New Delhi, 14/11: Opposition parties on Tuesday attacked the Modi government for appointing Janardhan Chaudhary as a member of the Centre’s Expert Appraisal Committees (EAC) under the Environment Ministry, saying he is an employee of the Adani Group. Chaudhary was appointed in September to the all-important panel, which clears the country’s power projects, including those…
Islamabad, 14/11: Former prime minister Imran Khan, who is already imprisoned in Adiala Jail in the cipher case, has also been arrested by Pakistan’s top anti-corruption office in the Al-Qadir Trust case and Toshakhana gifts case, media reports said on Tuesday. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested Khan on Monday after Accountability Court Judge Mohammad…
New Delhi, 14/11: Air pollution worsened in Delhi amid unfavourable meteorological conditions on Tuesday morning and a relief is unlikely soon. Based on data provided by nine out of the 40 monitoring stations in Delhi, the capital’s air quality index stood at 363 — very poor category– at 8 am. Rest of the monitoring stations…
Uttarkashi, 14/11: Rescuers at the under-construction tunnel collapse site here Tuesday initiated the process of inserting large-diameter mild steel pipes through the rubble using an auger machine to rescue the 40 workers trapped for two days now, officials said. The pipes will be pushed in using the horizontal drilling equipment to create an escape passage…
Beijing, 13/11: Chinese experts have sounded an alert about the relapse of Covid-19 infections during the current winter season and asked elderly and vulnerable populations to get vaccinated. The Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese CDC) shows that a total of 209 new severe Covid-19 cases and 24 deaths caused by Covid-19 were…
Bhubaneswar, 13/11: Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik has approved 150 Multi Purpose Cultural-cum-Community Centres for the people belonging to Minority Communities in the State. The CM has said this will be a long way for preservation of culture and heritage of minority communities of our state. An amount of Rs 45 Crore has been…
Kolkata, 13/11: A local Trinamool Congress leader was shot dead at Joynagar in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Monday morning, which led to the lynching of an alleged assailant by a mob, police saidSaifuddin Laskar (47), TMC area president of Bamungachi area in Joynagar was shot dead from close range near his house…
New Delhi, 13/11: The Centre on Monday banned seven Meiti extremist groups and four of its affiliates, which included two political wings and two armed wings, for five years on charges of engaging in anti-India activities that challenges the country’s sovereignty and integrity and attacking and killing security forces and civilians. In its notification, the…
London, 13/11: Former British prime minister David Cameron is set to become foreign secretary, the Telegraph newspaper reported, returning to the political front line after he quit in 2016 when he failed to keep Britain in the European Union.
Hyderabad, 13/11: At least nine persons – four men, four women, and a child – were killed in a fire at a multi-storeyed warehouse in Bazarghat area of Hyderabad’s Nampally, on Monday. The blaze erupted in the ground floor of the building where some drums containing chemicals were stored. So far, 21 people have…
