Delhi Haj Committee Chief Kausar Jahan on Wednesday said that it was a delight that about 4,314 women visited the Hajj pilgrimage without a Mehram (male companion), said the officials.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday informed the Rouse Avenue Court that it will take a month to procure prosecution sanctions against former Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and certain railways officials in relation to the fresh chargesheet filed in land-for-job matte
Water level in Yamuna, which is in spate in Delhi, reached its highest ever level on Wednesday at 207.55 metres, breaching 44-year record, officials said.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday reviewed district-level public grievance redressal programmes conducted by the Chief Minister's Office at the district levels. More than 18,000 petitions have been received from various districts.
Customs officials on Tuesday seized gold weighing 554.600 grammes from a passenger at Cochin International Airport. The passenger was concealing the gold inside his rectum, the officials said.
During the review of crimes against women and children in the state on Tuesday at the Secretariat, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that such cases should be brought under fast-track courts so that the perpetrators of crimes against women and children are punished on time.
Chandigarh [India], July 11: Chandigarh's top government officials and IPS officers came together for a tree plantation drive organised by RoundGlass Foundation recently at IRB Complex, Sarangpur, New Chandigarh.
The rail traffic over the old Yamuna bridge was temporarily suspended on Tuesday as the water level crossed the dangermark in the Yamuna due to heavy downpuour in the city, officials said.
Heroin, Rs 2 crore, stuffed in as many as 24 soap cases were seized and four accused were arrested by Srikona Battalion of Agartala Sector Assam Rifles on Monday, said officials.