- India
- November 17, 2024
Women DTC Employees Protest for Equal Pay and Job Security at Sakhi Depot
New Delhi: Women employees of the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) held a protest at the newly inaugurated ‘Sakhi Depot’ in Sarojini Nagar on Sunday, calling for equal pay, improved working conditions, and permanent job guarantees. The ‘Sakhi Depot,’ India’s first all-women-managed depot, had just been launched a day earlier to operate 70 buses, including 40 air-conditioned and 30 non-AC buses, across 17 routes…
- India
- November 17, 2024
Bihar Shocker: Dead Man’s Eye Goes Missing in Hospital; Two Nurses Suspended
Patna: An eye of a man who succumbed to his bullet injuries in a state-run hospital in Patna was found missing hours after his death, with doctors blaming rats for gnawing it and the family members of the deceased suspecting foul play. The state health department, which initiated an investigation into the matter, on Sunday evening suspended two nurses on the charges of…
- India
- November 17, 2024
16 People Nabbed in Raid at Ghaziabad Massage Parlour
Meerut: Sixteen people, nine of them women, allegedly involved in prostitution, were nabbed Sunday in a raid at a massage parlour in Mangal Pandey Nagar here, police said. Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Aayu Vikram Singh said the raid was made at the complaint of the residents, who alleged that prostitution was taking place at the parlour under the Civil Lines Police Station…
- India
- November 17, 2024
Distinguished IIS officer S M Khan Dies at 67 After Brief Illness
New Delhi: S M Khan, a distinguished senior Indian Information Service officer who was the press secretary to former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, died at a private hospital on Sunday after a brief illness, according to his family. He was 67. Khan is survived by his wife and three children. He was a prominent figure in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI),…
- India
- November 17, 2024
Politics Without Morality Is Hypocrisy: Naveen Patnaik at Baxipatra Tribute
Bhubaneswar: BJD president and former Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said politics without morality is hypocrisy. Addressing a function on the occasion of the 91st birth anniversary of former Odisha minister Harischandra Baxipatra, Patnaik said politics is a “commitment to work for an ideal and extend unconditional service to the people”. He said there should be no doubt that politics is…
- India
- November 17, 2024
Chhattisgarh: Eight Naxals Planning Attack on Security Forces Held
Bijapur: Eight lower-rung Naxalites were arrested and explosives seized from them in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, on Sunday. Eight Naxals Held in Bijapur The arrested cadres were planning to plant an IED between the Usoor- Tekmetla route to target security forces. They were apprehended on Saturday by security personnel between the Usoor and Tekmetla villages during an anti-Naxal operation by the District Reserve…
- India
- November 17, 2024
Delhi Air Pollution: GRAP-IV Imposed in NCR; What’s Allowed, What’s Not
New Delhi: The Centre’s air quality panel has imposed Stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in Delhi-NCR from 8 am on Monday. The move came after the city’s air quality plunged into the “severe” category, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) reaching 441 at 4 pm and further deteriorating to 457 by 7 pm. The Commission for Air Quality…
- India
- November 17, 2024
Governance Remains Unclear and Uncertain: J&K Congress Chief Criticises Ally National Conference
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Congress unit chief Tariq Hameed Karra on Sunday termed the governance in the Union Territory “hazy”, claiming it is an “irony” that even after a month of government formation, the terms of governance remain undefined with those in power unclear about their roles and responsibilities. In an interview with PTI, Karra said the Congress is conducting a major exercise…
- India
- November 17, 2024
EC Takes Serious Note of Complaints Against Jharkhand BJP, Directs to Delete Social Media Post
Ranchi: Taking a serious note of the complaints filed by the Congress and the JMM, who alleged that the Jharkhand BJP unit was involved in spreading a “false narrative”, the Election Commission of India (ECI), on Sunday, directed the state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to immediately take down the said social media post from its social media platform. The ECI also directed the…
- India
- November 17, 2024
Retired Roadways Employee Shot Dead in UP’s Sultanpur
Sultanpur (UP): A retired roadways employee was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne assailants near Rajanpur village here on Sunday evening, police said. Retired Roadways Employee Shot Dead in Sultanpur Surendra Prasad Pandey (65) was cycling home from Sudanpur market when the assailants shot him thrice, they said. He died on the spot from the gunshot wounds, a police official said. The incident happened…
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