Kolkata, 8/5: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday ordered an immediate ban on the screening of the controversial film The Kerala Story to avoid “any incident of hatred and violence”, a senior official said here. Action will be taken against any theatre found showing the film, the official said. Earlier in…
Mumbai, 8/5: An editorial in Shiv Sena (UBT)’s mouthpiece Saamana that NCP supremo Sharad Pawar failed to groom a successor has sparked off a war of words within the Maha Vikas Aghadi, the anti-BJP coalition of Maharashtra. The NCP and Congress slammed Saamana editor and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut, who is a close aide…
New Delhi, 8/5:The Centre on Monday defended in the Supreme Court the third extension of service granted to Enforcement Directorate chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra, asserting it was due to a peer review being conducted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) this year and said he will retire this November. The Centre on Monday…
Chennai, 8/5: Girl students outshone boys yet again in the Class 12 board exam results announced by the Tamil Nadu School Education Department on Monday, even as the state registered a slight increase in the pass percentage of students when compared to the previous academic year. Announcing the results, School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi…
Kerala, 8/5: A day after the tragic tourist boat accident that claimed the lives of 22 people including women and children, the Kerala government on Monday announced a judicial probe into the matter and decided to give a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of the deceased. The boat capsized near an estuary…
Assam, 9/5: Assam Director General of Police GP Singh on Monday said a police team has reached violence-hit Manipur to provide help or facilitate the return of any person from the state stuck there. He said most people from Assam residing in Manipur are not willing to return but the state government has put in…
New Delhi, 9/5: Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday directed crisis-hit Go First to immediately stop bookings and sale of tickets directly or indirectly till further orders, according to a source. Besides, the watchdog has issued a show cause notice to the budget carrier under the relevant provisions of the Aircraft Rules, 1937, for its failure…
New Delhi, 7/5: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Bihar government and others on the plea of slained IAS officer G Krishnaiah’s wife Uma Krishnaiah challenging premature release of Bihar politician Anand Mohan Singh from the prison. Singh’s release was allowed under a jail sentence remission order after the state government…
Sukma, 8/5: Two Naxalites, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with police in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday morning, an official said. A cache of explosives and an automatic weapon were recovered from the encounter site, he said. The gunfight took place in a forest near Danteshpuram village under Bheji police station limits…
Thiruvananthapuram, 8/5: The death toll in the boat mishap at Tanur in Malappuram district of Kerala on Sunday evening has reached 22. The deceased include seven children and women as well as many members of the same families. The condition of the four rescued was also stated to be serious. Search at…
