NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met Union agriculture, rural development and farmers welfare minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in the national capital on Monday and discussed the implementation and expansion of various agriculture and related schemes of the state.CM Dhami also discussed the proposed schemes prepared by the state government for the agricultural…

NEW DELHI: An accused involved in the murder of industrialist Gopal Khemka was killed in an encounter by Bihar Police late Monday night.The accused, Vikas alias Raja, was allegedly involved in the manufacturing and sale of illegal weapons. According to officials, he also accompanied the shooter, Umesh, at the time of Gopal Khemka’s murder.According to…

NEW DELHI: Two students died and three others, including the bus driver, were injured after a school bus was hit by a train at a railway crossing in Semmankuppam near Cuddalore on Tuesday morning. According to initial reports, the bus was attempting to cross the track when it was struck by an oncoming train. Several…

India’s UN envoy P Harish (File Photo) India on Monday abstained in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on a draft resolution on Afghanistan, with its envoy to the UN noting that a “business as usual” approach is unlikely to deliver outcomes which the global community envisions for the Afghan people.The UNGA adopted the Germany-introduced…

A special revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls has triggered political friction before this year’s assembly elections, with opposition parties questioning the document requirements and timing. Supreme Court will hear petitions on July 10 challenging EC’s decision to carry out the exercise in the poll-bound state .Why the revision?EC says the special intensive revision (SIR) aims…