New Delhi, 28/6: In a tragic incident that raised questions on civic amenities in the national capital, one person was killed and five were injured on Friday morning after a portion of the roof of the Delhi airport’s Terminal-1 collapsed on cars, including taxis, amid heavy downpour that threw traffic on roads and air into…
London, 27/6: Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy, currently facing the threat of prosecution over historical comments on Kashmir 14 years ago, was on Thursday honoured with the prestigious Pen Pinter Prize 2024 for her “unflinching and unswerving” writing.
New Delhi, 27/6: I.N.D.I.A. bloc is all set to raise the NEET paper leak issue in the Parliament on Friday. Rahul Gandhi to raise the issue in Lok Sabha and Mallikarjun Kharge to raise it in Rajya Sabha. Opposition MPs to also submit notices in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
Bengaluru, 27/6: Top Vokkaliga pontiff Kumara Chandrashekaranatha Swami on Thursday publicly asked Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to step aside and hand over power to DK Shivakumar, causing consternation in the ruling Congress. The pontiff chose to say this at the 515th birth anniversary of Bengaluru founder Kempegowda, an icon of the Vokkaliga community to which Shivakumar…
Patna, 27/6: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested two from Bihar’s Patna in NEET-UG paper leak case, officials said. On Wednesday, CBI officials had visited a school in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag and quizzed its principal in connection with the alleged irregularities in medical entrance test NEET, an official said.
Tarouba, 27/6: South Africa exorcised their agonising semifinal jinx through an exceptional spell of pace bowling as they walloped an emotionally drained Afghanistan by nine wickets to enter their first-ever T20 World Cup final here. They will face the winners of the second semifinal between India and England in the title clash, but the…
New Delhi, 27/8: Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani was admitted to the AIIMS here late on Wednesday night. He is stable and under observation,” a source said. The 96-year-old former deputy prime minister has been admitted in the old private ward of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and is learnt to…
New Delhi, 26/6: Sam Pitroda was back as Indian Overseas Congress chairman on Wednesday, within 50 days of his resignation from the post after his effort to depict India’s diversity invited accusations of making a racist statement. In a one-line statement, Congress General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal said, “Congress president has reappointed Sam Pitroda as…
London, 26/6: When Sussex’s Ollie Robinson came on to bowl against Leicestershire’s number eight batter Louis Kimber on Wednesday, little did the England bowler know he would go down in the record books for conceding 43 runs in an over. After Sussex had declared their second innings on 296-6 to post a target of 464,…
Bengaluru, 26/6: A Bengaluru court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of rape and sexual harassment in multiple cases. The 33-year-old is presently in the custody of the Special Investigation Team, formed to probe his alleged sex crimes. Several explicit clips purportedly of him were…
