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Hathras stampede: Allahabad HC summons then DM, SSP; says their accountability should be fixed

The Allahabad High Court has summoned the then District Magistrate (DM) and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Hathras on January 15 and ordered them to clarify through an affidavit why their accountability should not be fixed for the death of 121 people in 2024 stampede.

Jan 8, 2025

Enrollment rate in elementary education increases; dropout rate reduces in Arunachal Pradesh: CM Khandu

Enrollment rate in elementary education increases, dropouts reduce in Arunachal Pradesh: CM Khandu

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu said on Wednesday that the enrollment rate in elementary education has significantly increased and the average annual school dropout numbers at the secondary level have reduced.

Jan 8, 2025

K'taka BJP slams Cong govt over facilitating surrender of Maoists

Karnataka BJP General Secretary and MLA V. Sunil Kumar on Wednesday slammed the Siddaramaiah government for facilitating the surrender of six Maoists, saying this was a move to create urban naxals.

Jan 8, 2025

Indian Navy deploys special team for rescue operation in Assam

Indian Navy deploys team for rescue operation in Assam's inundated coal mine

The Indian Navy has mobilized a specialised team to assist in the rescue of miners trapped in Umrangso, a remote industrial town in the Dima Hasao district of Assam. So far the body of one of the trapped labourers has been recovered by the para divers.

Jan 8, 2025

KTR moves HC for lawyer's presence during ACB questioning

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on Wednesday approached Telangana High Court, seeking orders for the presence of his lawyer during questioning by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Formula-E race case.

Jan 8, 2025

Iss devi ko kitne bungalow chahiye: BJP amplifies attack on Delhi CM Atishi

The political tension in Delhi escalated on Wednesday as the BJP intensified its attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the ongoing 'bungalow for CM' controversy. The BJP's state president, Virendra Sachdeva, raised pointed questions directed at Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, sarcastically asking, "Toh aakhir iss devi ko kitne bungalow chahiye?"

Jan 8, 2025

Adani Electricity, Adani Foundation provide 74 BMC schools with 12,000 books

Adani Electricity and Adani Foundation on Wednesday announced collaboratively implementing a library distribution programme in 74 BMC Schools in P-North and M-West Wards in Mumbai.

Jan 8, 2025

Karnataka: Father attempts to rape daughter, wife hacks him to death

JEE aspirant from Haryana dies by suicide in Kota

A 19-year-old engineering aspirant allegedly died by suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan inside his room in Rajasthan's Kota, police said on Wednesday.

Jan 8, 2025

PM Modi to inaugurate, lay foundation stones for multiple projects in Delhi

PM to launch projects over Rs 2 lakh crore in Vizag today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay foundations for projects worth over Rs 2 lakh crore.

Jan 8, 2025

MUDA case: Will talk later, says K'taka CM Siddaramaiah as petitioners celebrate

Six Maoists head to Bengaluru to surrender before CM Siddaramaiah

Six Maoists operating in the coastal and hilly regions of Karnataka came out of the forests in the Chikkamagaluru district on Wednesday, and headed to Bengaluru to surrender before Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Jan 8, 2025

PM Modi moved nation from 'chalta hai' to 'hoga kaise nahin' attitude: EAM Jaishankar at 18th PBD meet

The 18th Pravsi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) convention commenced at Bhubaneswar on Wednesday with the inauguration of Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi.

Jan 8, 2025

Kerala twin murder case: Ex-MLA, three others get relief from HC

Five days after a CBI court here sentenced 10 CPI(M) workers to a double-life term and four others, including a former party legislator to five-year imprisonment in the Periya twin murder case, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday stayed the verdict of the four.

Jan 8, 2025