New Delhi, Jan 22: The Centre on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court for fixing a seven-day deadline for executing death penalty of condemned prisoners. The plea of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) assumes significance in view of the the death row convicts in the sensational Nirbhaya gangrape and […]
Sarenga (WB), Jan 22: An overhead tank that supplied drinking water to several villages in West Bengal’s Bankura district, came down crashing on Wednesday after its foundation gave way just within four years of construction. The incident, that was captured on several mobile cameras, created a furore as local […]
New Delhi, Jan 22: A petition seeking contempt proceedings against the makers of Deepika Padukone-starrer film ‘Chhapaak’ was Wednesday filed in the Delhi High Court by an advocate who represented acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal on whose life the movie is based. Advocate Aparna Bhat approached the HC, saying […]
NEW DELHI – India has been able to bring swarms of desert locusts under control in two key oilseed producing states and authorities are now trying to assess crop damage, officials said on Wednesday. A number of timely measures and a change in wind direction have prevented a […]
BENGALURU – Uber (UBER.N) has sold its loss-making online food-ordering business in India to local rival Zomato in exchange for a 9.99% stake in the startup backed by China’s Ant Financial. Zomato, valued at around $3 billion after raising money from Ant this month, will take over Uber […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19: The CPI(M) will soon launch a nation-wide house-to-house campaign to explain to the people, the ‘link’ between CAA-NPR-NRC, party general secretary, Sitaram Yechury said on Sunday. The intense campaign will take place all over the country, he said while briefing the media about the three-day central […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has sought a report from the state government for moving the Supreme Court against the Citizenship Amendment Act without informing him The office of Raj Bhavan has sought the report from the Chief Secretary of the state “The Governors office has […]
Rameswaram, Jan 19: Four fishermen from Tamil Nadu were rescued by Sri Lankan naval personnel after their boat capsised in strong winds off the island nation’s waters on Sunday, fisheries department officials said. They were fishing off Nedunthivu, 32 nautical miles off Sri Lanka when their vessel capsized. […]
Coimbatore, Jan 19: A 40-year-old woman, who was part of a trekking team, was allegedly trampled to death by a wild tusker near Palamalai in the district in the early hours of Sunday, police said. P Bhuvaneshwari, an employee of a private firm here, had gone for trekking along […]
Mumbai, Jan 19: A 64-year-old man died after suffering a heart attack while running in the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2020 on Sunday morning, officials said. Gajendra Manjalkar, a resident of Nalasopara in neighbouring Palghar district who had been participating in the marathon for last four years, came to Mumbai […]
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