Within weeks of reclaiming control of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has triggered a fresh wave of salary delays for municipal staff—reviving the very crisis it had presided over during its previous 15-year rule.
Odisha’s Bargarh police on Friday claimed to have busted an inter-district bike-lifting gang by arresting six of its key members. Fourteen two-wheelers were recovered from their possession following raids at multiple locations, an official said.
In line with the zero-tolerance policy against corruption adopted by the Punjab government under Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested Jatinder Singh, a stenographer posted in the office of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Raikot, Ludhiana district, for accepting a bribe amounting to ₹24,06,000, said an official statement on Friday.
Leader of the house in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) said on Friday that the civic body is focused on making the city clean and green.
Kasaragod District Collector K Inbasekar on Friday suspended a Revenue Department official for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Renjitha Gopakumaran Nair, the Kerala nurse who died in the Ahmedabad plane crash on Thursday.
In an unusual development, Uttarakhand High Court has asked Indian Army for its advice on how to keep river Ganga free of 121 stone crushers set up in Haridwar. The court deplored the ongoing illegal mining of building materials from Ganga riverbed and setting up stone crushers on its banks.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday reviewed the working of the security grid and various significant steps being taken by the Army, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), and J&K Police to ensure foolproof security for the Amarnath Yatra.
In the run-up to the International Day of Yoga (IDY) 2025, the Ministry of Ayush will host ‘Yoga Connect,’ a global hybrid summit, on 14th June 2025 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The event will bring together some of the most influential voices in the world of yoga and wellness
BJP leader Kanad Purkayastha and Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) stalwart Birendra Prasad Baishya were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha.
Launching a fair probe into the crash of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane in Ahmedabad yesterday, the authorities on Friday recovered one of the two black boxes of the ill-fated AI171 even as Air India confirmed that 241 people, including former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, died in the disaster, while one person survived.
