New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) In a major boost to preparations for the 12th International Day of Yoga (IDY) 2026, the Ministry of AYUSH has announced that registrations on the Yoga Sangam Portal have crossed the six lakh mark, reflecting widespread participation from institutions and communities across India.According to a Ministry of AYUSH press release, the milestone underscores the growing enthusiasm for the nationwide Yoga Sangam initiative, under which organisations across the country will cond…
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Surat, June 19 (IANS) A prompt response by Surat Police to a suicide alert led not only to the rescue of a woman in acute distress but also to the exposure of a cyberblackmail racket and the reconciliation of a strained marriage.According to officials, the Amroli Police Station in Surat received information about a woman in her thirties who was reportedly on the verge of ending her life.Acting immediately, a police team reached her residence, but she was not found there. A subsequent search led …
Hyderabad, June 18 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday charge sheeted a key CPI (Maoist) operative in a Special Court in Hyderabad for inciting a mob at the funeral of a deceased member of a proscribed terrorist organisation last year. In the charge sheet filed before the NIA special court at Nampally, Hyderabad, Gade Innaiah alias Gade Inna Reddy has been charged under relevant sections of BNS, 2023 and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, the NIA said in a sta…
Bengaluru, June 13 (IANS) Karnataka Police have registered an FIR against seven individuals, including representatives allegedly linked to the US‑based Christian missionary organisation The Timothy Initiative (TTI), over allegations of channelling foreign funds for Maoist activities in India, police said on Saturday. The FIR has been registered by the Kothanur Police in Bengaluru based on a complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The case has been booked under provisions of the Un…
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday stated that the country will receive below normal rainfall this year, and though the monsoon has so far covered most of the Southern Peninsula, north east and parts of east India, it will progress slowly in other regions.Addressing the media, IMD scientist Pradeep Sharma mentioned that the El Nino phenomenon has now become active. “We expect El Nino will be active throughout the monsoon season,” he said.”According to…
Raipur, June 13 (IANS) The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has unearthed eight Naxal munition dumps in Chhattisgarh during a coordinated anti-insurgency operation, leading to the recovery of arms and explosives, officials said on Saturday.Acting on precise intelligence inputs, a joint team led by Commandant Anand Kumar carried out the operation in the dense forests of Adri, Harra, and Madumpara villages under the Pidia and Kuppaguda areas of Bijapur.Security personnel cordoned off the region…
Bhubaneswar, June 12 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday identified the revival of the Chief Minister’s Grievance Cell and the prevention of farmers’ suicides through various farmer-centric interventions as the two biggest achievements of his government during its first two years in office. Speaking at a press conference marking two years of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Odisha, CM Majhi said regular grievance hearings at the CM grievance cell have en…
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), June 12 (IANS) In a tragic incident, a deputy sarpanch and two other villagers were killed, while five others sustained injuries after lightning struck a tree under which they had taken shelter during a sudden downpour in Kalgav village of Antagarh block in Kanker district on Friday.The deceased have been identified as Manraj Patel, the deputy sarpanch of the village, along with Santosh Patel and Prakash Patel, all residents of Kalgav.The injured include five women, one of…
Nava Raipur, June 12 (IANS) Stressing the need for state-specific roadmaps to achieve a leprosy-free India, Additional Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Aradhana Patnaik, said on Friday that intensified, targeted interventions are needed to completely interrupt transmission in hotspot areas. Speaking at the two-day Regional Workshop on Review of Programme Performance and Focused Strategic Action for Achieving Zero Transmission of Leprosy in Nava Raipur, Patnaik highlighted India’s achievemen…
Raipur, June 12 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has said that Bastar is moving towards a new identity, shedding its past of violence and embracing a future built on development, opportunity and prosperity.Speaking at the 11th meeting of the NITI Aayog Governing Council chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, Sai unveiled a comprehensive plan to transform Bastar into a model of economic resurgence, employment generation, education, tourism and agriculture-based gro…