Three District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel were killed and one seriously injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast during a de-mining operation in Kanker district of south Chhattisgarh on Saturday.
The judge was found dead at his residence.
Without dwelling on the April 29 theatrics surrounding exit polls after the final votes were cast in the second phase of the high-stakes West Bengal Assembly Elections—with even a leading pollster hesitant to make firm predictions—the larger point is clear: such surveys must be treated with a fair degree of caution.
Around 41,500 vehicles crossed the MLFF toll location on the first day after the implementation of the system.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has stated that under the guidance of NITI Aayog, a master plan has been approved to develop Surat as a growth hub, with projections that the region will grow twenty fold by 2047 and contribute over 35 per cent to Gujarat’s GSDP.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Saturday sharply criticised the steep hike in prices of commercial LPG cylinders and 5 kg non-subsidised cylinders, cautioning that the move could trigger inflationary pressures, hurt employment and deepen distress among vulnerable sections.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed concern over the ill health of Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai and wished him a speedy recovery.
India and Ecuador have started discussing a roadmap for a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between the two countries.
The explosive went off when the personnel made efforts to retrieve it for defusal, critically injuring four of them.
The entire episode, which occurred on Friday evening around 8:00 PM at a gym near Chunmun Mall and Samvidhan Chowk, was recorded on the facility’s CCTV cameras.
