Mulayam Singh Yadav’s aide Ambika Chaudhary today joined the BSP, saying he was saddened by the way the SP patriarch was treated by his son and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. Mr. Chaudhary, who joined the BSP in the presence of party chief Mayawati, has been promised a party ticket from his traditional Phephna seat in Ballia which he had lost […]
» Read moreIn a major step to promote farm mechanisation and improve farming community’s access to the latest machinery and implements, the State government would be introducing more than 1,000 Custom Hiring Centres (CHCs), said Special Chief Secretary (Agriculture) and Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) Vice-Chancellor B. Rajasekhar. Interacting with the media at the ‘Agricultural Technology Exhibition’, organised as part of […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi today approved the appointment of Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma as the new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation. Verma will take over from interim director Rakesh Asthana, who was handed the reins of the investigating agency after former director Anil Sinha retired on December 2. He’ll serve for a period of two years. […]
» Read moreAt least 10 children were killed when their school bus collided with a lorry near Asadpur village this morning. The bus was taking students of of J S Vidyaniketan when it met with the accident, police said. The victims were in the age group of 10-15 years. Senior police officials have rushed to the spot. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled […]
» Read moreTwo women and a 15-year-old girl were killed in an IED blast in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday night. Four other women also suffered injuries in the explosion allegedly planted by the Maoists near Tumanar village under Narayanpur police station limits of restive Bastar region of the State. “Two women from Tumnar village under Narayanpur police station limits and […]
» Read moreThree persons, including two tourists from Delhi, have died in Himachal Pradesh which reeled under intense cold wave, while the arterial Jammu-Srinagar Highway could not be restored for traffic for the second day on Wednesday due to snowfall. Two tourists from Delhi, Satyajit Singh (30) who had come to enjoy snow with his family, and Lakhpatra Gupta (75) died in […]
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