New Delhi, 21 Oct (IANS) The Supreme Court has acquitted a man convicted, fifteen years ago, by trial court for raping a woman, whose statement did not appear trustworthy. The apex court set aside Andhra Pradesh High Court judgement, passed in 2011, along with trial court verdict, passed in 2004,[Read More…]
Chennai, Oct 21 (IANS) More than 8,000 persons were involved in a surprise exercise for checking the emergency preparedness of the atomic power units in Kalpakkam on Monday, an official statement said. The Department of Atomic Energy’s statement said the objective of the exercise was to check the preparedness of[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act which criminalise practice of triple talaq. In a petition filed by members of the Executive Committee of AIMPLB, Kamal Faruqui, said the[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, Oct 21 (IANS) The Odisha cabinet on Monday approved Rs 3,208 crore under the ABADHA scheme to make Puri a world-class heritage city. The money will be spent under the Augmentation of Basic Amenities and Development of Heritage and Architecture (ABADHA) scheme over a period of three years, informed[Read More…]
Shillong, Oct 21 (IANS) Voting in the assembly by-election in Meghalaya’s Shella constituency passed off peacefully on Monday with 84.56 per cent of the total 29,542 electorate casting their votes. “The latest voter turnout recorded till 5 p.m. was 84.56 percent. Polling was conducted in a peaceful manner,” Chief Electoral[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) With winter just around the corner, the need for extra care and nourishment for the babys skin becomes a top priority for a mother. Heath experts suggest that winter calls for extra nourishment for dry and scaly skin because cold air does not carry as[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) An Indo-US forum held in New Delhi on Monday witnessed an unusual war of words between BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav and former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after the former asserted that India is in a better relationship with China as compared[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Union Minister for Culture & Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel on Monday launched the e-portal of Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) ‘Digital Bharat Digital Sanskriti’ and CCRT YouTube Channel. The e-portal aims to explore and understand the unknown aspects of India’s lesser-known places and[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court will deliver its order on the bail plea of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in the INX media case on Tuesday. The order will be delivered by a bench of Justices R. Banumathi, A.S. Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy. On October 18, the[Read More…]
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) Subha Dutta, the editor of leading Bengali daily ‘Bartamaan’, died at a private hospital here on Monday following prolonged illness. Dutta, 67, is survived her daughter and son-in-law. Dutta breathed her last at 10.42 a.m., Abhijit Kumar Sinha, Senior General Manager, Bartamaan Private Limited, said in[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) High-intensity laser lights and flying of drones would be restricted, permission will be mandatory for live performances and 50 per cent area, in case of farmhouses, earmarked for soft parking, says the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in its policy for holding civil functions in hotels,[Read More…]
Jamshedpur, Oct 21 (IANS) Heading into their third Indian Super League (ISL) season, Jamshedpur FC will look to secure a spot in the playoffs after narrowly missing out in the last two years. The Men of Steel will get their season under way with a clash with Odisha FC at[Read More…]
Madrid, Oct 21 (IANS) Rafael Nadal, Roberto Bautista, Pablo Carreno, Feliciano Lopez and Marcel Granollers have been called up by captain Sergi Bruguera to represent Spain in the Davis Cup Finals to be held in Madrid on November 18-24. Bruguera repeated the list he announced for the 2018 Davis Cup[Read More…]
Ranchi, Oct 21 (IANS) Left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem on Monday said that it would be a ‘dream debut’ for any cricketer who does it on his home ground. Nadeem’s dream of playing for India was fulfilled on Saturday when he made his international debut in the third Test against South[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Ministry of Electronics and Information and Technnology (Meity) will scale up the availability of products and services of start-ups on GeM or Government eMarketplace platform where ministries, PSUs and departments can be prospective buyers. “The GeM is an online marketplace for departments and PSUs[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 21 (IANS) Despite heavy rains lashing most places in Kerala, where five by-elections were due on Monday, people came out in good numbers to cast their votes, enthusing three key rival political fronts which feared poll postponement. The counting will take place on Thursday. Even the worst affected[Read More…]
By Sanjeev Kumar Singh Chauhan New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Rich tributes were paid to 10 policemen who died on October 21, 1959 during the Chinese incursion, in Ladakh in the line of duty, on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day, which is observed every year to pay homage to[Read More…]
Hyderabad, Oct 21 (IANS) State-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) told the Telangana High Court that it has no money to pay salaries for September to the employees, whose indefinite strike continued on 17th day on Monday. The TSRTC informed Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili that the public utility requires[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 21 (IANS) If exit polls are anything to go by, the Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP-Shiv Sena combine is all set to make a resounding comeback in Maharashtra. At least 4 out of 6 exit polls have predicted that the saffron combine will be back with more than 200 seats[Read More…]
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) Former India captain and BCCI President-elect Sourav Ganguly on Monday said he is very happy with the way Rohit Sharma is playing as a Test opener, also hailing the comeback of Umesh Yadav in the ongoing South Africa series. Ganguly had said before that Rohit should[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The less than one-year-old Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), a breakaway faction of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), seems to have performed well in the first Assembly elections in Haryana which it contested on Monday. The JJP is headed by Ajay Chautala, former Deputy Prime Minister[Read More…]
By Nirbhay Kumar New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) After agreeing to expand flying rights with Saudi Arabia, the Civil Aviation Ministry would hold talks with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday to consider their demand to raise bilateral seat quota for designated carriers of the two sides. The higher[Read More…]
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) BCCI President-elect Sourav Ganguly is set to be in Mumbai on October 24 when the national selectors pick the squad for the T20I series against Bangladesh. Asked if he would speak to Virat Kohli as the skipper has opted out of the T20I series, the former[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will hear the plea challenging the Bombay High Court order which quashed the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) approval for the Rs 14,000 crore coastal road project in Mumbai. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a bench comprising Chief[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Low spending on health and lack of enough qualified doctors are some the biggest challenges to improving healthcare in India, former Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya said on Monday. Saying that India’s healthcare sector is now more and more private-driven, Panagariya said that the[Read More…]
