Kochi, 25/11: Four students of Cochin University of Science and Technology were killed and around 64 students were injured in a stampede during a tech fest at Kochi on Saturday. The stampede took place around 7.30 pm during a music event as part of the ongoing tech fest. According to local sources, the stampede took…
New Delhi, 25/11: In further trouble for Mahua Moitra, the CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry against the Trinamool Congress MP in connection with allegations of “quid pro quo” for raising questions in Parliament. Officials said the action came on the directions of Lokpal, which had earlier forwarded the matter to the agency following a…
New Delhi, 25/11: A court here on Saturday sentenced four convicts to life imprisonment for killing TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan in 2008 while the fifth convict was sent to three years in jail. While sentencing Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla, Baljeet Malik and Ajay Kumar to life imprisonment, the court of Additional Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar…
New Delhi, 25/11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday undertook a sortie on the Tejas aircraft and said the experience has bolstered his confidence in the country’s indigenous capabilities. Taking to social media platform X, the PM said, “Successfully completed a sortie on the Tejas,”
New Delhi, 25/12: India will soon commercially produce medicines for 13 “rare diseases” substantially bringing down the treatment cost for such illnesses – sometimes 90-100 times less – as standard therapies based largely on imported medicines cost a few crores per year. In the first phase, four such medicines have received the marketing approval while…
Jodhpur, 25/11: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said there is no anti-incumbency against the Congress and the party will form the government in the state again. There seems to be an undercurrent. Looks like the (Congress) government will be repeated,” he said. Gehlot told PTI in Jodhpur that the Congress focused its campaign…
Mumbai, 24/11: The Reserve Bank on Friday imposed penalties totalling Rs 10.34 crore on Citibank, Bank of Baroda, and Indian Overseas Bank for contravention of various regulatory norms. The highest penalty of Rs 5 crore has been imposed on Citibank NA for non-compliance of norms related to depositor education and awareness fund scheme, and code…
New Delhi, 24/11′ The Centre on Friday warned social media firms including Facebook and YouTube to repeatedly remind users that local laws prohibit them from posting deepfakes and content that spreads obscenity or misinformation, two sources told Reuters. The warning was conveyed by Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a closed-door meeting where he said many…
New Delhi, 24/11: The Supreme Court on Friday said it cannot accept Hindenburg report on Adani Group of companies as ipso facto true state of affairs, while emphasising that it found no material to doubt the Sebi probe and impartiality of expert committee appointed by it . The court said it cannot doubt a statutory…
New Delhi, 24/11: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on a plea for cancelling bail granted to him in the disproportionate assets case. The court also sought his response on a plea questioning permanent exemption granted to him from appearance during the trial. A…
