Karnataka: Two brothers drown in canal

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Nitin Nabin lit the “Aashirwad Ka Diya” (Lamp of Blessing) on Thursday at Ram Ghat along the holy, life-liberating River Shipra in Ujjain.

A day ahead of the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) held a press conference in New Delhi on Thursday, addressed by ABVP National General Secretary Virendra Singh Solanki.

National Health Mission (NHM), Assam, organised a special flag-off ceremony for 76 children suffering from Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) to commemorate the 76th birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"You must have noticed that over 45 lakh people in Bihar are suffering due to devastating floods; they have no food or clean water, and lives are being lost. Yet the government has made no proper arrangements for them. Instead, on the Prime Minister's birthday, a staggering 100 crore rupees, drawn from the state's already depleted treasury, is being squandered merely on lighting lamps," Yadav told reporters.

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the Centre’s response on a plea seeking the return of a West Bengal woman who was allegedly detained in Mumbai and pushed into Bangladesh after her name was deleted from the electoral roll during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).