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Manali Nightmare: 8-km Jam, Hotels 100% Occupied, Tourists Stranded On Road
The roads leading to Himachal's tourist hotspot of Manali in Kullu district are crammed with vehicles, stuck in massive traffic jams for hours. On one stretch, between Kothi and Manali, the jam stretched for 8 km.
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'SIR To Be Extended Nationwide Soon': Poll Body Chief Gyanesh Kumar
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar announced on January 23 that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls will soon be rolled out across all remaining states.
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Country Bomb Attack On Prison Convoy In Tamil Nadu, Convict Escapes
Two police personnel were injured after a gang threw country-made bombs at a prison escort team transporting a convict in Tamil Nadu's Perambalur district on Saturday, triggering a brief exchange of fire and a high-speed escape by the attackers.
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'Doctor', 'Dr' Not Exclusive To Medical Professionals: Kerala High Court
Justice V G Arun said that the word 'doctor' was initially used for referring to someone who had achieved the highest level of learning and had received a licence to teach in fields like theology, law and philosophy.
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'You Told Us To Pray In Graveyard': New Row In Madhya Pradesh's Bhojshala
"You cannot ask us to offer namaz in kabristan (graveyard)." That single accusation has now pushed the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula mosque dispute back to the doors of the court.
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O Panneerselvam Loyalist, Rajya Sabha MP R Dharmar Returns To AIADMK
R Dharmar, a Rajya Sabha MP and a loyalist of ousted AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam, on Saturday rejoined the AIADMK after calling on party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami here.
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Terrorist Took Shelter In J&K Home, Used Family As Shield Before Being Shot
A Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) commander who was shot dead in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district on Friday afternoon had used civilians as a human shield when he was cornered by security forces.
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Team Uddhav Files Police Complaint After 2 Corporators Go 'Missing' In Kalyan
While the results of 29 Maharashtra Municipal Corporations were declared on January 16, few outcomes have generated as much political churn as the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) - eclipsing even BMC in terms of post-poll drama.
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Bank Unions Call For Strike On Tuesday Over 5-Day Work Week Demand
Major bank employee and officer unions in India have announced a nationwide strike on January 27 to press for the introduction of a five-day work week in the banking sector.
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"No Internal Democracy, Rahul Gandhi's Decision Final": Ex-Congress Leader
Former Congress leader Shakeel Ahmad lashed out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over the party's consistent electoral failures, claiming an unwillingness within the party to address the issues.
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CBI Court Reverses Discharge Of Bhupesh Baghel In 'Sex CD' Case
A special CBI court on Saturday reversed a magisterial court order that had discharged Bhupesh Baghel from a case regarding the alleged circulation of a sleaze video purportedly depicting former minister Rajesh Munat in 2017.
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16 IEDs, 100kg Explosives Seized As Security Forces Foil Maoist Plot
In a major success for security forces combating left-wing extremism in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, a joint operation on Saturday led to the recovery of a significant cache of improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
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Maharashtra Man Kills Wife, Tries To Pass Off Murder As Cardiac Arrest
A 48-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife in Maharashtra's Beed district and attempting to pass it off as a natural death, police said on Saturday.
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Missing Physiotherapy Student, 22, Found Hanging From Tree In UP
A 22-year-old physiotherapy student, who had been missing for two days, was found dead on Saturday with her body hanging from a tree here, police said.
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All You Need To Know About Republic Day's Parade Contingent Commanders
For Lt Amit Choudhar who will lead a contingent of mixed scouts in the Republic Day Parade on the Kartavya Path, it will both be a personal milestone and a nostalgic nod to his father who was part of the ceremonial parade in 1990.
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6 Arrested As Nashik Cops Hunt For 'Missing Container' Full Of Rs 2000 Notes
Police in Maharashtra's Nashik district have arrested six persons for kidnapping and assaulting a man allegedly involved in the theft' of a container full of Rs 2,000 notes worth "Rs 400 crore".
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683 Roads Blocked, 5,700 Transformers Hit: Snow Disrupts Life In Himachal
Widespread rainfall and heavy snowfall across Himachal Pradesh over the past 24 hours have severely disrupted public utilities, blocking hundreds of roads and affecting electricity and water supply in several districts.
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'No Impact On Gaganyaan': ISRO Chief After PSLV Launch Failure
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman V Narayanan on Saturday denied any possibility of delay in the Gaganyaan mission following the failure of the PSLV rocket mission earlier this month.
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Delhi Opens Community Halls For Patients' Families Near Government Hospitals
As biting cold prevails across the capital, the New Delhi Municipal Council announced that it has opened its 'barat ghars' (banquet halls) and community halls to shelter relatives and attendants of patients near major government hospitals.
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Vizhinjam Port Is Kerala's Largest-Ever Private Investment: Karan Adani
Karan Adani, Managing Director of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), on Saturday, said the Vizhinjam International Seaport is the largest investment ever committed by any business house in Kerala.
