Kabul, Feb 19 (UNI) At least 25 people have been killed and 10 others injured in a landslide in the eastern Afghan province of Nuristan, Afghan news agency Khaama Press reported on Monday, citing the Afghan Ministry of Disaster Management. The landslide has been caused by the recent rains and snowfalls in the province’s Nurgaram…
Lucknow, Feb 19 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the picture of Uttar Pradesh has changed in the last seven years during the tenure of the double engine government of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the red tape culture prevalent here for decades has today transformed into red carpet culture. After…
Srinagar, Feb 19 (UNI) Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar encountered an ardent Kashmiri fan at the tourist resort of Pahalgam in south Kashmir who told him that he wept the whole night when the cricket legend retired in 2013. In a video now going viral on social media platforms, the fan, who identified himself as Mudassir…
Dubai, Feb 19 (UNI) The International Cricket Council has expressed sorrow at the passing of former South Africa all-rounder Mike Procter at the age of 77. In a statement, ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice remembered Procter as a great player and as one of the earlier full-time members of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (UNI)The Supreme Court on Monday, while granting temporary relief to the Sharad Pawar faction, allowed it to use the name ‘Nationalist Congress Party-Sharad Chandra Pawar’ till further orders for the upcoming Rajya Sabha election scheduled to be held on February 27. A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice KV Viswanathan…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (UNI) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday claimed that a serious constitutional crisis is emerging in the national capital, as officers are refusing to work because they are being threatened and coerced by the BJP. Speaking at the Delhi Assembly Session over a one-time…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (UNI) Lashing out at the Returning Officer (RO) for the Chandigarh Mayor election, who could be seen defacing the ballot papers on video to influence the poll results, the Supreme Court asked, why he had made marks (ticks and x marks) on the ballot papers when he was tasked to count?…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (UNI) India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday predicted rainfall accompanied by hailstorms, thunderstorms and lightning along with winds gusting to 60 Kmph over the Western Himalayan Region and the plains of Northwest India from February 19 to 21. According to IMD, fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall and snowfall along with…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has introduced a multi-dimensional disaster management plan that has raised prompt response forces and developed vigilant early warning systems leading to saving millions of lives. Taking to X, the Home Minister said, “Prime Minister Shri…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the criminal proceedings against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others for a protest march organized on February 14, 2022, in Bengaluru demanding the resignation of then Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K S Eshwarappa over allegations of abetting a contractor’s suicide. The bench…
