BJP warns of KRS siege if K’taka fails to release Cauvery water in three days (Ld)
Mandya (Karnataka), July 13 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka on Monday warned that the BJP would lay siege to the Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS) reservoir if the Karnataka government failed to release water for standing crops in…
INS Sudarshini faces uncertain return route amid Strait of Hormuz tensions
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) With renewed hostilities between the US and Iran once again disrupting the movement of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, Indian Naval Sail Training Ship INS Sudarshini may have to chart a longer course back home. INS…
Traditional attire, crafts preserved NE’s history before written records: Mizoram CM
Aizawl, July 13 (IANS) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Monday said that the history and cultural heritage of the people of the Northeast had been preserved through their traditional attire, handicrafts and indigenous skills long before they were…
MP takes fresh step towards UCC; panel submits final report, Bill likely in Monsoon Session
Bhopal, July 13 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government on Monday took a significant step towards implementing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) after a high-level committee submitted its final report to Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, paving the way for the proposed…
K’taka SIR: 94.23 pc Enumeration Forms distributed, 30.61 pc digitised
Bengaluru, July 13 (IANS) The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka has gathered pace, with 94.23 per cent of Enumeration Forms (EFs) distributed to voters and 30.61 per cent digitised, according to a statement released by the…
Odisha: Crime Branch registers case over school textbook irregularities
Bhubaneswar, July 13 (IANS) The Crime Branch of Odisha Police has formally taken over the investigation into the irregularities in the preparation, approval and publication of school textbooks for Classes I to VIII in the state, with the registration of…
MP court cancels bail of alleged tiger poacher in 2013 Pench case
Jabalpur, July 13 (IANS) A special court in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur has cancelled the bail of Ajit Pardhi, an accused in a 2013 tiger poaching case registered in the Pench Tiger Reserve, and ordered that he be brought from Maharashtra through a…
Iranian plane carrying Houthi delegation forced to land in Hodeidah after gov’t strikes on Sanaa airport
Sanaa, July 13 (IANS) An Iranian passenger plane carrying a senior Houthi delegation landed Monday in Houthi-controlled Hodeidah in western Yemen, after airstrikes claimed by the Yemeni Armed Forces hit Sanaa International Airport to prevent the plane…
Mortal remains of 15 Indian nationals killed in Vietnam boat accident arrive in India
Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) The flight carrying the mortal remains of the 15 Indian nationals who died in a boat accident near Phu Quoc Island in Vietnam arrived at Mumbai airport on Monday. “The flight transporting the mortal remains of the Indian…
PM Modi announces Rs 2 lakh ex gratia for kin of fishermen found dead off Sundarbans
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the families of the nine fishermen who were found dead after a fishing trawler, which had…