Goa, 1/5: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Labour Day claimed that migrant workers employed in Goa were responsible for the bulk of the crimes committed in the coastal state. Sawant also urged employers and labour contractors in Goa to register their workers with the Labour department, so that those who abscond from Goa after committing…
New Delhi, 1/5: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be on a four-day visit to South Korea starting Tuesday to attend Asian Development Bank’s annual meeting. Besides attending the 56th Annual General Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) here, she will address investors and hold bilateral meetings. Her packed…
UP, 1/5: BSP’s Afzal Ansari was disqualified as a member of the Lok Sabha on Monday after he was convicted and sentenced to four-year imprisonment in a kidnapping-and-murder case by a court in Uttar Pradesh. Ansari, the Lok Sabha member from Ghazipur, was sentenced to four years in jail by an MP/MLA court on Saturday….
Egypt, 1/5: An Al Jazeera correspondent has been released from about four years’ pretrial detention in Egypt, his wife said in a tweet on Monday. Egypt’s Press Syndicate head Khaled Elbalshy confirmed to Reuters that the Qatar-based television network correspondent Hisham Abdel Aziz had returned home on Sunday evening. Last September, Egyptian…
Lucknow, 1/5:Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis won the toss and opted to bat first in the IPL match against Lucknow Super Giants on Monday. The match is being played at the Ekana Sports City Stadium.
New Delhi, 1/5: Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Saina Nehwal will not be participating at the national badminton selections trials for the upcoming Asian Games due to fitness issues. The Badminton Association of India (BAI) will be conducting the trial from May 4 to 7 at Jwala Gutta Academy of Excellence in Telangana to pick the…
Mumbai, 1/5: Tata Motors on Monday said its total wholesales declined by 4 per cent to 69,599 units in April, as compared with the same month last year. The company had sold 72,468 units in April 2022. The auto major said its total domestic sales declined by 4 per cent to 68,514…
New Delhi, 1/5: The Centre on Monday blocked 14 mobile messenger apps allegedly used by terrorists to send and receive messages from Pakistan, reported ANI. Crypviser, Enigma, Safeswiss, Wickrme, Mediafire, Briar, BChat, Nandbox, Conion, IMO, Element, Second Line, Zangi, and Threema are among the apps that have been banned. According to multiple…
New Delhi, 1/5: The Supreme Court on Monday held that it can dissolve a marriage on the ground of irretrievable breakdown. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice S K Kaul said the apex court is empowered under Article 142 of the Constitution to do complete justice. Article 142 of the Constitution…
Bangalore, 1/5: BJP chief J P Nadda on Monday released the saffron party’s ‘praja dhwani’ manifesto for the Karnataka Assembly elections 2023 in Bengaluru.The manifesto was unveiled in the presence of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and his predecessor B S YeddiyurappaHighlighting the promises made in manifesto, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai said the party has focused…
