New York, 28/12: Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen was first fined and then disqualified from the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship here for his refusal to comply with FIDE’s dress code after turning up in jeans. Defending champion Carlsen was fined $200 for wearing jeans, which are “explicitly prohibited” under tournament regulations and when…
Bhawanipatna: Protestors have called for a 12-hour strike in Bhawanipatna today. The MLA of Bhawanipatna Sagar Charan Das has called the strike against the paddy Katni Chhatni and mismagement in paddy procurement. He has blamed the government for all the discrepancies in paddy procurement.MLA Das further said that,” if the demands of paddy procurement are…
Bhubaneswar: The temperature is expected to drop after December 30. In central Odisha and in coastal Odisha the temperature is expected to drop. The IMD has predicted that the 2 to 4 degrees Celsius is expected to decrease.After the low pressure, the night temperature has remained 6 to 7 degrees Celsius. Rain is expected in…
New Delhi, 28/12: The government will allocate space for a memorial of former prime minister Manmohan Singh and this has been communicated to his family and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, the Union home ministry said on Friday night. In a late-night release titled “Facts of the matter regarding memorial for Former Prime Minister Late Dr…
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday claimed that he was put under house arrest and prevented from offering congregational prayers at the Jamia Masjid here for the fourth consecutive week Mirwaiz, the chief cleric of Kashmir, alleged that he was barred from offering prayers at the Jama Masjid in the city’s Nowhatta…
New Delhi, 27/12: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Friday condoled the passing of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, saying his contributions to Bharat will always be remembered. “The entire nation is extremely saddened by the demise of former prime minister of Bharat and senior leader of the country Dr Sardar…
Mumbai, 27/12: A court here on Friday granted bail to Aditya Pandit, the jailed boyfriend of an Air India pilot who allegedly committed suicide last month. Pilot Srishti Tuli (25), who lived in a rented flat in the ‘Kanakia Rain Forest’ building in Marol area, was found dead in the early hours of November 25.
Lucknow, 27/12: Taking a serious view of the alleged controversial post by three Bangladeshi students, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has debarred two of them and issued a warning letter to the third. According to the sources, these students had termed ISKCON a militant organisation and had also made objectionable comments on Indian women.
Dubai: Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), has approved the “Protocol for Autopsy and Aviation Medicine in Air Accident Investigations,” a new step toward improving air accident investigation practices. This protocol represents a significant and distinctive addition to the…
Dhaka: A massive fire broke out in the Bangladesh Secretariat main building in the capital city of Dhaka on Thursday. Many important documents of three ministries were burnt to ashes in the fire. Officials have formed a high-level investigation committee, suspecting it to be a conspiracy. The fire broke out in Building No. 7 of the…
