New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Madhya Pradesh has intensified its crackdown on suspected anti-national activities, continuing raids for the second consecutive day and arresting alleged mastermind and senior agent Naeem Qureshi in a major development in the case.The arrested accused was taken into custody from the Sarangpur area of Uttar Pradesh and later produced before the court, where he was remanded to four days of ATS custody for further interrogation.He is accus…
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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…
Ahmedabad, June 12 (IANS) When Honey Patel (Sharma) received a video call from her mother shortly before Air India flight AI-171 took off from Ahmedabad for London on June 12 last year, there was nothing to suggest it would be their final conversation.Her mother, 56-year-old Anju Sharma, had already boarded the aircraft and wanted to show it to her grandson, Dihan, who loved watching aeroplanes.“She video-called us to show the plane because my son loves watching planes,” Honey recalled while…
Jaipur, June 12 (IANS) Delivering a strong message in favour of natural farming, Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat on Thursday said that excessive dependence on chemical fertilisers has devastated soil health and endangered future generations. Addressing a workshop on natural and organic farming at Jaipur’s Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium, Devvrat said, “If we do not wake up in time, future generations will never forgive us. Today, we are not farming but are committing a sin.”Referring to the Green…
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) With dissent within the Trinamool Congress refusing to abate, MP Kirti Azad accused the BJP on Friday of causing the rift within the Mamata Banerjee-led party, quipping: “Operation Lotus never fails”.The former cricketer’s reaction comes after three pages carrying signatures of 19 rebel Trinamool MPs surfaced earlier in the day, reportedly claiming to be the main and majority bloc of the party’s representation in the Lok Sabha.Speaking to IANS, Azad said: “There is no l…
Jaipur, June 12 (IANS) A bus carrying around 40 tourists collided with a truck loaded with iron angles in Haryana’s Mahendragarh district early Friday morning, leaving the bus driver and conductor dead and around 16 passengers injured, several of them critically.The accident took place near the Buchawas cut on National Highway 152-D at around 5 a.m.According to preliminary information, the bus was returning to Jaipur from Manali when it crashed into a truck parked on the roadside.The impact was …
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Residents across Delhi-NCR woke up to cloudy skies, cool winds, and a noticeable drop in temperature on Friday morning, even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert warning of severe weather conditions in the region. According to the IMD, Delhi and its adjoining areas are likely to witness spells of moderate to heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and strong surface winds throughout the day. Wind speeds are expected to range be…
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Party-hopping in the political arena is a phenomenon witnessed since long where various reasons make political leaders exit one organisation for another, yet most today will fail to match the frequency of transit by two names from Haryana who were said to have influenced the coinage of “Aya Ram, Gaya Ram”. It was the late 1960s, much before the anti-defection laws came into being, when some legislators from the state, such as Hira Nand Arya and Gaya Lal, executed their …
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday stressed the need to focus on skill development, employment generation, entrepreneurship and human resource development. At the NITI Aayog meeting here, CM Saini presented several demands related to Haryana’s development. He urged the Central government to include Haryana among the first 50 industrial parks to be developed under its ambitious industrial development scheme.The Chief Minister also sought a special inc…
Chandigarh, June 11 (IANS) A 26-year-old male gym operator was shot dead at close range by two motorcycle-borne assailants in Haryana’s Hansi town on Thursday, police said. The victim, Kapil, was conducting an outdoor warm-up session for trainees when the crime occurred.The attackers fled the scene immediately after firing at least 10 bullets at him.Kapil, who sustained gunshot wounds to the head and back, was rushed to a hospital but was declared dead.Police officials said the motive behind t…