Taj Mohiuddin and Ghulam Mohammad Saroori rejoined the Congress at the party office in Srinagar. They were welcomed into the party fold by All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary and J&K in-charge Naseer Hussain, J&K Congress chief Tariq Karra and other senior leaders.

There were reports about people complaining of suffocation and collapsing during Rath Yatra. Ambulances were called in to take some devotees to the hospital.

"We were a joint family with many kids, and all the responsibility came on my mother and aunt," the CJI said

"Due to poor weather, the operation faced challenges. This group consisted of four terrorists," IGP Bhim Sen Tuti said

CM Yadav affirmed that the journey of Madhya Pradesh’s industrial growth will not stop but will now move forward at an even faster pace. He said that while Ratlam was once known for namkeen sev, sarees, and gold, it will now also be recognized for skill, scale, and startups.

A doctor at the hospital upon examining the girls sensed that something was amiss. Upon enquiry, the doctor came to know about the sexual abuse and contacted an NGO.

The incident occurred around 3 pm, when the woman, reportedly a nursing student, was at the hospital for her training.

The pleas, which prompted the stay on June 23, were by a clutch of petitioners arguing that the government’s decision to nullify the existing reservation rotation for the panchayat polls and bring about a new rotation has prevented them from being able to contest.

Senior Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday organised a special screening of the Aamir Khan-starrer Sitaare Zameen Par at a Delhi multiplex.

The doctor who had grown his beard for religious reasons refused the same, even as he agreed to abide by the hygiene requirements of the hospital including wearing a mask to “hide his beard”.  

There was an attempt to burn the carcasses, said Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre.

Tripura is renowned for its Queen and Kew varieties of pineapple that thrive in the hilly, humid climate with minimal chemical intervention.

On the issue of communal polarisation in the coastal districts of Karnataka being used as a political strategy by different radical groups, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah called for the police to take action against those who make hate speeches.

The Standing Committee was told that India needs to think and move beyond former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and engage with the current ruling dispensation led by Muhammad Yunus.

The state Education Department recently decided to teach Zumba in all schools as part of efforts to drive students away from drug abuse and violence.

The new security detail this year includes road opening parties, the IGP, who along with the divisional commissioner of Jammu Ramesh Kumar, chaired a high-level meeting to review security arrangements, said.

Some vehicles managed to leave the fuel station but stalled on the highway shortly after, while others could not even move from the pump.

The Emergency was imposed to ‘break the morale of the country and the society’, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday.

Meena has now “moved a mercy petition before Governor Haribhau Bagade for pardon of his sentence”.

With no money for rent, utilities or even food, the workers, who were hired to lay transmission lines, have now appealed to the central and state governments here to help them return home.

The 648-metre bridge in the Aishbagh area, which cost Rs 18 crore to build, was meant to eliminate long delays at railway crossings and shorten the commute for nearly three lakh people daily.

Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department, Dr S Siddharth on Thursday issued a directive allowing teachers to apply for transfers through the e-Shikshak Kosh portal. This move comes after multiple rounds of transfers failed to resolve complaints from teachers about their assigned locations.

Flash floods due to cloudbursts were also reported from Qazi Mora in Poonch and high-altitude areas of Doda, Udhampur and Ramban districts. There was no report of any casualty.

The flash floods occurred in Kangra and Kullu districts on Wednesday.