It was a sunny day Wednesday in Himachal Pradesh with overnight snow in Manali turning it more picturesque. The minimum temperature was 1.6 degrees Celsius in Shimla, which saw mild spells of rain. Shimla’s nearby destinations like Kufri and Narkanda experienced moderate snowfall in the past 24 hours. Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti district shivered […]
Around 2,500 kg of ammonium nitrate and 300 pieces of gelatin sticks were recovered in Jharkhand’s Koderma district Tuesday, police said. Following a tip-off, police chased a pick-up van that met with an accident near Jaynagar village in Koderma district, around 170 km from the state capital Ranchi. The driver of the vehicle managed to […]
Former West Bengal minister and veteran CPI-M leader Sailen Sarkar died at a nursing home in north Bengal’s Malda town Tuesday after a brief illness, party sources said. He was 73. Sarkar was a widower and had no children. A former teacher and a five-time legislator, Sarkar was elected from English Bazar (1977, 1982, 1987) […]
After water, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday fulfilled his second major election promise of cutting power bills of residents by half. The move to provide 50 percent subsidy in power tariff, expected to benefit an estimated 2.8 million out of 3.4 million households, applicable if consumption is below 400 units per month, came a […]
A couple of days before the Andhra Pradesh assembly is to begin a debate on the bifurcation bill, a cabinet minister from Telangana region was Tuesday divested of the legislative affairs portfolio. Civil Supplies Minister D. Sridhar Babu, a supporter of a separate Telangana state, was also holding the legislative affairs portfolio. In a move […]
The Delhi government Tuesday announced a subsidy of 50 percent in power tariff. The following are the salient points of this subsidy: – Subsidy to the extent of 50 percent would be provided to domestic electricity consumers who consume up to 400 units per unit. – A total of 28 lakh consumers or nearly 82 […]
The Congress and the government Tuesday scotched rumours that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would announce his resignation Friday to make way for party vice president Rahul Gandhi. Meanwhile, both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) termed it dynastic politics. Television channels, quoting sources, said the prime minister is likely to […]
The New Year’s Eve Tuesday turned out to be wet and cold for people across most of north India, the hill regions receiving moderate to heavy snowfall and rain lashing the plains. Icy cold winds swept the large swathe from Punjab to Bihar. After nearly two decades, Kashmir Tuesday received heavy snowfall in the beginning […]
Around 300 protesters from the BJP’s youth wing were detained in Delhi Tuesday while demanding the resignation of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh over allegations of corruption. The chief minister denied the allegations, saying they were politically motivated. Police sprayed water at the demonstrators as they tried to break police barricades outside Congress vice […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday fulfilled his second major election promise and cut power tariff by half to benefit an estimated 28 lakh households. Kejriwal, who took oath Saturday, also suggested an audit into the power companies in the capital, giving them time until Wednesday morning to file their objections if any. In the […]