Bhubaneswar, 15/7: A special court here has sent the three accused railway officials in the Balasore train disaster to judicial custody, after the end of their CBI remand period. Senior Section Engineer (Signal) Arun Kumar Mahanta, Section Engineer Mohammed Amir Khan and Technician Pappu Kumar, who have been placed under suspension by the Railways, were…
Dubai, 14/7: International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Geoff Allardice on Friday said that they are pushing for the T20 format’s inclusion at the 2028 Los Angeles OlympicsThe ICC is seeking cricket’s entry at the LA Games and its fate would be decided in a couple of months’ time, he stated. “The Olympics want…
Manipur, 14/7: Days after several groups belonging to both the Kuki and Meiteis rejected CM N Biren Singh’s call for talks, Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey has decided to convene an all-community meeting at Raj Bhavan soon in order to find a solution to the long conflict. The Governor informed about the plan for the all-community…
US President Joe Biden’s administration will automatically cancel $39 billion in student debt for more than 800,000 borrowers, CNBC reported on Friday. “For far too long, borrowers fell through the cracks of a broken system that failed to keep accurate track of their progress towards forgiveness,” CNBC quoted U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona…
Gandhinagar, 14/7: The most important takeaway from next week’s gathering of finance chiefs from the world’s biggest developed and emerging economies won’t be on the official agenda: who’s gaining in the battle for global influence between the US and its allies on one side and China and Russia on the other. Group of 20…
Sriharikota, 14/7: The upcoming Chandrayaan-3 mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled to take off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, at 2.35 PM IST on Friday, July 14. The mission follows Chandrayaan-2 where scientists aim to demonstrate various capabilities including reaching the orbit of the moon, making…
New Delhi, 14/7: The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the CBI and Enforcement Directorate on a bail plea by senior AAP leader and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the case related to the Delhi liquor policy case. A bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna sought a response from the central agencies…
Lucknow, 14/7:The video of a woman constable of Local Intelligence Unit (LIU) of Lucknow Commissionerate, accusing senior officials of mental and physical harassment has gone viral on social media. Aparna Rajat Kaushik, DCP Central, said: “Taking cognizance of the video and seriousness of the matter, the investigation is being done by ADCP (centre) Manisha Singh.”…
Tripura, 14/7: A human skull was found in the holy waterbody of the Tripureswari temple, one of Shakti Peethas, in Tripura’s Gomati district. The police have registered a case and investigations have started to find out how the skull reached the waterbody, known as Kalyan Sagar, inside the compound of the 500-year-old shrine,…
Dubai, 13/7: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced equal prize money for both men’s and women’s teams. “” The decision comes after the ICC Annual Conference held in Durban, South Africa, and marks a significant milestone in the global cricketing body’s endeavor to achieve prize money parity by 2030. According to ICC,…
