Hyderabad,  The Election Commission on Sunday issued notice to K. Rajagopal Reddy, BJP candidate for Munugode Assembly by-election in Telangana, over allegations that his family owned company transferred Rs 5.24 crore to 23 individuals/companies for voter inducement.

It has directed him to respond to the

Shimla, The opposition Congress in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday promised to set up an anti-drug abuse enforcement authority to fight illicit drugs trade if the party is voted to power in the upcoming Assembly elections scheduled on November 12.

AICC Joint Secretary Gokul Butail told the media here that it would

Morbi (Gujarat),  Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Sunday set up a five member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by an IAS officer, to inquire into the suspension bridge collapse in the Morbi town, that left at least 77 dead.

The SIT will be headed by Commissioner of Municipalities Rajkuma

Morbi (Gujarat),  The Morbi Cable bridge on the Machhu river collapsed because of lapses in repair work, maintenance and mismanagement or any other technical reasons, the Gujarat Police have said in the FIR.

The bridge collapsed on Sunday evening, killing 141 people.

In the FIR, the police

New Delhi,  Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress Parliamentary party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday offered their homage to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary.

Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her bodyguards on this day in 1984 at her residence in Safdar

Srinagar,  A strategic conclave was held at the Army's Fire and Fury Corps on Sunday which was presided over by Northern Command chief, Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi and attended by senior officials of the command.

"The conclave was held to analyse shifting geopolitical equations in the world, in gener

Jammu, A drone-dropped consignment of arms and ammunition was recovered in J&K's Jammu district on Sunday, police said.

ADGP, Jammu, Mukesh Singh, told reporters that in the intervening night of October 27-28, a suspicious movement of a drone was observed in the general area of Baspur Bangla in R.S. Pura.