TN: PMK demands Cauvery management board, slams CWMA over water release
Chennai, July 23 (IANS) Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) president Anbumani Ramadoss on Thursday intensified pressure on the Centre over the Cauvery water‑sharing dispute, criticising the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) for failing to ensure Karnataka releases Tamil Nadu’s rightful share of water.
He urged the Union government to replace the…
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Goa: ED arrests Dubai resident in global drug lords case
Panaji, July 23 (IANS) The ED arrested Dubai resident Nihal V.N. in a major crackdown on crypto-hawala and an international narcotics money laundering syndicate, an official said on Thursday.
As part of a strategy to dismantle the…
TN: AIADMK to protest in Palani, seeks CBI probe into mutt land grab
Chennai, July 23 (IANS) AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami has announced a major protest at Palani in Dindigul district on 25 July, demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the alleged illegal…
Prahlad Joshi questions Rahul Gandhi’s silence on K’taka PSC row
Bengaluru, July 23 (IANS) Union Minister for Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Prahlad Joshi on Thursday questioned Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s silence over alleged…
Bengal Assembly announces award for best MLA
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose on Thursday announced the “Best Performing Legislator of the Year” award, which will be given annually based on the performance of legislators from different parties in…
Gujarat: Dial 112 emergency service handled nearly 10 lakh calls in first 10 months
Ahmedabad, July 18 (IANS) Gujarat Police's integrated 'Dial 112 Jan Rakshak Emergency Response Service' has handled 9,90,130 emergency calls since its launch on September 1 last year, with nearly 45 per cent of complaints resolved at the…
Punjab: Akali Dal chief slams Delhi L-G for imposing NSA
Chandigarh, July 23 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal on Thursday condemned Delhi Lt Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu’s decision to impose preventive detention under the National Security Act (NSA) for three months in…
Delhi court defers hearing on quantum of sentence for Tahir Hussain, four others to July 27
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) A Delhi court on Thursday deferred the hearing on the quantum of sentence to July 27 in the case of former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and four others convicted for the murder of Intelligence…
Bengal: NEET candidate moves Calcutta HC over exam irregularities
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) Amidst protests over the alleged question leak in the National Eligibility‑cum‑Entrance Test (NEET) UG, a candidate from Hooghly district on Thursday filed a case in the Calcutta High Court alleging that her marks in…
Bihar: NEET protest turns tense in Jehanabad, police use lathi‑charge
Patna, July 23 (IANS) The nationwide agitation over the alleged NEET paper leak reached Bihar’s Jehanabad on Thursday, where a student protest turned tense after demonstrators attempted to march towards the District Magistrate’s (DM)…