Lucknow,  The vigilance department in Uttar Pradesh has served notices to former Bahujan Samaj Party ministers, Naseemuddin Siddiqui and Babu Singh Kushwaha, in connection with the Rs 4,200-crore scam, involving construction of memorials in Lucknow and Noida under the Mayawati government.

Bengaluru,  Karnataka Congress chief D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday said his party workers will soon reach out to people who have lost their kin during both Covid waves since March last year that has wreaked havoc in the state.

Shivakumar told reporters that his party strongly believes that the Karnataka go

Bengaluru,  The Karnataka government has directed all the universities in the state to vaccinate their students on priority before offline classes begin for the 2021-22 academic year, Deputy Chief Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan said on Thursday.

"We have directed the vice-chancellors

Gurugram, The district administration of Gurugram will soon fix the responsibilities of the Haryana Civil Services (HCS) rank officials to deal with the problem of waterlogging in different areas of the city.

The officials will be allocated separate areas to deal with the issue of waterloggin

Bengaluru,  As evidence of the curve flattening, with 14,302 patients discharged, recoveries were four times the 3,203 new Covid cases in Karnataka in a day, said the state health bulletin on Thursday.

"Recoveries shot up to 27,46,544, with 14,302 patients discharged during the day, while 3,203 new

Srinagar,  An encounter has started between terrorists and security forces at Hanjin Rajpora area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, officials said.

"Encounter has started at Hanjin Rajpora area of Pulwama. Police and security forces are on the job," a police officer said.