Day: July 21, 2019

Over 4000 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath

1:39 pm July 21, 2019

Jammu: The 20th batch comprising 4158 pilgrims including 1137 women and 260 sadhus Sunday left Bhagwati Nagar base camp here to offer prayers at the 3,880 metre high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. As many as 2,59,889 yatris had visited the cave shrine, housing the naturally formed ice-shivlingam, till […]

Advani, Swaraj pay homage to Dikshit

1:38 pm July 21, 2019

New Delhi: BJP patriarch L K Advani and former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday paid homage to former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at her residence here. NCP leader Shanker Singh Vaghela also paid respects to Dikshit. Dikshit, 81, passed away on Saturday afternoon at the Fortis Escorts Heart Institute here due to […]

54.53 pc polling till 5 pm in Maharashtra Assembly elections

Tight security arrangements for Tripura panchayat polls

1:32 pm July 21, 2019

Agartala: Tight security arrangements have been made for Tripura panchayat elections and more than one thousand polling booths have been identified as “sensitive”, a senior police officer has said. Elections to the three-tier panchayat polls in Tripura would be held on July 27. Ballot papers would be used in the rural polls. Tripura State Rifles […]

PM Modi to chair meeting of CSIR society on Friday

PM condoles demise of veteran BJP leader Mange Ram

1:20 pm July 21, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday condoled the demise of veteran BJP leader Mange Ram Garg, saying he played an important role strengthening the party in Delhi. The former Delhi BJP president passed away here after prolonged illness. “Shri Mange Ram Garg Ji had a deep connect with Delhi and that was seen in […]

Former Delhi BJP chief Mange Ram Garg passes away

1:18 pm July 21, 2019

New Delhi: Former Delhi BJP president Mange Ram Garg passed away at a city hospital here on Sunday morning. The demise of Garg, 83, was mourned by senior party leaders along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi who described him as a partyman with deep connect with Delhi who selflessly served it’s people. “Mange Ram Garg […]