States » East
Bengal's Kaliganj bypoll begins peacefully amid rains

Bengal's Kaliganj bypoll begins peacefully amid rains

19 Jun 2025 | 10:09 AM

Kolkata, June 19 (UNI) Amid inclement weather and monsoon rains, voting began peacefully in West Bengal's Kaliganj assembly seat in Nadia district with the Central armed forces guarding all the 309 polling stations spread across the 13 panchayat areas, official sources said on Thursday.

see more..

Assam to get 29 to 30 medical colleges by 2030: CM

19 Jun 2025 | 2:06 AM

Guwahati, June 18 (UNI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday that the government is working on a roadmap of setting up 29 medical colleges by 2030 in the state.

see more..

Assam will have 29 medical colleges by 2030: CM

19 Jun 2025 | 1:59 AM

Guwahati, June 18 (UNI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said that the government is working on a roadmap of setting up 29 medical colleges by 2030 in the state.

see more..

Bihar Opposition politics limited to irrelevant allegations, rumour mongering: Shrawan

19 Jun 2025 | 1:38 AM

Patna, June 18 (UNI) Bihar Rural Development Minister and senior Janata Dal United (JDU) leader Shrawan Kumar today alleged that the politics of the Opposition was limited only to "irrelevant allegations and rumour mongering".

see more..

Bihar: Court orders to stop Danapur SDO salary

19 Jun 2025 | 1:36 AM

Patna, June 18 (UNI) District and Sessions Judge-cum-CBI Special Judge Sunil Kumar Singh directed the district magistrate on Wednesday to stop the salary of Danapur Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) for not submitting the assessment report in connection with a case.

see more..

Mizoram tops in HIV prevalence: Minister calls for war-footing response

19 Jun 2025 | 1:31 AM

9Aizawl, June 18 (UNI) Mizoram continues to record the highest HIV prevalence rate in India at 2.73%, prompting state health minister Lalrinpuii to call for urgent, coordinated efforts to tackle the crisis on a war-footing.

see more..

BJP has failed to fulfill several electoral promises: Naveen Patnaik

19 Jun 2025 | 1:23 AM

Puri, June 18 (UNI) Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today strongly criticised the BJP government in Odisha, accusing it of failing to fulfil many of its electoral promises.

see more..

Odisha Govt takes steps to prevent waterborne diseases ahead of Rath Yatra

19 Jun 2025 | 1:19 AM

Bhubaneswar, June 18 (UNI) The Odisha government has intensified preventive measures to tackle waterborne diseases ahead of the upcoming Rath Yatra (Car Festival) in Puri.

see more..

Odisha Govt. releases several climate-resilient, high-yielding crop varieties

19 Jun 2025 | 1:13 AM

Bhubaneswar, June 18 (UNI) The Odisha Government today released several new short-duration, climate-resilient, and high-yielding crop varieties aimed at boosting farmers' income.

see more..

Nitish working to execute agenda of RSS in Bihar : Tejashwi

19 Jun 2025 | 12:57 AM

Patna, June 18 (UNI) RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav today alleged that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was working hard to "execute the agenda of RSS in Bihar".

see more..

Chief Justice Manipur High Court meets displaced persons in relief camp

19 Jun 2025 | 12:52 AM

Imphal, June 18 (UNI) Justice K. Somashekar Chief Justice, High Court of Manipur cum patron-in-chief, Manipur State Legal Service Authority (MASLSA), visited Mandop Relief Camp located in Ward no. 11 Kangpokpi Town along with Justice Alek Muivah, member Secy MASLSA, to promote legal aid and awareness campaigns and interacted with displaced persons due to the Manipur crisis which started on May 3, 2023.

see more..

Nitish gets relief from Patna High Court in disrespecting National Anthem case

19 Jun 2025 | 12:20 AM

Patna, June 18 (UNI) Patna High Court today granted relief to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in a complaint case lodged against him in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate for disrespecting the National anthem.

see more..

Arunachal Dy CM inaugurates new WRD Sub-Divisional Office at Chongkham

19 Jun 2025 | 12:10 AM

Itanagar, June 18 (UNI) Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein today inaugurated the Sub-Divisional Office of the Water Resources Department (WRD) at Chongkham and the Junior Engineer Office at Wakro, marking a significant boost to infrastructure development in his constituency.

see more..

Committed to overall growth of the youth, says Meghalaya CM

19 Jun 2025 | 12:08 AM

Tura, June 18 (UNI) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma today iterated his government's commitment to the overall growth of the youth, even as he emphasised the importance of education, sports, music, and entrepreneurship.

see more..

Honeymoon murder case: Sonam called Sanjay Verma 234 times prior to marriage with Raja

18 Jun 2025 | 11:44 PM

Shillong, June 18 (UNI) The Raja Raghuvanshi murder case has taken a new turn with the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Meghalaya Police uncovering that Sonam Raghuvanshi, the widow of Raja, was in regular contact with one person identified as Sanjay Verma.

see more..