UP panchayat polls have lesson for oppn
Lucknow, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The results of the panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh may have left the ruling BJP in an elated mood, but it also serves as a lesson for the opposition that is…
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After Kejriwal, Sidhu too favours 300 units of free power in Punjab
Chandigarh, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Toeing Aam Aadmi Party national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘mantra’ to woo the people in Punjab by announcing pre-poll sops of free and subsidised electricity, Congress leader and…
Bikru revisited – A year after the carnage
By Amita Verma Bikru (Uttar Pradesh), July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) In the sweltering heat, a sense of unease prevails in the air. There is no bonhomie and chatter that is so typical of villages in the…
IAF chief differs with CDS over force’s role in theatre command system
New Delhi, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian Air Force (IAF) chief, Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria, has expressed his reservation over terming the air force as a supporting arm in the proposed threatre command system, which…
India’s first hospital with 4 robotic surgical systems opened in Pune
Pune, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar inaugurated the country’s first super specialty hospital of the Lokmanya Group having four robotic surgical systems and other state-of-the-art advanced forms of treatment, an official…
Husband fails to pass off wife’s murder as Covid death in Hyd
Hyderabad, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Hyderabad City Police on Saturday arrested an auto rickshaw driver named Ramavath Vijay on charges of smothering his wife suspecting her fidelity and hatching a conspiracy to pass it off…
Panneerselvam condemns DMK govt trying to close Jayalalithaa Univ
Chennai, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu former Chief Minister and AIADMK Coordinator O.Panneerselvam on Saturday condemned the DMK government’s attempts to close down Dr. J. Jayalalithaa University. In a statement issued here Panneerselvam said a…
Alumni group unites to save thousands in Bihar from Covid
By S. Sharma Patna, July 3 (101Reporters/IANS) In Bihar, hit hard by the second wave of Covid-19 that has claimed more than 9,500 lives so far, a group of 74 volunteers of the Jawahar Navodaya…
Air force to assist ground forces, to be part of theatre commands: Bipin Rawat
New Delhi, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Bipin Rawat, said on Friday that the air force has to be there to assist the ground forces and will be part of…
Earth’s cryosphere shrank by 87,000 sq kms per year in last 37 years
Beijing, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The global cryosphere — all the areas with frozen water on Earth — shrank by about 87,000 square kilometers per year on average between 1979 and 2016, as a result of…
Focus back on Hyderabad drugs case after four years
Hyderabad, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) With a city court accepting the charge sheets filed by the Special Investigation Team of Telangana’s Excise and Prohibition Department, the focus is back on the high-profile drug case in which…
HC directs Bengal govt to provide relief to post-poll violence victims
Kolkata, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Calcutta High Court on Friday issued a show cause notice for contempt of court proceedings against Deputy Commissioner of Police of South Kolkata Rashid Munir Khan for failing to prevent…
UP witnesses significant growth in milk production
Lucknow, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uttar Pradesh has witnessed a significant growth in dairy units and milk production over the past four years. Six large investors, including Amul, have invested Rs 172 crore in setting up…
Doctors heroes without capes, sad to see brutal attacks on them: CJI
New Delhi, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana, said on Thursday that doctors have emerged as heroes without capes during the Covid-19 pandemic, adding that it is saddening to see them…
Months after turning approver, Nirav Modi’s sister transfers Rs 17.25 cr to ED
New Delhi, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Thursday that months after Purvi Modi, the sister of fugitive businessman Nirav Modi who is wanted in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank…
‘Mumbai Samachar’, where Gandhi-Nehru came for chai-chat, turns 200
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Asia’s oldest existing newspaper – “Mumbai Samachar” – where once Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel used to drop in for tea and a chat, entered…
Part of UP in NCR to become fastest growing region soon
Lucknow, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The part of Uttar Pradesh, within the National Capital Region (NCR), is set to become one of the fastest growing regions in the country in the next few years with the…
UP Cong begins social media training camps ahead of polls
Lucknow, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Congress in Uttar Pradesh will be conducting training camps focussed on social media handling for its leaders and workers from Thursday. The training sessions will focus on the dos and…
Waqf Board challenges Gyanvapi survey decision
Varanasi, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board (UPSCWB) has challenged a Varanasi court’s decision to conduct an archaeological survey of the centuries-old Gyanvapi Masjid abutting the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple. The…
Meghalaya woman hides inside bank for 3 nights, held for robbery bid
Shillong, June 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a bizarre incident, the Meghalaya police have arrested a 40-year-old woman on charges of attempting to rob a local bank after she hid herself inside the bank for three nights,…