Breaking highlights: TMC releases manifesto for Tripura polls, promises 'Bengal model of development'
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Himachal Pradesh: Bridge collapses due to landslide, restoration work completed
A bridge collapsed due to landslide at around 4.30 am in morning on Chamba-Bharmour road near Luna area. We're restoring the bridge & are also making pedestrian path. We've made a pedestrian path in Ravi river: Sanjeev, National Highway Chamba Executive Engineer (ANI)
MP govt to take senior citizens by air under pilgrimage scheme, says CM Chouhan
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said senior citizens of the state will be sent for pilgrimage onboard flights as part of a government scheme from March. He was speaking in Bhind to mark the birth anniversary of Sant Ravidas and to launch the Chambal division 'vikas yatra'. (PTI)
Britain faces largest ever healthcare strikes as pay disputes drag on
Britain faces its largest ever strike by health workers on Monday as tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers walk out in an escalating pay dispute with the government, spelling further disruption for an already strained health system, reported Reuters.
TMC releases manifesto for Tripura polls, promises 'Bengal model of development'
The Trinamool Congress released its manifesto for the Tripura assembly elections on Sunday, promising 2 lakh new jobs, ₹1,000 annual stipend for school students in classes 4 to 8 and the same amount per month for unemployed youths, and social welfare schemes on the lines of those in West Bengal. (PTI)
Five injured in TTP-orchestrated explosion in Pakistan’s Quetta city
At least five people, mostly policemen, were injured in an explosion in Quetta on Sunday in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, in yet another instance of systematic attacks targeting security officials in the country orchestrated by the outlawed Pakistani Taliban.
The explosion took place at Quetta Police Lines Area, and the injured, who are mostly policemen, were shifted to the Civil Hospital in the city. (PTI)
Actor Urvashi Dholakia escapes unhurt as her car meets with accident near Mumbai
Actor Urvashi Dholakia's car met with an accident in Maharashtra's Thane district on Sunday but she did not suffer any injury, a police official said to PTI.
Pervez Musharraf dies: What is amyloidosis? Symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf passed away on Sunday at the age of 79 at the American Hospital in Dubai. He was ailing from amyloidosis and had been undergoing treatment since March 2016. Read more.
Musharraf: Who came closest to Kashmir solution but also triggered Kargil war
General Pervez Musharraf, the former Pakistani military ruler who probably came closest to resolving the Kashmir issue with India but was also the main driver behind the cross-border intrusions that triggered the Kargil conflict, died following a prolonged illness on Sunday. Read more.
Watch | ₹50 lakhs detected in passenger's baggage at Delhi Airport
CISF personnel on Sunday detected foreign currency worth approximately ₹50 lakhs concealed in clothes inside a passenger's baggage at Delhi's IGI Airport, ANI reported.
When Pervez Musharraf took over as Pakistan's president
Pervez Musharraf appointed himself as Pakistan's president in 2001 after outsing the elected PM Nawaz Sharif and ruled the country till 2008. Read more.
Who was Pervez Musharraf: A profile
Pervez Musharraf, who was the architect of the 1999 Kargil War, had taken over as the chief executive of Pakistan after ousting Nawaz Sharif. Read more.
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf passes away: Reports
Former President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf (Retd) passed away on Sunday after a prolonged illness, at a hospital in Dubai, reported Pakistan's Geo News.
On Assam's drive against child marriage, Asaduddin Owaisi's 'anti-Muslim' charge
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has once again come down heavily on the Assam government after the state government's crackdown on child marriages, describing the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led dispensation as "anti-Muslims".
Leaders pay tribute to 15th century poet Ravidas on birth anniversary
On Ravidas Jayanti, leaders across the political circle paid their tributes to the 15th poet on his birth anniversary. Sant Ravidas is remebered for his work for the upliftment of the downtrodden.
NIA names three under UAPA for conspiring terror attacks in Hyderabad last October, reports ANI
The National Investigation Agency has named three arrested persons-- Mohd Zahed, Maaz Hasan Farooq, and Samiuddin-- under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for conspiring terror attacks in Hyderabad last October, ANI reported Sunday.
Former cricketer Vinod Kambli booked for ‘verbally abusing, thrashing’ wife while ‘drunk’
An FIR was registered against former cricketer Vinod Kambli at Bandra Police Station in Mumbai on the complaint of his wife Andrea. “Her complaint stated that he verbally abused and thrashed her under the influence of alcohol. No arrest has been made yet,” said Mumbai Police on Sunday.
Donald Trump Jr attacks Biden over Chinese ‘spy’ balloon
Assam: Five cartons of prohibited cough syrup recovered from courier service, one held
Assam: Five cartons of prohibited cough syrup were recovered from a courier service in Nagaon district last night. One man, Sariful Islamwas also apprehended in the matter, ANI reported.
US trying to recover parts of Chinese surveillance balloon after shooting it down, reports PTI
After taking down the suspected Chinese ‘spy’ balloon that lingered in its sky for three days, US is trying to recover parts of the ‘surveillance’ balloon, reported PTI.
‘Want to compliment our aviators who…’: Joe Biden addresses media after US takes down Chinese ‘spy’ balloon
“On Wednesday, when I was briefed on the (Chinese surveillance) balloon, I ordered the Pentagon to shoot it down...as soon as possible. They successfully took it down...I want to compliment our aviators who did it,” US President Joe Biden.
BSF Punjab Frontier recover suspected packets of Heroin weighing over 2 kg
Punjab: BSF Punjab Frontier has recovered 3 packets of narcotic substance suspected to be Heroin weighing 2.256 kg wrapped in white colour polythene in Fazilka district on Saturday, ANI reported.
US downs suspected Chinese ‘spy’ balloon over ocean
The United States on Saturday downed a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America and became the latest flashpoint in tensions between Washington and Beijing.