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DEHRADUN: Two died and six were injured on Wednesday morning after an under-construction bridge collapsed in Rudraprayag. The incident occurred at around 9 am after which a team of the State Disaster Response Force rushed to the spot along with district police and administration officials. “The incident happened between Sirobgarh and Narkota at Rishikesh-Badrinath highway. […]

GONDA: Can Indian government officials take action against God? Well, a man sought action against Indra Dev (Rain God)  for deficient rains in the Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh. A farmer named Sumit Kumar Yadav submitted a complaint against the God of Rain at a Sampurna Samadhan Divas camp organized on July 16. To add […]

SRINAGAR: Government on Wednesday said 128 security force personnel and 118 civilians have been killed by militants in Jammu and Kashmir from 5 August 2019, when the ruling NDA government annulled J&K’s Special status and split the State into two Union Territories. In a written reply to a question by Digvijaya Singh in the ongoing […]

KOLKATA: After the two years of COVID break, the Bengal government is all set to observe Shahid Diwas, or Martyr’s Day, on a grand scale on July 21 at Dharmatala, Kolkata. Mamata Banerjee-led All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) is leaving no stone unturned to observe the day – which will be their first following the […]

NEW DELHI: Before the final battle in 2024, the Presidential and Vice-Presidential election was a time when it was expected that the Opposition, especially Congress, would show some challenge to the ruling BJP. But, if the Opposition’s Presidential and Vice-Presidential choices are anything to go by, the Opposition is in no position to offer any […]