Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday fired back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's criticism regarding the "silence" surrounding Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, asking the Centre to send the CBI and ED to investigate the matter at the homes of the two business tycoons.
Forest Department Chief Dhananjay Mohan said that Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is constantly reviewing the forest fire and giving guidelines.
The Supreme Court (SC) expressed concern on Wednesday about the fire in forest of Uttarakhand and said that cloud seeding, depending on rain, was not the answer to stop the fire.
The Chief Minister kicked off the campaign on Wednesday as he participated in the cleaning of the Pirul in Rudraprayag district and directed people to take part in the Pirul Lao-Paise Pao campaign to prevent forest fires.
Amid concern over the forest fires in Uttarakhand, the state's Forest Department has taken strict action against 17 employees for negligence in controlling the blaze.
A bus carrying polling officials and electronic voting machines (EVM) caught fire in Madhya Pradesh's Betul district while returning from Goula village on Tuesday night, causing damage to a few EVMs, according to a senior police official.
Shiv Sena (UBT) distanced itself from Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar's sensational claim that former Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare wasn't killed by LeT terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab during the 26/11 attacks; with its official mouthpiece Saamana stating in an editori
"After the culprits are booked under the Gangster Act, their property will be attached and auctioned and the money will go to the state exchequer," Uttarakhand Chief Secretary said.
"In Sangola city at polling booth number 86 a voter tried to set fire to an EVM. The three ballot units looked a little black but they are intact. The control unit & VVPAT are also intact. We replaced the EVM machines, we conducted a mock poll on new EVM machines and the voting process s
"These are the people who open fire at Ram devotees, question existence of Lord Ram and challenge his divine power. Expecting from them that they would honor India's faith, national heroes, and show reverence for the esteemed freedom fighters who played pivotal roles in our independence stru