New Delhi, July 11 : Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi will be the opposition candidate for the August 5 Vice Presidential election. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi announced his name after a gathering consisting of 18 opposition parties unanimously endorsed Gandhi’s name for the post. TMC leader Derek O’Brien proposed the name of Gandhi and CPM leader […]
Itanagar, July 11 : Fourteen people are feared dead in a massive landslide triggered by incessant rains in Arunachal Pradesh’s Papum Pare district on Tuesday, a senior official said. According to Additional Deputy Commissioner Jalash Pertin, chances of any survivor are dim, adding rescue operation is on. He said three dwellings in Laptap village were […]
Valsad (Gujarat), July 11 : The driver of the bus carrying 56 Amarnath pilgrims couldn’t save seven lives, but he courageously managed to move the remaining 49 persons to a safer place. Soon after the attack, the driver, Saleem Sheikh, called up his cousin Javed Mirza in Gujarat’s Valsad and narrated to him how the terror […]
New Delhi, July 11 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting of chief ministers of Punjab and Haryana in an attempt to arrive at an amicable solution to the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal issue, the Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday. After the SC decree on the issue, Haryana CM ML Khattar appealed […]
Chandigarh, July 11 : Aam Aadmi Party leader H S Phoolka on Tuesday resigned as the Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly so that he can represent victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in courts. The Supreme Court lawyer submitted his resignation to Speaker Rana K P Singh. “Submitted my resignation from the post […]