Chennai: The Madras High Court has dismissed a case challenging the conduct of elections to the Chennai Press Club.On Wednesday, Justice G. Jayachandran, a single-Bench judge, declined to entertain a suit filed by T.M. Viswanaath, a member of the Chennai Press Club.The elections, scheduled for December 15, will take place after a 25-year gap, the last…
New York: President-elect Donald Trump has named Republican Party activist Harmeet Dhillon, who is a supporter of the farmers’ protest in India and raised aallegations of “Indian death squads”, to be the assistant attorney general for civil rights.“In her new role at the DOJ (Department of Justice), Harmeet will be a tireless defender of our Constitutional…
Khartoum: At least 65 civilians were killed in an artillery attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Omdurman city, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, Khartoum State government announced.“The terrorist militia committed today (Tuesday) the largest human massacre through artillery shelling targeting citizens in Karari locality, killing over 65 people and injuring hundreds of…
Mumbai: The case of Bengaluru Techie Atul Subhash who died by suicide citing alleged harassment by his estranged wife has opened up a debate on misuse of anti dowry law. Mumbai-based lawyer Abha Singh described the case as a ‘gross misuse of law,’ stating that false charges and harassment led to the death of the victim,…
Beirut: All 75 Indian nationals evacuated from Syria including 44 ‘Zaireen’ from Jammu and Kashmir who were stranded at Saida Zainab, have now reached Beirut, a statement by the Indian embassy in Lebanon said. The statement added that Noor Rahman Sheikh, Ambassador of India to Lebanon received them in Beirut.The statement added that the passengers will…
New Delhi: Delhi on Wednesday experienced further dip in the temperature and a thin layer of fog covered parts of the city. At 5.30 am, 5.6 degrees Celsius was recorded at the city.As temperature continues to remain in the single digit in the national capital more homeless people have taken refuge in the night shelters. At…
Bangladesh: Bangladesh owes the Indian state of Tripura an astonishing Rs. 161 crore in unpaid electricity bills. The amount has piled up over a few months, increasing by Rs. 135 crore.NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN) is a government of India undertaking, which supplies electricity to Bangladesh under a bilateral agreement signed in 2010 with…
Chattisgarh, ,11/12: Two DRG jawans were injured in an IED blast, and one naxal was killed in an exchange of fire in Chattisgarh’s Bijapur on Wednesday, news agency ANI reported, quoting Bijapur police. Search operations are underway, Bijapur SP Jitendra Yadav said.
Korea, 11/12:Former South Korean defence minister Kim Yong Hyun attempted to kill himself but is now stable, Associated Press reported. Hyun was taken into custody over the martial law imposition which drew major backlash in the Asian country and has spelled trouble for President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has survived an impeachment motion for now,…
Tezpur: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that the state has to draw lessons from Israel on surviving even when surrounded by adversaries. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a programme to mark ‘Swahid Diwas’ at Jamugurihat in Sonitpur district, Sarma said Assam’s boundaries were never safe.
