56 confirmed deaths due to heat stroke recorded in India in last 3 months: Health Ministry
New Delhi: India has recorded 56 deaths from 24,849 suspected cases of heat stroke between March and May, according to data by the Union Health Ministry. According to the data compiled by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 46 of these deaths were recorded in May alone (till May 30). Between May 1 and […]
Authentic dying declaration can be sole basis for conviction without any corroboration: SC
New Delhi: An authentic dying declaration that inspires the confidence of the court can be relied upon and be the sole basis for the conviction of an accused without any corroboration, the Supreme Court has said. The top court made this observation on May 15 while upholding the conviction of an ex-army personnel for murdering […]
Ban on sale, consumption of tobacco products in Vaishno Devi town of Katra
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration Saturday banned the sale, possession and consumption of cigarettes and other tobacco products in the holy town of Katra, which houses the cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi, officials said. Reasi District Magistrate Vishesh Mahajan said the initiative, launched on the World No-Tobacco Day, aims to maintain the sanctity […]
Kejriwal to be back in jail on Sunday as court puts off decision on interim bail
New Delhi: With his three-week temporary bail for poll campaign ending, AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be back in Tihar Jail on Sunday as a court here put off till June 5 its order on his plea seeking interim bail on medical grounds. Sources in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said […]
‘Opportunistic INDI Alliance’ failed to strike chord with voters, ‘regressive politics’ rejected: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday exuded confidence that people have voted in record numbers to re-elect the NDA government and said the “opportunistic INDI Alliance” failed to strike a chord with the voters who rejected their “regressive politics”. As polling ended for the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha polls, […]
INDIA leaders meet as countdown to results begin; Kharge says grouping to get 295+ seats
New Delhi: Leaders of several INDIA bloc parties met on Saturday to take stock of the opposition’s preparations leading up to the June 4 counting of votes polled in the Lok Sabha elections, and claimed they will get more than 295 seats, enough for them to form the next government. Addressing the media after a […]
BJP will win over 370 LS seats, NDA over 400: Nadda
New Delhi: People have voted for a capable, powerful, developed and self-reliant India and to put aside appeasement, nepotism and corruption, BJP chief JP Nadda said on Saturday, exuding confidence that his party will win more than 370 Lok Sabha seats and the NDA more than 400. His remarks came on a day when polling […]
INDIA bloc parties decide to participate in exit poll debates: Cong spokesperson Pawan Khera
New Delhi: INDIA bloc parties on Saturday announced that they will participate in the exit poll debates on television this evening after the grouping’s top leaders met and deliberated on the issue at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence. The development came a day after the Congress said it has decided not to participate in any […]
The ANC party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority
Johannesburg: The African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago. With nearly 99% of votes counted, the once-dominant ANC had received just […]
ATF price cut 6.5%, commercial LPG by Rs 69
New Delhi: Jet fuel or ATF price on Saturday was reduced by a steep 6.5 per cent and that of commercial LPG used by hotels and restaurants by Rs 69 per 19-kg cylinder on declining international oil prices. Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price was cut by Rs 6,673.87 per kilolitre, or 6.5 per cent, to […]
