RUSSIA,JUN 24 : More than 15 police officers and a priest were killed and over a dozen others were injured after gunmen, in a series of coordinated attacks, targeted a synagogue, two Orthodox churches, and a police post in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday. There were also civilian casualties, according to officials. […]Continue Reading
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NEW DELHI, JUN 24: President Droupadi Murmu on Monday administered oath to BJP member B Mahtab as ‘speaker pro-tem’ of the newly-constituted 18th Lok Sabha. A seven-time MP, Mahtab, along with a panel of chairpersons is tasked with running the proceedings of the Lok Sabha on Monday and Tuesday when winning candidates will take oath […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 24 : More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi authorities announced on Sunday. Saudi Health Minister Fahd bin Abdurrahman Al-Jalajel said that 83 per cent of the 1,301 fatalities were […]Continue Reading
SUKMA, JUN 23: Two personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force’s jungle warfare unit CoBRA were killed after Naxalites blew up a truck with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgah’s Sukma district on Sunday, police said. The Naxal blast took place around 3 pm near Timmapuram village between Silger and Tekalgudem camps of security […]Continue Reading
UTTAR PRADESH,JUN 23 : Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday has reinstated her nephew, Akash Anand, as the party’s national coordinator and declared him her political successor. The decision was announced during a meeting with the party’s office bearers in Lucknow. In May this year, Mayawati had removed her nephew from the post of […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 23 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday registered a case in connection with allegations of irregularities in NEET-UG 2024, as per sources. The development follows hours after the Centre handed over the investigation into the matter to CBI. The agency will take over FIRs registered in several states in […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 22 : The 53rd GST Council meeting, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, made a host of recommendations relating to taxation, tax exemption on services provided by Indian Railways and biometric-based Aadhaar authentication to check fake invoicing. Sitharaman, addressing a press conference, said the Centre’s intention was clear on Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 22: Sending a technical team by India to Bangladesh soon for a mega project to conserve and manage the Teesta river, moving ahead to start negotiations on a comprehensive trade pact and boosting defence ties were among major outcomes of talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 22: The Ministry of Education constituted a High-Level Committee of Experts under the chairmanship of Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Former Chairman, ISRO and Chairman BoG, IIT Kanpur, on Saturday to ensure transparent, smooth and fair conduct of examinations amid NEET and UGC-NET controversy. The Committee has been tasked to make recommendations on reform […]Continue Reading
VARANASI, JUN 22: Acharya Laxmikant Dixit, the chief priest who had performed the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, died Saturday morning. Family members said Dixit, 86, was not well for the last few days. His last rites will be conducted at Manikarnika Ghat. Lord Ram’s idol was consecrated at the Ayodhya temple on […]Continue Reading
