Day: May 25, 2019

IMD issues heat warning for six districts of Kerala

Kerala coast on high alert

11:34 pm May 25, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala coast has been put on high alert following intelligence reports that boats allegedly carrying 15 Islamic State Terrorists had set off from Sri Lanka to the Lakshadweep islands, police said Saturday. According to highly places sources in the police department, the coastal police stations and coastal district police chiefs have been alerted. […]

Mamata presents vote on account for Rs 2.99 lakh cr in House, oppn parties boycott speech

Mamata revamps party organisation to counter BJP’s rise

11:21 pm May 25, 2019

Kolkata: In the wake of the BJP’s stellar performance in the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday cracked the whip against internal strife and revamped the party organisation. The Trinamool Congress also clipped the wings of her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, considered number two in the party. All […]

Poll effect: Mamata offers to quit as CM, party rejects

11:18 pm May 25, 2019

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee Saturday offered to quit as chief minister of West Bengal following her party’s drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, but the TMC rejected it. Addressing her first press conference after the election results were declared, she accused the BJP of polarising people on religious lines to garner votes in […]

Zakir Musa killing: Situation peaceful in Valley

11:14 pm May 25, 2019

Srinagar: Barring a few incidents of clashes between youths and security forces at some places, the situation in Kashmir remained peaceful on Saturday in the aftermath of the killing of Zakir Musa, officials said. Musa, the so-called chief of an Al-Qaeda affiliate in the Valley, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama […]

15-yr-old girl abducted, raped by three youths in UP

Woman alleges rape in Rajasthan’s Bikaner

11:06 pm May 25, 2019

Bikaner: A woman was allegedly raped by two persons here, police said Saturday. The woman on Saturday lodged an FIR against Devendra and Ajit Singh, accusing them of raping her a few days ago, police said. She alleged that the suspects took some obscene pictures of her. The matter is being investigated, police added.