Indian Sub-continent

Jaipur, Apr 27 (PTI) Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra on Wednesday said the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is a hidden termite that is hollowing out the society.

"The Sangh is trying to divide the society and pitching brother against brother by spreading false and misleading facts in the society by pretending to be a cultural and social institution," Dotasra said in a statement.

He said, "The RSS is a hidden termite which is hollowing out the society by spreading poison."

Kanpur: Three men, including a father-son duo, were killed after a speeding loader collided head-on with their bike on Shivrajpur road in Kanpur district on Wednesday morning.

The accident took place when the trio, travelling on the same bike, were heading towards Nevada village to take part in a programme.

SP Outer Kanpur Ajit Sinha said the three men travelling on the same bike were heading towards Nevada village to attend a ceremony.

It was when they reached Shivrajpur road that a speeding loader collided ahead with their bike, killing the trio on the spot.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sherry Fonseka joined millions in 2019 in electing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a military strategist whose brutal campaign helped end Sri Lanka’s 30-year civil war 10 years earlier.

Now he is one of thousands who, for weeks, have protested outside the president’s office, calling on Rajapaksa and his brother, Mahinda, who is prime minister, to resign for leading the country into its worst economic crisis since its independence from Britain in 1948.

Kanpur: Underground Metro Corridor-2 (Chunniganj to Phulbagh/Nayaganj's Bada Chauraha) metro station's launching shaft (from where the tunnel boring machine goes under the ground) has been completed.

From here the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) will go under the ground.

These machines, which came from Hong Kong and Lucknow, after making the track of the Up-Down line up to Phulbagh / Nayaganj, will be retrieved from there and will be relaunched at British India Corporation (BIC), Chunniganj.

It is likely to be launched in early June at Bada Chauraha.

Lucknow, Apr 26 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday directed his ministers to declare within three months all property owned by them and their families and asked IAS and IPS officials to put similar details online.

He also said that the ministers' family members should not intervene in the government work.

Patna, Apr 26 (PTI) The Bihar Police have claimed to have choked the supply chain of weapons to Maoists during a sustained anti-Naxal crackdown leading to a drastic reduction in their strength.

An illegal arms factory, a major source of weapons for the Naxals, was recently busted by the Special Task Force (STF) and Central forces in Nawada, Additional Director General (STF-operation), Bihar Police, Sushil Mansingh Khopde said.

Tirupati (AP), Apr 26 (PTI) In a heartrending incident, a man was forced to carry the body of his deceased son on his lap, riding pillion on a bike, for 90 km to his native village from Tirupati around midnight on Monday after a rowdy mob of ambulance drivers demanded that he cough up Rs 10,000 for the trip.

Not stopping at that, the ambulance drivers at the Ruia Hospital in Tirupati did not allow another ambulance sent by the man's relatives to carry the body.

New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Uttarakhand chief secretary to place on record that no untoward statement will be made at the 'Dharam Sansad' scheduled in Roorkee.

The event is scheduled for Wednesday.

A three judge bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar took note of the assurance given by the Uttarakhand government that authorities are confident that no untoward statement will be made during the event and all steps as per decisions of this court will be taken.

Kolkata, Apr 26 (PTI) The Left parties Tuesday held a huge rally in Kolkata for peace and communal harmony.

CPI(M), CPI, All India Forward Bloc, RSP, CPI(ML) Liberation, SUCI (Communist), RCPI, MFB and Workers Party were among the Left parties that took part in the rally, which began at Moulali in central Kolkata and concluded in Narkeldanga.

Left Front chairman Biman Bose, CPI(M) state general secretary Md Salim and RSP general secretary Manoj Bhattacharya were among the leaders who participated in the march.

Srinagar, Apr 27 (PTI) There seems to be no relief in sight for the residents of Kashmir facing electricity outages for the past several days, with the authorities citing the early onset of summer and sub-optimal hydro power generation as reasons for unscheduled power cuts.

Kashmir is going through one of its worst power crisis as unscheduled and prolonged cuts in supply in the holy month of Ramzan have left the people distraught.