San Francisco, 28/10: Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning on Tuesday, as the company pares expenses and compensates for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter. The figure represents a small percentage of Amazon’s 1.55 million total employees, but nearly…
Bengaluru, 27/10: A Brazilian model working in Bengaluru was allegedly molested by a grocery delivery agent at her apartment. The accused, a 21-year-old diploma engineering student, was later arrested by RT Nagar police and remanded in judicial custody. According to the police, the victim, who works as a model and is employed with a private…
New Delhi, 27/10: In a major development, The South Central Railway (SCR) advised passengers to travel only if absolutely necessary between October 27 and 28, in view of the forecast of heavy rains and strong winds along the coastal areas due to Cyclone Montha. General Manager Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, during his visit to Vijayawada, reviewed…
Chennai, 27/10: Sending out a strong political message to the Tamil Nadu Congress by referring to his “special and brotherly relationship” with Rahul Gandhi, DMK President M K Stalin on Monday said the two parties which travelled different paths once have come together for the betterment of the nation and that their electoral alliance will…
New Delhi, 27/10: The Election Commission will conduct phase two of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in 12 states and Union Territories, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar announced on Monday. The states and Union Territories are: the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar…
Sydney, 27/10: India’s One-day International (ODI) vice-captain Shreyas Iyer is reportedly stable and well on road to recovery after being admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in a hospital in Sydney. He was suffering internal bleeding resulting from a rib cage injury sustained during the third match against Australia.
Guwahati, 27/10: Talo Potom, an IAS officer from Arunachal Pradesh, facing charges of sexual abuse and abetment of suicide of a 19-year-old boy, surrendered before the police on Sunday night. This came after the police launched a nationwide hunt for Potom, following two back-to-back suicides, charges of sexual exploitation and public protests
Bengaluru, 27/10: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday defended the controversial tunnel road project, saying only Bangalore South MP LS Tejasvi Surya was opposing it. “I have given him time, let him suggest his solution and if it is good, I will consider it,” he said. “No one — except God — can…
New Delhi, 26/10: Amid the Chhath Puja festivities, the AAP on Sunday accused the BJP of creating a “fake” Yamuna ghat with filtered water for Prime Minister Narendra Modi while devotees have to stand in the polluted river. The BJP hit back, terming the AAP’s allegations “a shameful model of political frustration”. Addressing a press…
Mangaluru, 26/10,: A case has been registered against RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat for allegedly delivering a speech that incited religious hatred, insulted women’s dignity, and threatened peace during Deepotsava programme held at Uppalige in Puttur . According to the complaint filed by Eshwari Padmunja of Puttur taluk, Bhat’s speech included derogatory remarks about Hindu…
