Category: Events

NEW DELHI: Several residents across Delhi-NCR and parts of western Uttar Pradesh were startled on Saturday after receiving an “Extremely Severe Alert” notification on their mobile phones, accompanied by a loud warning buzzer.The alert warned of severe weather conditions, including thunderstorms, lightning, strong winds, heavy rainfall and hailstorms, likely to affect several districts over the...

NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was beaten, attacked with stones and eggs were hurled at his convoy during a visit to West Bengal’s Sonarpur South to meet families affected by post-poll violence on Saturday.According to police, stones and eggs were thrown at Banerjee’s convoy as he travelled through South 24...

DK Shivakumar NEW DELHI: The Congress Legislature Party on Saturday elected DK Shivakumar as their new leader during a meeting held at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.The meeting concluded after outgoing Karnataka chief ministerSiddaramaiah stepped down as the Congress Legislature Party leader, paving the way for the election of his successor.According to the Karnataka Congress, Siddaramaiah...

Vinesh Phogat Vinesh Phogat‘s hopes of making India’s squad for the 2026 Asian Games ended on Saturday after she lost 4-6 to Asian bronze medallist Meenakshi Goyat in the semifinals of the women’s 53kg category selection trials at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi.The defeat ended Vinesh’s campaign after an eventful day in which...

(PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) seems to be testing students’ patience. Just weeks after the NEET-UG row triggered nationwide outrage, another major examination conducted by the agency has landed in troubled waters. This time, it is the Common University Entrance Test (CUET-UG) 2026, where technical glitches and administrative confusion left students...

NEW DELHI: Heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi-NCR, bringing relief from the heat as temperatures dropped on Saturday afternoon. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for light rain, thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds.Safdarjung, the city’s base weather station, recorded a minimum temperature of 24.6 degrees Celsius on Saturday, two degrees below...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath (File Photo) As the country’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh — with 80 Lok Sabha seats and 403 assembly constituencies — is widely seen as the “gateway to Delhi.” Riding high on its sweeping victory in the recently concluded West Bengal assembly elections, which...

NEW DELHI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a statutory notice to IRCTC over alleged food safety and hygiene violations on board Train No. 12223, the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Ernakulam Duronto Express after a video circulating on social media showed catering staff washing utensils inside a train toilet.In the notice, FSSAI...

(Photo credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday declared that he would not be intimidated by investigative agencies after being summoned by the West Bengal CID in connection with cases registered against him.Reacting to the summons and the FIRs filed against him, Banerjee struck a defiant tone, saying, “Even...

NEW DELHI: Karnataka Congress president and deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar is set to take oath as the state’s next chief minister on June 3, said Karnataka Congress working president G C Chandrashekhar.Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru on Saturday, Chandrashekhar said the swearing-in ceremony would be held at the Glass House in Lok Bhavan....