Imphal, June 12 (UNI) A mild tremor measuring 3.4 on the Richter Scale struck Kamjong district in Manipur on Wednesday at 5.32 pm, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). There was no report of any damage or casualty. The National Center for Seismology informed a social media platform that the earthquake occurred at…
Itanagar, June 12 (UNI) Newly elected BJP Legislature Party leader and current Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday evening met Governor Lt General (Retd) KT Parnaik at Raj Bhavan here and staked claim to form the next government in the state. Subsequently, the Governor invited him to form the new government. Earlier, in…
Jammu, June 12 (UNI) Security forces gunned down two terrorists as a CRPF jawan lost his life during a gunfight in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, even as in a separate attack in Doda five Indian Army personnel and a Special Police Officer was injured. The Kathua attackers were linked to Pakistan…
Bhubaneswar, June 12 (UNI) Tribal leader Mohan Charan Majhi was sworn in as the first BJP Chief Minister of Odisha on Wednesday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several of his council of ministers and chief ministers of nine BJP-ruled states at the famous Janata Maidan. Odisha Governor Raghubar Das administered the oath…
New Delhi, June 12 (UNI) Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed sadness at the fire tragedy at a labour camp in Kuwait City in which many Indians are reported to have died. On the PM’s directive, Minister of State for External Affairs KV Singh is travelling to Kuwait to oversee assistance to the injured…
Kuwait City/New Delhi, June 12 (UNI) Over 45 people have died, mostly Indian nationals, in a fire that broke out at a workers’ accommodation in Mangaf in Kuwait’s southern Ahmadi governorate on Wednesday, local media reports said. According to the Kuwait Local website, “the majority of the deceased are Indian nationals”. It said that several…
New Delhi, June 12 (UNI) Nitin Gadkari took charge as the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) for the third time in a row here on Wednesday. Besides the Union Minister, Ajay Tamta and Harsh Malhotra also took charge as Ministers of State. Meanwhile, Gadkari in a post on social media X said,…
New Delhi, June 12 (UNI) The Supreme Court is likely to hear this week, petitions filed by students against the random awarding of grace marks to some candidates in the NEET UG 2024 examination conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Physics Wallah chief executive Alakh Pandey is among the many petitioners who have moved…
New Delhi, June 12 (UNI) The Supreme Court Wednesday came down heavily on the national capital’s Aam Aadmi Party government over the city’s ongoing water crisis and asked, “What measures have you taken to control the ‘tanker mafia’ in Delhi? A Vacation Bench comprising Justices Prashant Kumar and Prasanna B Varale told the Delhi government…
Hyderabad, June 12 (UNI) Within hours after N Chandrababu Naidu was administered the oath of office as the Andhra chief minister in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Vijayawada on Wednesday, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh demanded the PM’s clarification on five important forgotten issues including special status to the Telugu state. Taking…
