Day: May 9, 2019

Vaishno Devi board bags top prize for water conservation and management

SMVDs Board starts free langar for Vaishno Devi pilgrims

10:36 pm May 9, 2019

Katra: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVSB) Thursday launched a free langar facility at Tarakote, which falls on a picturesque route on way to the cave shrine. SMVDSB Chief Executive Officer Simrandeep Singh said the community kitchen will cater to pilgrims round-the-clock and throughout the year with the beautiful backdrop of floating fountains and […]

Priyanka attacks Modi on lack of empathy for Assam

Never saw a more cowardly, weak PM than Modi: Priyanka

10:31 pm May 9, 2019

Pratapgarh/Jaunpur (UP): Stepping up her attack on Narendra Modi, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said she had never seen “a more cowardly and weak” prime minister than him. “I have not seen a more cowardly and weak prime minister than him (Modi) in my life,” she told an election meeting here, a day […]

Hema Malini canvasses for Meenakshi Lekhi in Delhi

10:29 pm May 9, 2019

New Delhi: BJP MP Hema Malini Thursday canvassed for the party’s New Delhi candidate Meenakshi Lekhi in Paharganj area, where she sought to strike an emotional chord with the people saying she was “flooded with memories” as her childhood was spent in the national capital. Addressing a public meeting here, the veteran Bollywood actor said […]

Delhi continues to reel under sweltering conditions

10:25 pm May 9, 2019

New Delhi: Delhiites continued to experience scorching heat with the mercury soaring up to 44 degrees Celsius in some parts of the city on Thursday. The Safdarjung observatory, recording of which is considered the official figure for the city, registered a maximum temperature of 41.8 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, a Met […]

Pilgrim from Gujarat dies of heart attack in Uttarakhand

10:23 pm May 9, 2019

Uttarkashi: A pilgrim from Gujarat died of a heart attack while returning from the Himalayan temple of Yamunotri in Uttarakhand. Mahendra Bhai (57), a resident of Ahmedabad, reached Janki Chatti along with his family after visiting Yamunotri on Wednesday evening, Badkot police station SHO D S Kohli said. He fell ill at night and was […]