Washington : The US Central Intelligence Agency has concluded Saudi’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, The Washington Post reported Friday, citing people close to the matter. The US assessment directly contradicts the conclusions of a Saudi prosecutor one day prior, […]
Srinagar : Moderate polling was witnessed in the early hours of the first phase of panchayat election in Kashmir Valley on Saturday as nearly nine per cent of voters exercised their franchise till 10 AM. “A total of 8.9 per cent of the electorate cast their votes at 283 […]
Noida (UP) : Eighteen people, including 16 children, were injured Saturday when a speeding school bus crashed into a pillar at an underpass here, police said. The incident happened around 8 am when the bus of a private school was crossing through the underpass at Rajnigandha Chowk, they said. […]
New Delhi : Former Union minister P Chidambaram Saturday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for targeting the Congress, reminding him of the party’s legacy by listing out the names of its presidents from outside the Nehru-Gandhi family. He asked the prime minister to now speak on the […]
Muzaffarnagar (UP) : A fast-track court has sentenced a man to 10 years’ imprisonment for killing his wife over dowry in 2013. According to the prosecution, judge Balraj Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 3,000 on Mithun after holding him guilty under IPC Section 304 A on Friday. […]
Mumbai : Veteran ad maker and theatre personality Alyque Padamsee died Saturday at the age of 90. Padamsee was the former Chief Executive of advertising firm Lintas in India and helped it to become one of the top creative agencies in the country. He later became the regional coordinator […]
Pamba (Ker) : The Travancore Devaswom Board, which manages the Sabarimala shrine, would move the Supreme Court on Monday seeking more time to implement its order allowing women of menstrual age to offer prayers at the Lord Ayyappa temple. The TDB’s move comes a day after the Left Democratic […]
Kolkata : Institutional delivery in West Bengal has shot up to 96 per cent in the past seven years, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Saturday. Speaking on the occasion of the World Prematurity Day, she said that her government had been working hard for the welfare of the pregnant […]
Kodaikanal (TN) : Four construction workers were feared dead after they were trapped in landslides at Chinnapallam near here early Saturday, police said. All the four, hailing from Salem, were feared buried following landslides triggered by heavy rains in the district late Friday night. Efforts are on to retrieve […]
Panchkula : Four members of a family, including two women, were found dead under mysterious circumstances at their house in Khatoli village in Panchkula district of Haryana, police said Saturday. The bodies of the four were found lying in a pool of blood in a room of their house […]
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