Watch: Bajrang Dal activists bully Amulya’s father in Chikkamagaluru

Within hours after Chikkamagalur girl Amulya Leona Noronha shouted ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ at a public meeting in Karnataka capital Bengaluru’s Freedom Park, Bajrang Dal activists stormed her parents’ house in Shivapura village in Koppa last night. An exclusive video shot by a Deccan Chronicle reporter shows activists barging into Amulya Leona’s house in Chikkamagalur and demanding…

BJP to launch poll campaign, as Kishor hits ground running

NEW DELHI/PATNA: With poll strategist Prashant Kishor setting out to be a surprise package in Bihar, the BJP is making haste for an early start to its election campaign. BJP chief J P Nadda will soon be in Patna to roll out the electoral machinery for the polls this year. With the Delhi verdict exposing…

DGCA proposes testing of aviation personnel for psychoactive substances

By PTI NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has for the first time proposed testing of aviation personnel for psychoactive substances such as cannabis, opioids and their variants, officials said on Friday. The civil aviation watchdog stated that once the regulations are finalized, flight crew members and air traffic controllers (ATCs) would be…

Over 2.51 lakh youths got jobs in last 2.5 years, says CM Adityanath

Chief Minster Yogi Adityanath has claimed that over 2.51 lakh youths have got jobs in the state over the past two-and-a-half years. Adityanath, who was in Gorakhpur on Thursday, also claimed that over 1.20 lakh Basic Shiksha Parishad Schools had been developed in the state on the lines of convent schools. The Chief Minister, who…

Kamal Haasan announces Rs 1 cr aid for crane crash victims

Chennai: Three people were killed and nine injured when a crane came crashing down on the sets of actor Kamal Haasan’s upcoming film ‘Indian 2’, police said, as the veteran actor mourned the deaths. Haasan, who himself “missed death by a whisker”, announced a total sum of Rs one crore as relief to the bereaved…

20 Dead After Kerala Bus Collides with Lorry in Tamil Nadu

Coimbatore/Thiruvananthapuram: Tragedy struck 48 passengers of a Kerala transport bus at Tirupur in Tamil Nadu on Thursday, when the vehicle collided with a lorry head-on, leaving at least 20 dead and many injured and was reduced to a heap of metal in the impact. All the 20 were killed on the spot and six of…