Chinmayanand to be stripped off his saint-hood

Prayagraj (IANS) Former Union Minister and BJP leader Chinmayanand, who was arrested on Friday on charges of intimidation and sexual harassment of a law student, is now facing more trouble from his peers.

The Akhil Bhartiya…

World's biggest coastal cleanup campaign at Puri beach

Puri (IANS) A mega cleanliness drive under the banner of 'Mo Beach' cleaning initiative was organised at Odisha's Puri beach to mark the International Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday.

The Puri administration claimed that it is the…

Haryana, Maharashtra to go to polls on Oct 21; counting on Oct 24

New Delhi (IANS) Assembly elections for the 288-member Maharashtra and 90-member Haryana assembly will be held on October 21, the Election Commission said on Saturday. The results will be declared on October 24.

Announcing the schedule of the…

Supply shortage sends onion prices soaring to 4-yr high

New Delhi (IANS) The spiralling onion prices due to supply shortage are proving difficult for the government to control.

Onion was quoted 25 per cent higher on Friday at Delhi's Azadpur Mandi, a major market of the Agriculture…

Centre-State showdown over hefty traffic fines, matter reaches the desk of Attorney General

New Delhi (IANS) Hefty fines imposed on traffic violations under the new Motor Vehicle (MV) Act has finally snowballed into a major showdown between state governments and the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH). The disagreement…

Fire breaks out at BSNL office in Cuttack

Cuttack (IANS) A fire broke out at Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited's (BSNL) office building in Odisha's Cuttack city on Friday affecting telecom services in the city and some other parts of the state.

No casualty was reported.…

Rising onion prices bring tears to eyes

New Delhi (IANS) Rising onion prices are once again bringing tears to the eyes of the people. In the last one week, the price of this vegetable has increased by 40-50 per cent.

In Delhi's Azadpur Mandi, the wholesale price…

Rape accused BJP leader Chinmayanand arrested from UP ashram

Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) Former Union minister and senior BJP leader Chinmayanand was arrested on Friday morning from his Mumuksha Ashram here by the Special Investigating Team (SIT) probing the rape charges against him.
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Help make Kashmir a 'paradise again': PM

Nashik (Maharashtra) (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Thursday that the BJP government had kept its promise and integrated Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh into India, and appealed to the people to help make it "a paradise again".

Gujarat HC clears land acquisition for bullet train

Ahmedabad (IANS) The Gujarat High Court on Thursday gave full clearance to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious bullet train project as it rejected over 100 petitions filed by farmers against the land acquisition process and "inadequate"…