New Delhi, Sep 09 (ANI): Family members and classmates of a 17-year-boy who went missing protested at Delhi's Jantar Mantar. He has been missing for last 10 days from New Delhi's Mayur Vihar area. He went missing while he was returning from his coaching institute. A case has been registered. They claim that police have found nothing concrete about boy's whereabouts.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), Sep 08 (ANI): A woman from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram has set an example for people looking for home-based business opportunities. Padma Suresh, a house wife used her 500 square feet terrace to do organic farming. Beginning as a leisure activity, Padma is generating income by selling organic vegetables in market. There are about 15 varieties of vegetables on her terrace including of tomatoes, beans and okra. Besides her personal use, Padma sells extra vegetables to her regular customers who get in touch with her through WhatsApp group and Facebook group. Padma also assists individuals in cultivation such as preparing soil or planting vegetables. Support that she receives from her family is a matter of great pride for Padma.
Rajouri (J-K), Sep 08 (ANI): Heavy shelling by Pakistan damaged several houses in Kalal and Deeing village in Nowshera of Rajouri district. Indian Army retaliated strongly. Mortar shells were spotted across the village fired by Pakistan Army. Police is present at the spot to assist locals. Brijesh, Deputy Superintendent of Police said, "No casualty or injury reported till now."
Ayodhya (UP), Sep 08 (ANI): Around 5000 people who claimed themselves as descendants of Lord Ram submitted a memorandum to District Magistrate of Faizabad Anup Kumar Jha, in which they mentioned the same. The group, which belonged to Akhand Raghuvanshi Kalyan Samaj, also requested the Supreme Court to quickly take the decision on the Ayodhya land dispute case. While speaking to ANI, a self-proclaimed descendant said, "We appeal that Supreme Court should announce the decision as soon as possible on the Ayodhya land dispute case. Hum chahte hai Ram mandir jaldi se jaldi bane. We request the SC judges that next time the question on the existence of lord Ram should not be raised." The Supreme Court on September 06 dismissed a petition seeking direction to quash proceedings of civil appeals in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case. The petitioner had also asked to register an FIR against the appellants in the case. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi and Justic
New Delhi, Sep 08 (ANI): The recently amended Motor Vehicles Act will bring change in coming 3-4 months, Minister of Environment and Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar said on September 08. Minister said that in coming months there will be less reports on huge traffic fine because till then people get used to following traffic rules. Javadekar was addressing the media on the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government's 100 days at office in its second consecutive term. Under the new law, penalty for driving without licence has been increased 10 times to 5,000, while penalty for drunk driving has been increased by five times to 10,000.
Palghar (Maharashtra), Sep 08 (ANI): A man stabbed his wife to death in Maharashtra's Palghar on the morning of September 08. A case has been registered. Further investigation is underway.While speaking to ANI, police official said, "A case has been registered, further investigation is underway."
Hyderabad, Sep 08 (ANI): Six ministers took oath in cabinet expansion of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao. Sircilla MLA K T Rama Rao, son of CM Rao and Siddipet MLA T Harish Rao, nephew of CM were among the newly inducted ministers. Newly elected Governor of Telangana, Tamilisai Soundararajan administered the oath. Swearing-in ceremony of Cabinet Ministers took place at Raj Bhavan.
Ranchi (Jharkhand), Sep 08 (ANI): Jharkhand CM Rabhubar Das attended 'Kamal Sakhi Samman Samaroh' in Ranchi's Harmu Maidan. More than 6 lakh women from all district sent seven lakh 'Raksha Sutra' to Chief Minister Rabhubar Das ahead of Karma Utsav. While addressing the public gathering CM Rabhubar thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the completion of 100 days of the second term of Prime Minister Narendra
Guwahati (Assam), Sep 08 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired 68th Plenary Session of North Eastern Council. Speaking at the event, Shah explained the connection of Northeast with Mahabharat. He said, "During war of Mahabharat, whether it was Babruvahan or Ghatotkach, both of them were from Northeast. Arjun's wedding also took place here in Manipur. Wedding of Sri Krishna's grandson also took place in Northeast."
