Kathmandu, 15/1: Civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday condoled the loss of lives in a plane crash in Nepal and said it was “extremely unfortunate. A Nepalese passenger plane with 72 people onboard, including five Indians, crashed into a river gorge while landing at the Pokhara airport on Sunday, killing at least 32 people….
New Delhi, 15/1: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea seeking the court’s intervention to declare the crisis in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath as a national disaster. According to the cause list of January 16 uploaded on the apex court website, a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S…
Kathmandu, 15/1: At least 16 people were killed on Sunday after an aircraft crashed in western Nepal’s Pokhara, an army spokesman said, as hundreds of rescue workers scoured the hillside crash site. “We expect to recover more bodies,” Krishna Bhandari told Reuters. “The plane has broken into pieces,” he added. “There were…
Mumbai, 15/1: S S Rajamouli, who is basking in the attention that his magnum opus RRR is getting after the Golden Globe win of Naatu Naatu, has set the record straight for American journalists. He has made it clear to them that the film is not a Bollywood movie, but “a Telugu film that…
New Delhi, 14/1: The CBI on Saturday conducted “searches” at the office of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with alleged irregularities in excise policy, Delhi government sources said. Taking to Twitter, Sisodia claimed the agency did not find anything against him during previous raids and this time too it will be…
Jalandhar, 14/1: Congress’ Jalandhar MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary died on Saturday after suffering a cardiac arrest during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, following which the march was halted. The two-time MP was taking part in the Rahul Gandhi-led march in Phillaur in Jalandhar where he fainted, said senior party leader Partap Singh Bajwa, who…
Bengaluru, 14/1: A gusty family outsmarted a gang of dacoits and helped the Talaghattapura police capture them on Wednesday. The dacoity attempt took place in the early hours, and police have arrested seven men, led by Shaik Kaleem, 22, from Electronic City. The others are from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and…
Sao Paulo 10/1: Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Florida with intestinal discomfort due to a stabbing he suffered during the 2018 election campaign, his wife Michelle Bolsonaro said on Monday on Instagram. In Brazil, Dr Antonio Luiz Macedo, who has been treating Bolsonaro since the stabbing, said…
Wales, 9/1: Gareth Bale announced his retirement from club and international football at the age of 33 on Monday, bringing to an end one of the most decorated careers in British football history. Wales’ record appearance holder and goalscorer led his country from the international football wilderness to qualify for two European Championships,…
Bhubaneswar, ,9/1:For Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Government of Odisha, women’s empowerment is not a slogan, but a non-negotiable code. Launched in 2001, Mission Shakti has helped transform the landscape of women’s empowerment and autonomy in the state. The State Government has taken the vision a step ahead, envisaging the transformation of SHGs…
