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Punjab: Over 500 detained as BJP outreach camp row snowballs

India, Aug. 22 -- The row over Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) outreach programme in Punjab escalated on Thursday, with police detaining nearly 500 saffron party leaders and workers to thwart their pla... Read More


BJP leaders detained during welfare camps

Chandigarh, Aug. 22 -- The row over Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) outreach programme in Punjab escalated on Thursday, with police detaining nearly 500 saffron party leaders and workers to thwart thei... Read More


Outreach camp row snowballs, over 500 BJP workers detained

Chandigarh/Jalandhar/Bathinda, Aug. 22 -- The row over Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) outreach programme in Punjab escalated on Thursday, with police detaining nearly 500 saffron party leaders and wor... Read More


CM transfers over Rs.456-cr relief to flood-hit families

PATNA, Aug. 21 -- Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday started the payment of Gratuitous Relief (GR) at the rate of Rs.7,000 per family to the flood affected families through DBT (Direct Benefit T... Read More


City hostage to Mithi's fury

MUMBAI, Aug. 21 -- On Tuesday, the Mithi River did what Mumbai had long feared - it pushed back. After five days of relentless rain, the river surged to 3.9 metres, breaching the Central Railway's 2.7... Read More


Punjab BJP leaders meet governor, complain of AAP govt harassment

India, Aug. 21 -- A delegation of the Punjab BJP met governor Gulab Chand Kataria in Chandigarh on Thursday, seeking his urgent intervention against what it termed as the "continuous harassment" of it... Read More


Over 17K evacuated as rains pound MMR

India, Aug. 20 -- With heavy rains continuing through the day on Tuesday, over 1,700 people were evacuated from low-lying areas across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). Several areas across the re... Read More


35mm rain in 2 hrs sinks northern sectors

Chandigarh, Aug. 20 -- Concentrated rain in the northern parts of the city left the Madhya Marg and surrounding sectors inundated with knee-deep water, causing huge traffic snarls on Tuesday afternoon... Read More


After army jawan assaulted, NHAI to cancel Bhuni toll agency contract, slaps rRs.r20 lakh penalty

India, Aug. 18 -- The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) on Monday imposed a Rs.20 lakh penalty on the toll-collecting agency at Bhuni Toll Plaza after its staffers tied up and thrashed an arm... Read More


Shooting stones kill two pilgrims in HP's Chamba

Shimla/ Dharamshala, Aug. 18 -- Multiple flashflood incidents were reported in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday with Panarsa, Takoli and Nagwain areas suffering the major hit. Meanwhile, t... Read More