Punjab government’s new directive to perform DNA test on child beggars (AI Representative image) Punjab government has directed all deputy commissioners (DCs) to conduct DNA tests on children found begging with adults on the streets, officials said on Thursday.The directive is aimed at protecting children from cases of extortion and forced begging by verifying family…
NEW DELHI: The Karnataka government on Thursday submitted a scathing status report to the high court on the deadly stampede outside Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4. The tragic incident, which claimed 11 lives and left over 50 injured, unfolded during the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) victory celebrations following their IPL title win. The…
NEW DELHI: Congress party has shared a CCTV video of the shocking daylight shooting at Patna’s Paras Hospital, accusing the Nitish Kumar government of allowing “goon rule” to prevail in Bihar. The footage showed four men calmly walking through the hospital corridor, opening the door to a room, firing multiple rounds at a patient, and…
CM Pushkar Dhami (left), PM Narendra Modi (ANI) DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday welcomed the union cabinet’s approval of the Prime Minister Dhan-Dhanya Krishi Yojana and the Green Energy Mission, worth Rs 24000 crore and Rs 27000 crore respectively.In a post shared on his official handle on X, CM Dhami lauded…
NEW DELHI: Police on Thursday attributed the recent surge in criminal activities in Bihar to pre-monsoon seasonal patterns, farmers and heightened political attention due to upcoming state elections. While addressing a press conference, Bihar’s Additional Director General of Police, Kundan Krishnan claimed that murder rates traditionally spike before the monsoon season.“Recently, there have been a…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday accused the Election Commission of acting as the BJP’s “election chori wing,” claiming it is helping the saffron party commit voter fraud ahead of the upcoming Bihar assembly polls.He reposted a video on X, which claims that government officials were…
NEW DELHI: Amarnath Yatra was suspended on Thursday after heavy rainfall lashed the valley for 36 hours, triggering a landslide that killed one pilgrim and injured three others, officials said.Video circulating online showed four pilgrims being swept downhill by a landslide at Railpathri along the Baltal route in Ganderbal district to the Amarnath cave on…
NEW DELHI: As the run up to the Bihar polls heats up, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on early Thursday announced free electricity of upto 125 units. Announcing the move, Nitish lauded his governments policies as being ‘affordable from the beginning’ and said that starting from August 1, all domestic consumers will ‘not have to pay…
File photo: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari (IANS) West Bengal BJP termed CM Mamata Banerjee’s march as an attempt by TMC for “legitimisation of illegal immigrants”. In a counter to the CM, leader of opposition in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, marched to the office of the state chief electoral officer along with about 40 BJP MLAs…
NEW DELHI: Aiming to fast-track development of agriculture and allied sectors in 100 under-performing districts in the country, Cabinet Wednesday approved ‘PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana’ with an annual outlay of Rs 24,000 crore for six years beginning 2025-26. The scheme, announced in the Budget, is expected to benefit about 1.7 crore farmers.The scheme aims to…