Chennai: The Madras High Court has quashed a criminal case against Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) founder and Member of Parliament Thol Thirumavalavan, in a case alleging the degradation of Indian women, particularly Hindu women. A single-judge bench, led by Justice P. Velmurugan, on Thursday quashed the complaint, observing that Thirumavalavan’s remarks were based on what…
Sydney, 2/1: Indian skipper Rohit Sharma is likely to sit out of the final Test against Australia in Sydney, reports claimed on Thursday. India take on Australia in the fifth and the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Sydney Cricket Ground from from Friday (January 3). If Rohit is not at the helm, then…
Vienna: On a frosty morning in Slovakia’s capital Bratislava, cameraman Peter Lahky expressed his concerns over a looming energy crisis after Ukraine halted Russian gas transit to Europe, fearing that higher energy prices would further add to his financial burden. Lahky told Xinhua that he has been worried about the recent forecasts by Slovakia’s Regulatory Authority…
UP, 2/1: The court commissioner submitted his survey report in Chandausi Court on Thursday in the Sambhal Jama Masjid-Harihar case, reports ANI. Sambhal has been in the eye of the storm since November 19, when a Mughal-era mosque was surveyed on court orders following claims that a Harihar temple previously stood at the site. …
Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik on Thursday wrote to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, seeking adequate compensation to the farmers after a proper inquiry for crop damage due to unseasonal rain.Patnaik also empahsized on providing weather updates to the farmers in a timely manner.“…..the government of Odisha must take the plight of our farmers…
New York: A man “hell-bent on carnage” unleashed terror in New Orleans driving a vehicle flying an Islamic State flag into a crowd celebrating the dawn of the New Year leaving 10 people dead and at least 35 hurt, officials said.The man who was killed in a shootout with police was identified by the Federal Bureau…
Dhaka, 2/1: A court in the southeastern port city of Chattogram in Bangladesh on Thursday denied bail to Hindu monk and former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in a sedition case. A group of 11 lawyers stood for him with a bail petition during the hearing for which Das appeared virtually.
Seoul: Jeju Air Co. on Thursday said it plans to reduce flight operations as early as next week in response to growing concerns over the safety of flights operated by the leading low-cost carrier in the wake of this week’s fatal crash.Song Kyung-hoon, head of Jeju Air’s management support office, said during a press briefing that…
Kolkata, 2/1: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Border Security Force of letting infiltrators from Bangladesh enter India and charged the BSF with trying to destabilise the state. Banerjee said she could sense a “blueprint of the central government” behind this attitude of the BSF”.
New Delhi: Iran’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Takht Ravanchi is set to visit India on Thursday and discuss key issues between the two countries such as falling trade volumes. Other items on the agenda are increasing bilateral trade in both energy and non-energy sectors, improving connectivity and tourism, regional and international security, and…
