Islamabad, 25/5:A prominent Pakistani television journalist known for his public support of former Prime Minister Imran Khan has gone missing, the police, his family and his employer said. Sami Abrahim’s disappearance was first announced in a police tweet late Wednesday, hours after he went missing. His family and the Karachi-based independent BOL television,…
Allahabad, 25/5: The Allahabad High Court, hearing an appeal by a man against the dismissal of his divorce petition by a family court, on Thursday observed that denying sex to a spouse for a long time without sufficient reason amounts to mental cruelty. The high court said that it was evident from the record that,…
Sriharikota, 25/5: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will on May 29 launch NVS-01 navigation satellite which incorporates L1 band signals additionally to widen the services from the second launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The GSLV-F12 will take off at 10.42 am on Monday with the NVS-01 navigation satellite, weighing about 2,232…
New Delhi, 25/5: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, whose Aam Aadmi Party has decided to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building, Thursday sought to know from Prime Minister Narendra Modi why it was not being inaugurated by the president. The Aam Aadmi Party had earlier this week said it will boycott the inauguration…
Bangladesh, 25/5:Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has put on hold tenders for infrastructure projects worth Rs 20,000 crore that were approved by the previous BJP administration, including the union government’s flagship Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). In a note to chief secretary Vandita Sharma, Siddaramaiah has stated that there are complaints that the infrastructure works in question are…
Bangalore, 25/5: A 38-year-old man was hacked to death by a gang of five to six miscreants in Chowdeshwarinagar Nagar near Laggere in North Bengaluru. The incident took place late Wednesday night. The deceased has been identified as Ravi Kumar alias Matti Ravi, a resident of Laggere. Ravi was a Congress party worker and…
New Delhi, 25/5: Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal will meet Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar in Mumbai on Thursday. Kejriwal and his party comrade and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday evening. The two CMs on Wednesday met Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav…
New Delhi, 24/5: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal will attend the inauguration of the new Parliament building in Delhi on May 28, party leader Daljit Singh Cheema said on Wednesday, amid 19 Opposition parties announcing a boycott of the event. The country is getting a new Parliament building and it is a…
New Delhi, 24/5: Nineteen opposition parties, including the Congress and Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party, said Wednesday morning they intend to boycott the inauguration of the new Parliament building in Delhi this weekend and criticised an ‘authoritarian prime minister and his government’. “When the soul of democracy has been sucked out Parliament, we find no…
New Delhi, 24/5: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted author Anand Ranganathan four weeks to file an affidavit in a criminal contempt case over his alleged remarks against a judge of the court. Ranganathan, who appeared before the court in person, said he was a “free speech absolutist” and denied having made…
