Datia bypoll: Admin completes preparations, security forces deployed
Datia, July 29 (IANS) The stage was set for polling in the Datia Assembly bypoll on Thursday (July 30), with the district administration completing all preparations and deploying central and state security forces to ensure a peaceful and fair election.…
Nagaland: Two brothers die in landslide, mother injured
Kohima, July 29 (IANS) In a tragic landslide triggered by incessant monsoon rains, two brothers were killed and their mother injured after a hillside collapsed on their rented house in Nagaland’s Mokokchung town early on Wednesday, officials said. A…
Haryana govt approves state-of-the-art industrial park in Ambala
Chandigarh, July 29 (IANS) In a push to accelerate industrialisation and attract fresh investments, the Haryana government on Wednesday approved the proposal for a state-of-the-art industrial park at IMT Ambala under the Centre’s flagship Bharat Audyogik…
Gujarat: Disaster response put on high alert as IMD issues red alert
Gandhinagar, July 29 (IANS) The Gujarat government has directed all departments to remain prepared for immediate response after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast extremely heavy rainfall across parts of the state, with a ‘red…
Bihar: Woman killed by brother-in-law in Jehanabad, accused arrested
Patna, July 29 (IANS) A shocking case of domestic violence emerged from Chainpura Imadpur village under the Parsabigha police station limits in Bihar’s Jehanabad district, where a woman was allegedly hacked to death by her brother-in-law following a…
ED charges 19 in Assam-Arunachal liquor racket
Guwahati, July 29 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) filed a prosecution complaint under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, against 19 accused persons, including five key individuals and 14 bonded warehouse entities, in…
J&K: Arms recovered in Kulgam; drug peddler’s property attached in Shopian
Srinagar, July 29 (IANS) Security forces on Wednesday recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition during a search operation in J&K’s Kulgam district, while police attached the property of a drug peddler in Shopian district worth over Rs 18.76…
Gujarat completes 70 pc of kharif sowing as cotton and groundnut dominate acreage
Gandhinagar, July 29 (IANS) Gujarat has completed sowing across about 70 per cent of its normal kharif cultivation area, with cotton and groundnut accounting for more than three-fifths of the acreage sown so far during the 2026 season. Data released by…
Bhopal Police chief meets protesting farmers as stir enters third day in MP
Bhopal, July 29 (IANS) Bhopal Police Commissioner Sanjay Kumar on Wednesday met a delegation of protesting farmers as their agitation over moong procurement, the e-token system and a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) entered its third day,…
Drug-free India: Raj Guv urges universities to eliminate substance abuse in adopted villages
Jaipur, July 29 (IANS) Rajasthan Governor Haribhau Bagde has called for a comprehensive statewide campaign under the ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat (Drug-Free India)’ initiative, urging universities to play a proactive role in making the villages they…