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Chandigarh, Jan 14: Congress' Jalandhar MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary died on Saturday after suffering a cardiac arrest during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, following which the march was halted. He was 76. The two-time MP was taking part in the Rahul Gandhi-led march in Phillaur in Jalandhar where he fainted, said senior party leader Partap Singh Bajwa, who was also marching in the yatra. He said Chaudhary

The National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released satellite images of Joshimath and a preliminary report on land subsidence which shows that the entire town may sink. The pictures are taken from the Cartosat-2S satellite. Hyderabad-based NRSC has released the satellite images of areas that are sinking. In images, the entire town, including the

Bengaluru, Jan 13: Janata Dal (Secular) leader H D Kumaraswamy has accused the BJP of misusing Swami Vivekananda Jayanti to woo voters. "The BJP has organised National Youth Festival in Hubballi out of public money but for its electoral gains. The party mobilised people for the inaugural of youth festival by distributing money," he said. He was speaking to reporters near Kalaburagi on Thursday

Bengaluru, Jan 13: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru, arrested builder Mahesh Bhupatkumar Oza, head of the Karan Group Builders and Developers-Mumbai, on Tuesday. The Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) special court granted his custody for 10 days. A case was registered against Oza under the PMLA in a fraud and cheating case involving over Rs 500 crore. Multiple cases were

Hubballi, Jan 12: A man on Thursday tried to garland Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his roadshow in Karnataka's Hubballi. In a video of the incident, security personnel can be seen pulling away the man after his unsuccessful attempt to garland the prime minister. The incident happened when PM Modi was travelling from the airport to the venue where the National Youth Festival event is

Mangaluru, Jan 12: A 36-year-old man, said to be a member of Bajrang Dal, a hardline Hindutva outfit, was found dead in Netravati river near old bridge of Panemangalore in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada today morning. The deceased has been identified as Rajesh Poojary Sthanamane (36), a resident of Sajipa in Bantwal. Police have not yet confirmed weather it is a case of suicide or accident. In

The Union government is likely to announce a new Hajj policy after scrapping the discretionary Hajj quota that was available with people in top constitutional posts and the minority affairs ministry. Earlier, union minister Smriti Irani announced govt’s decision to do away with VIP Hajj asserting that the step has been taken as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's resolve to end 'VIP culture'

Mangaluru, Jan 12: A day after city crime branch (CCB) of the Mangaluru city police arrested nine persons, most of them medicos, on ganja consumption and peddling charges, three more were arrested on the same charges. With this the total number of arrested in medicos drugs racket has mounted to 13. Among them 10 are medicos. Dr Harsha Kumar V S from Tumakuru, Adon Dev from Kochi and Mohammad Afrar

The World Health Organization on Wednesday recommended that two Indian cough syrups - Ambronol and DOK-1 Max - should not be used for children in Uzbekistan. Analysis by Uzbekistan's health ministry showed the syrups contained a toxic substance, ethylene glycol, and were administered in doses higher than the standard for children, either by their parents, who mistook it for an anti-cold remedy, or

Hubballi, Jan 11: A circular by PU Education Department instructing principals of all PU colleges in Hubballi to make sure that at least 100 students from each college attend the inauguration of the 26th National Youth Festival (NYF) by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (January 12), has triggered a controversy. Deputy Director of Pre-University Education (DDPU) Krishna Naik had issued a