Kabul, 20/8: An overcrowded bus carrying Afghans expelled from Iran crashed in western Afghanistan and at least 79 people were killed, authorities said on Wednesday. The crash on the Herat-Kabul highway involved a motorcycle, a truck and a bus late on Tuesday, said Ahmdullah Muttaqi, head of the information department for Herat’s provincial government. …
New Delhi, 20/8: Russian President Vladimir Putin and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet in New Delhi by the end of year, but no dates have been finalised yet, a Russian embassy official in India said on Wednesday.
New Delhi, 20/8: The Narendra Modi government is bringing three Bills, including one to amend the Constitution, to provide for provisions to remove Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and ministers if they remain in custody for 30 days in a row for an offence that carries a jail term of at least 5 years The Opposition…
New Delhi, 20/8: More than 50 schools in Delhi have received bomb threats via e-mail on Wednesday morning, the Delhi Police have said, as per news agency ANI Rahul Model School and Maxfort School in Dwarka, SKV in Malviya Nagar, and Andhra School in Prasad Nagar are some of the schools that have received such…
New Delhi, 20/8: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was attacked on Wednesday during her public grievance hearing, ‘Jan Sunwai’, as per the BJP. One person has been detained in this regard and a probe is underway. Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva “strongly” condemned the “attack” on the chief minister during her weekly ‘Jan Sunwai’ programme,…
New Delhi, 19/8: Union Cabinet has approved a bill to regulate online real money gaming platforms, a source said on Tuesday. The bill is likely to be tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, the source added. “The Cabinet has approved the bill to regulate online gaming platforms that involve real money. The government is trying to…
Mumbai, 19/8: Suryakumar Yadav will lead India’s title defence in the Asia Cup with Shubman Gill named as his deputy in the 15-member squad picked by the Ajit Agarkar-led selection panel in Mumbai on Tuesday that also includes pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah. Gill is making a return to the shortest format of the game…
New Delhi, 19/8: The I.N.D.I.A. bloc chose Former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy as their Vice Presidential candidate on Tuesday. The bloc convened a meet at Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence and decided upon the name
Bengaluru, 19/8: Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Monday the investigation into the alleged mass burials in Dharmasthala “hasn’t even started” and that only the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the matter, not the government. During a discussion on the Dharmasthala issue in the Assembly, the home minister said: “Till now, only the exhumation has…
Mumbai, 19/8: Veteran actor Achyut Potdar, who was best known for his portrayal of a college professor in Rajkumar Hirani’s popular film 3 Idiots, passed away at the age of 91. On Monday, the actor passed away in Thane. According to reports, he was recently admitted to the hospital for age-related complications, though the…
