled
Chandigarh/Jehanabad/Buxar/Gaya (Bihar), June 18 The protests against the Agnipath scheme continued in Haryana with some youths setting a vehicle on fire outside Mahendergarh railway station on Saturday while a group of over 50 agitators barged inside Ludhiana railway station in Punjab causing damage to property. Police personnel patrol amid…
View More Agnipath protests LIVE Updates: More protests in Haryana, damage caused in Ludhiana railway station; 369 trains cancelledAgnipath protests LIVE Updates: Violence continues in Bihar; agitators torch vehicles, Railways cancels several trains
Jehanabad/Buxar/Gaya (Bihar), June 18 Violent anti-Agnipath protests continued rocking Bihar for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday, with agitators torching vehicles parked on the premises of a police outpost in Jehanabad district, officials said. A large number of protestors gathered outside Tehta police outpost around 8.30 am and started pelting…
View More Agnipath protests LIVE Updates: Violence continues in Bihar; agitators torch vehicles, Railways cancels several trainsAgnipath protests LIVE Updates: More protests in Haryana, damage caused in Ludhiana railway station; Railways cancels several trains
Chandigarh/Jehanabad/Buxar/Gaya (Bihar), June 18 The protests against the Agnipath scheme continued in Haryana with some youths setting a vehicle on fire outside Mahendergarh railway station on Saturday while a group of over 50 agitators barged inside Ludhiana railway station in Punjab causing damage to property. Police personnel patrol amid…
View More Agnipath protests LIVE Updates: More protests in Haryana, damage caused in Ludhiana railway station; Railways cancels several trainsSGPC condemns terror attack on gurdwara in Afghanistan’s Kabul
GS Paul Amritsar, June 18 The SGPC has strongly condemned the multiple blasts reported in the premises of Gurdwara Dashmesh Pita Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Sabha at Karta-e-Parwan in Afghanistan’s Kabul early on Saturday morning. Terming it a cowardly repeated terror act on the places of worship of…
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