New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), a statutory child rights body, has moved the Supreme Court seeking court-monitored SIT probe into allegations that children were sold by the shelter homes of the Missionaries of Charity, founded by Mother Teresa, in Jharkhand. A[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Not happy with yet another adjournment given by the court, Nirbhaya’s mother on Wednesday broke down inside the courtroom and pleaded the judge to issue fresh date for the execution of four convicts. “I have been requesting the court for one and a half year[Read More…]
Panaji, Feb 12 (IANS) FC Goa thumped Mumbai City FC 5-2 to go three points clear at the top of the Indian Super League (ISL) table after a feisty encounter at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium here on Wednesday. Rowllin Borges (18′) handed Mumbai the lead before Ferran Corominas (20′), Hugo[Read More…]
By Nivedita Singh New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal was a common man who became the Delhi Chief Minister in 2013 and 2015. But by the time Delhi went to the poll in 2020, he was portraying himself as Delhi’s son and brother who[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 12 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday took out a victory rally in the heart of Kolkata, describing the party’s triumph in the Delhi Assembly polls as the beginning of a new era. A motley group of AAP leaders and workers marched from Ladies Park in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Day after BJP leader Uma Bhartis cryptic tweet raised question on whether she took a dig at PM Modi or genuinely praised him, she clarified her stand in a series of tweets. She said, “The whole world now knows that since 2014 there has been[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Former Home Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram will be addressing the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Thursday regarding CAA and NRC, Chidambaram said on micro-blogging site, Twitter, on Wednesday. “I will address a gathering of students at JNU on Thursday, 13th[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested 10 persons in connection with the alleged molestation incident that took place on the campus of Gargi College during the annual cultural festival of the institute — Reverie 2020 — last Thursday. All the arrested persons fall in the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Security has been put on high alert in the Valley amid rumours about the critical health condition of separatist Kashmiri hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani. In a late night development, the All Parties Hurriyet (Freedom) Conference released an ‘urgent’ statement from Muzaffarabad (Pakistan Occupied Jammu[Read More…]
Indore, Feb 12 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered the state government to pay a compensation of Rs five lakh to a 68-year-old man for keeping him in jail to serve a sentence for a dead convict over mistaken identity. In a case of serious negligence, the police[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Security has been put on high alert in the Valley amid rumours about the critical health condition of separatist Kashmiri hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani. In a late night development, the All Parties Hurriyet (Freedom) Conference released an ‘urgent’ statement from Muzaffarabad (Pakistan Occupied Jammu[Read More…]
Hubballi (Karnataka), Feb 12 (IANS) To set right the regional imbalance in Karnataka, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is pitching for investments and jobs in the southern state’s northwest region, Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar said on Wednesday. “We are showcasing the immense potential of the state’s northwest region[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday predicted fresh snowfall in the hilly regions of Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in the next two days. It also said that day temperature in Delhi is likely to rise to 27 degree Celsius on Thursday, but[Read More…]
Jabalpur/Indore, Feb 12 (IANS) Seven convicts of the Godhra carnage of Gujarat have reached Jabalpur on Wednesday under the order of the Supreme Court for social service. The Supreme Court has granted bail to 17 convicts serving life imprisonment in a rioting case in Gujarat after the 2002 Godhra riots[Read More…]
Nagpur (Maharashtra), Feb 12 (IANS) The Maharashtra irrigation scam again came to limelight on Wednesday as the state Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) filed seven fresh FIRs against 12 senior officials of Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC). The FIRs have alleged irregularities in award of tenders for major Gosikhurd irrigation project[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Feb 12 (IANS) Bengaluru FC romped into the playoff round of the AFC Cup with a resounding 9-1 (10-1 on aggregate) win over Bhutanese side Paro FC at the Kanteerava Stadium here on Wednesday. Hat-tricks from Semboi Haokip (6′, 26′, 67′ and 85′) and Deshorn Brown (29′, 54′ and[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Amul’s advertisements are known for their creativity and a doodle made by the dairy giant on Delhi election results impressed the netizens on Wednesday. The company posted the doodle on its official Twitter handle @Amul_Coop with the caption: “#Amul Topical: Arvind Kejriwal’s party makes it[Read More…]
New Delhi/Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) Well ahead of his first visit to India, US President Donald Trump said that he is willing to sign a trade deal with India if it is the right one. Speaking to the media at his Oval office on Tuesday, Trump said: “I am looking[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The government will come out with spectrum reserve prices for FM radio services in more tier-2 cities and tier-3 towns in the near future, R.S. Sharma, Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said here on Wednesday. Speaking at the event, ‘Digital Radio[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 12 (IANS) A male patient who arrived from Wuhan and later tested positive for coronavirus will be discharged on Thursday, after two tests have now turned negative, a health official said here. The patient, who is quarantined at the Alappuzha Medical College, was the second person who turned[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 12 (IANS) Yes Bank on Wednesday said that it has received a non-binding expressions of interest from investors: “JC Flowers & Co. LLC, Tilden Park Capital Management LP, OHA (UK) LLP and Silver Point Capital”. Yes Bank further informed that it will publish its unaudited financial results for[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) India’s economic health showed signs of further deterioration as factory production dwindled in December, while the country’s January retail inflation remained at an elevated level with a marginal rise. The decline in manufacturing activity contracted India’s December factory output by 0.3 per cent, from a[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday accepted the resignations of Delhi Congress in-charge P.C. Chacko and state president Subhash Chopra. Following the debacle in the Delhi Assembly elections, Chacko tendered his resignation on Monday while Chopra submitted it on Tuesday. As of now, Shakti[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Veteran fashion designer Wendell Rodricks (60) passed away in Panaji, Goa, on Wednesday evening. The Padma Shri awardee was an environmentalist and a gay rights activist who had been suffering from a prolonged illness, to which he succumbed at 5.45 p.m. on Wednesday. Sources close[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking a complete stoppage of trials being conducted by WhatsApp Pay, a pilot mobile payments project floated by Facebook, unlawfully done on 1 million users in the country. The Centre for Accountability and Systemic Change (CASC)[Read More…]
