Islamabad, Jan 16: Pakistan’s self-exiled former dictator Pervez Musharraf on Thursday approached the Supreme Court to challenge the ruling of a special court that had handed him death sentence on charges of high treason. The special court in Islamabad on December 17 last handed down the death penalty to […]
Madurai, Jan 16: Jallikattu, the popular bull taming sport of Tamil Nadu lived up to its reputation of being a huge crowd-puller as the contest unfolded on Thursday at Palamedu here and Suriyur in Tiruchirappalli district. As thousands of spectators continued to flock both the events, the tamers were […]
Kolkata, Jan 16: With an eye on the 2021 assembly polls the BJP on Thursday re-elected Dilip Ghosh, who is credited for the growth of the saffron party in West Bengal, as president of its state unit for the second consecutive term. Ghosh being the only nominee for the […]
Ahmedabad, Jan 16: A police sub-inspector was arrested on Thursday for allegedly shooting a man dead in an accidental firing at a police outpost in Gujarat’s Rajkot district, an official said. Sub-inspector P P Chavda was arrested for culpable homicide not amounting to murder after he shot dead […]
Bhopal, Jan 16: A local court on Thursday sentenced former IPS officer Rajendra Chaturvedi to five years in prison for taking bribes for recruitment of jail wardens in Madhya Pradesh. Chaturvedi was additional director general (prisons) at the time of the recruitment scam. Special Judge Sanjeev Pandey, who convicted […]
Russia’s government resigned in a shock announcement on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin proposed a shake-up of the constitution. The announcement by Putin’s longtime ally Dmitry Medvedev came after the president used his annual state of the nation address to call for a nationwide vote on a package […]
New Delhi, Jan 15: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will soon take over the case of suspended Deputy Superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police Davinder Singh, who was caught in south Kashmir while ferrying two militants to Jammu last weekend, officials said here on Wednesday. The necessary formalities were […]
Pune, Jan 15: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is a “staunch nationalist”, but he should accept the fact that there is democracy in the country, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said here on Wednesday. The Sena’s Rajya Sabha member was speaking at an awards ceremony of the media group […]
Badminton world number one Kento Momota arrived in Japan on Wednesday after being released from a Malaysian hospital following a car crash that killed his driver and left him with minor injuries. The 25-year-old Japanese, who walked past waiting journalists without making a statement, faces two months out […]
President Hassan Rouhani appealed Wednesday for “unity” and flagged the need for radical changes to the way Iran is run, after a wave of angry protests over the accidental downing of a Ukrainian airliner. The Kiev-bound Boeing 737 was shot down in a catastrophic error shortly after takeoff […]
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