Siliguri (West Bengal), Sep 08 (ANI): Bomb Squad of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Sep 07 defused a hand grenade which was found in Bidhan Market area. The grenade-like object was taken to an isolated place to deactivate.
Rohtak (Haryana), Sep 08 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sep 08 said that the past 100 days of the NDA government in Delhi were days of change, determination, improvement and good intention. Addressing a mega BJP rally in Rohtak, he thanked the people of Haryana for making the BJP?win all 10 parliamentary seats in Haryana. "Be it the matter of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh or water crisis, 130 crore citizens of India have started looking for new solutions to the problems," said PM Modi in a public rally.
Rohtak (Haryana), Sep 08 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Haryana's Rohtak district for election rally. Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar were also present in the public rally. State president Subhash Barala and several leaders were also present at a rally. PM Modi said, "This is the third time in the past few months that I am visiting Rohtak. This time I am here to ask for more support and Rohtak has always given me more than what I asked for." Assembly elections in Haryana will be held later this year.
New Delhi, Sep 08 (ANI): Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad paid tribute to the late eminent lawyer Ram Jethmalani. Ram Jethmalani passed away early morning at the age of 95. He was a six-time Rajya Sabha member, and had served in the united front and NDA governments. Jethamalani had also fought several high profile cases in his lifetime.
Rohtak (Haryana), Sep 08 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sep 08 said that Chandrayaan-2 has tied the entire country together. He said, "At 1:50 AM on September 8, entire nation was sitting in front of TV, looking at Chandrayaan mission. In those 100 second, I witnessed how an incident awakened the entire country and tied the country together. Like we talk about sportsman spirit, it's ISRO spirit in Hindustan now."
Govindghat (Uttarakhand), Sep 08 (ANI): Uttarakhand Police helped Badrinath pilgrims to cross damaged roads after a cloudburst incident hit normal life in the region on Sep 07. Normal life was severely affected due to intense rainfall followed by a cloudburst.
Ludhiana (Punjab), Sep 09 (ANI): A verbal spat took place between Lok Insaaf Party MLA from Ludhiana, Simranjit Singh Bains and Gurdaspur Deputy Commissioner Vipul Ujjwal. An FIR has been lodged against the MLA for allegedly misbehaving with the Deputy Commissioner, based on a complaint filed by Batala SDM BR Singh. Bains has alleged that FIR is a part of larger conspiracy against him by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh.
Patna (Bihar), Sep 08 (ANI): Minister of State (MoS) for Health and Family Welfare, Ashwini Choubey, on Sep 08 said former prime minister Morarji Desai used to consume cow urine as it "cures" various diseases. Choubey on Sep 07 had said that the Ayush Ministry is deliberating on using cow urine in medicines for curing cancer, asserting that the sacred animal's urine is in itself very powerful. Choubey further said that extensive research is needed to be conducted on the benefits of cow urine.
Udhampur (J-K), Sep 08 (ANI): To generate awareness among the common masses about 'Fit India' campaign as well as 'Beti Bachao Beti Padyo', district administration of Udhampur organized a cycle rally. The rally was organised from Udhampur to Jammu on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway on September 07. 'Fit India' Movement is a nation-wide campaign in India to encourage people to remain healthy and fit by including physical activities and sports in their daily lives. It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi on 29 August 2019.
Wayanad (Kerala), Sep 08 (ANI): Wayanad's famous wild tusker 'Maniyan' passed away on September 07. The 30-year-old was attacked by a herd of wild elephants near the Kurichedu forest. The carcass of the elephant was found at Pullumala forest range of Wayanad. 'Maniyan' was an extremely friendly tusker and he formed a tight bond with the villagers of Irulam in Wayanad. Villagers used to feed him bananas and other fruits whenever he visited them. 'Maniyan' succumbed to multiple injuries on his body including deep wounds at his forehead.
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra)/ Onboard, Sep 08 (ANI): A flood-like situation occurred in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district following heavy rainfall. Aerial survey was also being conducted by the administration to ascertain the overall situation in Gadchiroli. There are reports of damage to hundreds of houses and destruction of crops on thousands of hectares in other parts of the district.