Tokyo, 30/7: The death toll from the powerful earthquake that hit southwestern Japan this week has risen to 34, local officials said Thursday, as rescuers braved sweltering heat and raced to find survivors under the rubble two days after the temblor The magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit Kumamoto prefecture on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s main…
New Delhi, 30/7: The Supreme Court on Thursday underscored the critical need for the Election Commission’s independence, questioning Parliament’s decision to keep the Chief Justice of India out of the selection panel for appointing the Chief Election Commissioners. Observing that the Chief Election Commissioner holds one of the most important constitutional offices in a democracy,…
New Delhi, 30/7: Delhi Police will not take any adverse legal action against people who participated in the Cockroach Janta Party-led protest here but this protection will not be available to those with criminal antecedents, the Delhi government said on Thursday.The Delhi government’s Home Department said if any arrests or detentions are already made, the…
Bhubaneswar, 30/7: In a major move toward modernizing the state’s power transmission grid and making it more reliable and efficient, Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) has taken another significant step. Today, at the Kharavel Bhavan premises, Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment and Energy, Shri Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo,…
New Delhi, 30/7: The move to change the colour of Indian men’s and women’s hockey jerseys from blue to saffron has sparked a row with former players questioning the move. Hockey India (HI) on its social media pages unveiled the jerseys that the men’s and women’s team would be wearing at next month’s FIH World…
Subarnapur, 30/7—- Subarnapur District Excise Mobile Unit and Birmaharajpur Excise Police Station conducted raids at Ulunda Police Station S. Patrapali and Birmaharajpur Police Station Raksa Chhak on Tuesday to prevent ganja smuggling. 4 people have been arrested in two separate cases. In both the incidents, 5 quintals of ganja, one pickup van and one car…
Srinagar, 30/7: As student protesters at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar forced the Narendra Modi government to negotiate and concede key demands, a deadly crackdown on demonstrators in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) has found rare resonance across this part of Kashmir drawing rare condemnation from students, separatists and mainstream political parties alike.
New Delhi, 30/7: Kyiv on Wednesday subtly accused New Delhi of taking a softer stand on the killing of seafarers from India in missile and drone strikes by Russia on commercial vessels off the coasts of Ukraine in the Black Sea, unlike its sterner response.Ukraine also alleged that its request to India for a phone…
Kolkata,, 29/7: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said Rs 296.64 crore has been transferred through netbanking to 80,375 government, aided and sponsored schools in the state for their developmental works. He said that as a pilot project, ISKCON would provide midday meals to schools in a large part of Kolkata from August…
New Delhi, 29/7: Ambaram Meghwal has finally succeeded in stirring the administration up from slumber after 55 days of silent protest in Barmer, which is about 800km from Delhi — the epicentre of the youth protest against a corrupt education system. Meghwal, who is in his sixties, endured the heat and rain to protest against…
