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A clash between two groups left three persons injured in Kishanganj, following which security was beefed in the communally sensitive town ahead of the Muharram festival next week, police said on Friday. Madhavnagar Mahadalit Tola area witnessed heavy stone-pelting on Thursday night after local people raised objection to a religious procession passing through the locality, Kishanganj Superintendent of Police Kumar ...

Leading milk supplier Mother Dairy has increased price of cow milk by Rs 2 to Rs 44 a litre in Delhi-NCR, with effect from Friday. The retail price has been increased as the company is paying more to farmers for procuring raw milk. However, there will be no increase in rates of other variants of milk. Raw cow milk prices ...

CNG price in Delhi and its suburbs was on Sunday hiked for the third time since April due to rise in input cost following appreciation of US dollar against the rupee. “This revision in prices would result in an increase of Rs 0.50 per kg in the consumer prices of CNG in Delhi, Rewari, Gurugram and Karnal, and Rs 0.55 ...

There has been a big incident in Patna again. Former ward councilor of Patna Municipal Corporation, Nageshwar Rai, was shot dead on the doorstep of his house in Chitragupta Nagar, Journalist Nagar police station. The incident took place when Nageshwar returned home after getting his beard shaved from the salon. CCTV footage of the killers has been found. Meanwhile, local ...

The water level of Yamuna is receding and the river is flowing at 204.55 metres, below the danger mark, an official said on Thursday. The river had breached the danger mark of 205.33 metres on Monday. “The level of Yamuna at railway bridge was 204.55 metres at 9 pm. It is expected to recede further,” the official at the flood ...

Former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra died on Monday following a prolonged illness, family sources said here. The 82-year-old leader had been suffering from cancer and was undergoing treatment at the national capital, where he breathed his last in the morning, they said. Condoling his demise, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced a three-day state mourning. He was an acclaimed political ...

Aadi Mahotsav (National Tribal Festival), a joint initiative of Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India & Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) begins at Polo Ground, Leh-Ladakh today. The 9 day event from 17th August till 25th August, 2019 was inaugurated by Shri Arjun Munda, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs in the august presence of SmtRenuka Singh, ...

Kashmir remained shut for the 12th consecutive day on Friday, even as the authorities relaxed restrictions on the movement of people in Srinagar. “Restrictions on the movement of people have been eased in most parts of the Valley. The situation so far has remained peaceful,” a senior official of the state administration said here. He said while the deployment of ...

The weather department has forecast moderate to heavy rainfall across the national capital on the weekend, officials said on Thursday. The rainfall recorded so far in August is 60.8 mm, which is 54 per cent less than normal. The seasonal rainfall recorded is 271.2 mm, which is 34 per cent less than normal, the MeT department said. “There are possibilities ...

The Delhi Jal Board is “working hard” to ensure that tap water is potable in the city and reverse osmosis purifiers are not needed to filter it, Chief Minister Arvnd Kejriwal said on Tuesday. The chief minister, who is also the Chairman of the DJB, said the Board was now working to ensure that the people of Delhi get 24-hour ...