News from India

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in a defamation case filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajeev Babbar over his “scorpion” remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal asked Tharoor to furnish a personal bond of Rs 20,000. Thereafter, the court […]

Ayodhya: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will visit Ayodhya on Friday to unveil a seven-foot tall statue of Lord Ram at the Shodh Sansthan museum. The statue, made of a single block of rosewood and purchased for Rs 35 lakh from Karnataka, will be on display at the museum. The statue will depict Kodamb […]

Noida: The police in Noida has arrested three persons who were allegedly involved in the robbery at former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s house, police said. The incident had occured in April in Sector 104 at the house which was on rent. The accused had robbed several other houses as well, said the police. Rahul, Bablu […]

Lucknow: BJP MLA Ram Ratan Kushwaha has asked his party workers to assault government employees and beat them up with shoes if they “continue to harass and threaten you”. Kushwaha, a legislator from Lalitpur is seen telling his workers in a meeting: “If the Uttar Pradesh government employees do not start working in a month […]

Lucknow: A vegetable market is the last place you would think of going to learn or even read Sanskrit but then the Nishatganj vegetable market is trying to be different. In this market, names of all vegetables are written in Sanskrit on tiny placards. The mundane Aloo or potato is known as ‘Alookam’ and tomato is […]

The Minister of Human Resource Development, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ held the third consecutive review meeting of the schemes and programmes of HRD Ministry in New Delhi on Thursday. Secretary, Higher Education R. Subrahmanyam and the senior officers of the Ministry gave presentation on (i) Open Distance learning (ii) Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) (iii) Digital […]

With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forming the government once again at the Centre, hopes are high that the Narendra Modi government will now consider increasing the minimum pay of the Central government employees. The CG employees have been demanding a hike in their present basic pay recommended by the 7th Pay Commission citing that […]

Mumbai: Actor Akshay Kumar, Twinkle Khanna to rapper Badshah and actress Sunny Leone have expressed their angst over the killing of a two-and-a-half year old girl, who was strangled to death and her eyes gouged out after her parents allegedly failed to repay a loan of Rs 10,000. The Bollywood celebrities say they want “immediate and […]

In a major announcement, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has invited applications for the posts of Management Trainee (Technical) in E1 grade in various Engineering disciplines for operation of its Plants/Units and Mines across India. Interested and eligible candidates are advised to apply for the positions on or before the last date of application, […]

New Delhi: With Indians across all paths of life coming out in support of former India skipper M.S. Dhoni after the International Cricket Council (ICC) asked him to remove the ‘Balidaan Badge from his wicketkeeping gloves, the Committee of Administrators (CoA) running Indian cricket have sent in a request to the ICC asking them to […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: So what will be the equation like between Modi-led NDA government at the Centre and the Biju Janata Dal government in Odisha? Friendly or adversarial? Or will it oscillate between the two? These questions have become relevant following government formation in Delhi and Bhubaneswar in the wake of a protracted election […]

New Delhi: A Pakistan Minister has hit out at Indian cricketer M.S. Dhoni for sporting an Army insignia on his wicket-keeping gloves during the ongoing World Cup in England and Wales. “Dhoni is in England to play cricket not for MahaBharta (sic), what an idiotic debate in Indian media, a section of the Indian media […]

In a major development, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued a notification regarding ‘Introduction of Artificial Intelligence, Early Childhood Care Education and Yoga as New subjects in School curriculum from the Academic session 2019-2020’. It was earlier informed that the application for introducing the skill subjects for session 2019-2020 should be sent […]

Kolkata: Former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar on Friday appeared before the CBI officials here in relation to the Saradha Chit Fund scam. He has been summoned multiple times by the Central Bureau of Investigation in recent weeks but failed to appear as he said he was on leave. Kumar, who headed the Special Investigation Team […]

Mumbai: A cricketer-cum-coach from Bhandup was attacked with choppers near a petrol pump shortly before midnight, police said here on Friday. Rakesh Panvar was with his girlfriend when three unknown persons pounced on them near Mahavir Petrol Pump in north-east Mumbai. According to a police official, bleeding profusely and seriously injured Panvar was rushed to […]