Washington, ,1/12: President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday nominated close confidante Kash Patel for the powerful position of Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, making him the highest ranking Indian American in his incoming administration. I am proud to announce that Kashyap ‘Kash’ Patel will serve as the next Director of the Federal Bureau of…
Mumbai, 1/12: Maharashtra’s caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who took ill at his native village in Satara district, is recovering and will return to Mumbai on Sunday evening, an associate said. A team of doctors checked on Shinde as he developed high fever on Saturday. The Shiv Sena leader headed to his native village Dare…
Chennai, 1/12: After making landfall late Saturday night, Cyclone Fengal remained stationery for over six hours bucketing down extremely heavy rains in Puducherry and Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday, leading to floods in several parts in the Union Territory’s capital. Chennai, which bore the brunt of the cyclonic storm, with winds gusting up…
New Delhi, 30/11: A man splashed some liquid on AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal during his ‘padyatra’ in south Delhi on Saturday with the party accusing the BJP of not being able to stabilise the law and order situation in the national capital. AAP asked, “If a former chief minister is not safe in the national…
Mumbai,: Maha Yuti alliance’s new government in Maharashtra will be formed on December 5 with Devendra Fadnavis emerging as the frontrunner to become the next chief minister again, a senior BJP leader said on Saturday. In the November 20 Maharashtra assembly polls, the Maha Yuti alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Eknath Shinde-led Shiv…
Peshawar,30/11: Seventeen terrorists were killed on Friday in two separate operations when Pakistani security forces’ helicopter gunships targeted their hideouts in the country’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The intelligence-based operations were conducted in the Bannu and the North Waziristan districts, according to security sources.
Bengaluru, 30/11: The High Court of Karnataka will resume hearing the bail petitions of Kannada film star Darshan Thoogudeepa and others accused in the murder of Chitradurga native Renukaswamy on December 3. Senior advocate Sandesh Chouta, who appeared for accused number 11 Nagaraju, concluded his arguments on Friday. Chouta claimed that not a single piece…
Kolkata, 30/11: The CBI on Friday filed a charge sheet in connection with the R G Kar Hospital financial irregularities in which it has named former principal of the medical establishment Sandip Ghosh as the prime accused, an official said. The Special CBI court at Alipore here, however, did not accept the chargesheet as the…
Kolkata, 30/11: A hospital in north Kolkata’s Manicktala area said it would not treat patients from Bangladesh amid protests over the alleged atrocities on minority Hindus in the neighbouring country An official of the J N Ray Hospital on Friday said the decision was forced by insults meted out to the Indian flag by Bangladeshi…
Syria, 29/11: After advancing near Aleppo city in a major offensive against the Syrian government, jihadists and their allies have seized dozens of towns and villages in government-held parts of Syria’s north and northwest, AFP news agency reported.
