DH Evening Brief | PM Modi calls for 'secular civil code', 'one nation one election' in I-Day speech; Ulfa group unable to blast 24 bombs in Assam due to 'technical error'

Assam: Bombs planted at 24 places on I-Day fail to go off due to 'technical error'

Guwahati: Panic gripped Assam and security forces went into a tizzy after Ulfa-Independent, a banned insurgent group, claimed on Thursday morning that it planted bombs at 24 locations including in the state capital Guwahati but those could not be "exploded on time due to technical glitches."

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Congress slams PM Modi for 'allotting 5th row seat to LoP Rahul Gandhi', says lack of respect for democratic traditions

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday said that making Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi "sit in the fifth row" at the Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "pettiness" and lack of respect for democratic traditions.

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Macron & Putin among foreign leaders to greet India on its Independence Day

Moscow/Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin were among the world leaders who greeted India's leadership and the people of India as the country celebrated its 78th Independence Day on Thursday.

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Kolkata medic's rape-murder case: FORDA calls for strike again

Two days after the Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) called of the nation-wide strike over the rape and murder case of a postgraduate trainee at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the doctors' body on Thursday announced that their protest will continue owing to the resentment of the community and fresh violence last night.

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Sunita Kejriwal's political role could end after AAP chief is out of jail: Manish Sisodia

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita has played an "awesome" role in communicating her jailed husband's fighting spirit to people, senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia has said, indicating her political role could end once the party supremo comes out of the Tihar Jail.

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Odisha announces 1-day menstrual leave for government, private employees

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida on Thursday announced a day's paid menstrual leave for state government and private sector employees.

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What we need is ‘Har Ghar Naukri, Har Ghar Nyay’: Kharge takes on Modi government

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday attacked the Narendra Modi government for people's lives “getting worse” and said what people need is Har Ghar Naukri, Har Ghar Nyay and not programmes like 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day' designed with the “intention” of spreading hatred.

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Netanyahu denies report he spoke to Trump about Gaza talks

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied on Thursday a report that he had spoken the previous day with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump about Gaza ceasefire and hostage release talks.

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Ukrainian presidential adviser denies country's involvement in Nord Stream explosions

Kyiv: Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak denied his country's involvement in explosions which damaged the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and instead pointed the finger at Russia in comments to Reuters on Thursday.

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Three-time Olympian Ashwini stung by social media ire

Bengaluru: Ashwini Ponnappa has been in news for all the wrong reasons in the last couple of weeks and all of it isn't her making. For someone, who generally maintains a low profile, the online vitriol has been too much to handle. 

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Whole of India is with her, she's champion: Sporting fraternity on CAS dismissing Vinesh's appeal

New Delhi: The Indian sporting fraternity reacted with disappointment at the Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) verdict rejecting wrestler Vinesh Phogat's appeal against her Olympic disqualification but said she will remain a champion for them.

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