Polling in the fourth and final phase for the civic polls in Jammu and Kashmir is underway. As per latest reports, the voter turnout recorded in Ganderbal and Srinagar was 7.9% and 2.3% till 12 noon, respectively. While polling was originally scheduled to take place for 132 municipal wards, only […]

Statue Of Unity: Though Anand Sharma did not name the RSS, he apparently referred to the ban on the organisation following Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination, which was later lifted.  Without naming the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS, senior Congress leader Anand Sharma Monday said Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 1948 order banning the […]

Despite a prohibition on the burning of farm residue, farmers in Punjab’s Bhatinda city are holding protests and continuing to burn stubble. Speaking to ANI, one of the farmers said that since the government has provided no relief to farmers, they have no option but to resort to stubble burning. “We are […]

  Police were successful in severely wounding the captor who had taken a girl hostage in the Breslauer Platz area here on Monday. An official press release by the Cologne Police confirmed that the hostage-taking situation occurred at a pharmacy at Cologne Central Station. Two people were injured by the captor before he took the girl hostag The police revealed that the captor had lit […]

The air quality in New Delhi and its surrounding areas continued to remain poor on Tuesday, according to the data released by the National Air Quality Index (AQI). The condition is likely to remain the same and may even worsen in the next 24 to 48 hours. The latest data, on Tuesday, shows major pollutants […]

he meeting comes as petrol and diesel prices continued their upward march despite a drop in crude oil prices by 5 to 6 dollars a barrel. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today appealed to top oil producers, including Saudi Arabia, to help nations like India bridge what he called a “resource […]