New Delhi, 8/6: Investigators probing the devastating Malviya Nagar hotel fire in Delhi have uncovered a series of alleged lapses that may have set the stage for the tragedy, a tea break, an oil fryer left unattended, and a cook who reportedly left the scene without raising an alarm even as flames spread through the…
Hyderabad, 8/6: Philadelphia police have announced a reward of $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the murder of Anshul Kuncha. 27-year-old techie from Telangana’s Medchal-Malkajgiri district.Anshul was shot dead in the early hours of June 5 while on a pizza delivery job.The fatal shooting occurred shortly after midnight…
Hyderabad, 8//6: At least eight workers are feared dead following a fire mishap at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) in Anakapalle district of Andhra Pradesh on Monday evening. The accident is believed to have been triggered by a leakage in a ladle at Steel Melt Shop (SMS) I, causing molten metal to spill and ignite…
New Delhi, 8/6: The Supreme Court has held that physical relationship between two consenting unmarried adults cannot be a ground to draw an adverse impression about the character of the person in that relationship. A bench of Justices Manmohan and Manoj Misra made the observation while directing the Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board to…
New Delhi, 8/6: BJP on Sunday night announced a candidate for Rajya Sabha elections from Karnataka, virtually signalling the end of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s Parliamentary innings. It also forced a contest in Madhya Pradesh by fielding a third candidate — Mahesh Kewat — putting the fate of Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan hanging…
New Delhi, 8/6: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi described the hike in gas cylinder prices as “inevitable” given the prevailing global situation and said that the Centre also feels “very sad and sorry” about it.The price of domestic cooking gas LPG has been raised by Rs 29 per cylinder as state-owned fuel retailers continue to grapple…
Paris, 7/6: It was not Russian roulette, but a Deutsche one, as Germany’s Alexander Zverev won his maiden Grand Slam title, beating unheralded Italian Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-1 in the men’s singles final at the Parisian clay on Sunday (June 7).Zverev had lost three Grand Slam finals in his career, but literally…
Kathmandu, 6/6: Nepal wants to resolve its border dispute with India through existing bilateral mechanisms as “no problem is too large and complex” when both sides engage with an open heart, rational mind and mutual respect, Nepal Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal said on Sunday, effectively backing New Delhi’s position against any third-party involvement in the…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, 7/6: It is the responsibility of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to resign for exam-related lapses, Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke said here on Sunday. Addressing a press conference a day after his newly-formed outfit held a protest at Jantar Mantar in the national capital seeking…
Bengaluru, 7/6: In its first major transfer, the newly formed DK Shivakumar-led Congress government has appointed senior IPS officer Pronab Mohanty as the chief of the Karnataka Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The government issued the notification on Sunday, transferring Mohanty from his current role as Director General of Police (DGP), Internal Security Division, to DGP,…
