Vatican City, 22/4: Pope Francis died of a stroke and irreversible heart failure, Vatican doctor Andrea Arcangeli said in a death certificate released on Monday for the 88-year-old pontiff. The certificate, which was published by the Vatican, said the pope had fallen into a coma before his death early on Monday.
New Delhi,22/4: South Korea’s LG and Samsung have sued India’s government to quash a policy which increases payouts to electronic-waste recyclers, court filings show, joining other major companies in contesting the country’s environmental rules citing bus. The lawsuits, set to be heard on Tuesday with other challenges, mark an escalation of a standoff involving foreign…
Bengaluru, 21/4: The wife and daughter of Om Prakash, a former Karnataka police chief who was found murdered at his house on Sunday, have been booked in connection with the killing. Preliminary investigations suggest that Om Prakash got into an argument with his wife, Pallavi, during lunch on Sunday at their home in HSR Layout….
San Francisco, 21/4: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said India is “actively engaging” with the new US administration and hopes to conclude the first tranche of the bilateral trade agreement “positively” by fall (September-October) this year. We are one of the countries which is actively engaged with the new administration of the United States…
New Delhi, 21/4: A lawyer on Monday sought the consent of attorney general R Venkataramani to initiate contempt of court action against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and party MLA Agnimitra Paul for their attacks on the judiciary. In a letter, advocate Brijesh Singh said both “deliberately uttered scandalous, candid, false and lowering statements in the…
New Delhi, 21/4: The AAP on Monday announced that it will not contest the upcoming elections for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi The polls are scheduled to be held on April 25. Addressing a press conference, former Delhi chief minister and Leader of Opposition in the Delhi…
New Delhi, 21/4: Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, speaking in Boston, said that the ‘Election Commission of India (ECI) is compromised and there is something wrong with the system.’ He said, according to news agency ANI, “It is very clear to us that the Election Commission is compromised, and it…
Ranchi, 21/4: Eight Naxals were killed in an encounter with CoBRA commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and police in Bokaro district of Jharkhand on Monday morning, official said. The exchange of fire started around 5.30 am in Lugu Hills of Lalpania area of the district
London, 20/4: Britain said on Sunday two of its fighter jets had intercepted Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea close to NATO alliance airspace in separate incidents on Tuesday and Thursday. The Typhoon fighters were scrambled to intercept a Russian Ilyushin Il-20M “Coot-A” intelligence aircraft on Tuesday, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said in a statement….
Mullanpur, 20/4: Opener Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal smashed half-centuries as Royal Challengers Bengaluru crushed Punjab Kings by seven wickets in their Indian Premier League clash here on Sunday. Chasing 158, Kohli (73 not out off 54 balls) and Padikkal (61 off 35 balls) shared a 103-run partnership, which formed the backbone of the massive…
