Sweden, 6/10: French author Annie Ernaux was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in literature for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory,” the Swedish Academy said on Thursday. Ernaux, 82, started out writing autobiographical novels, but quickly abandoned fiction in favour of…
Arunachal Pradesh, 5/10: An Army Cheetah helicopter crashed during a routine sortie near Tawang area in Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday. One pilot lost his life in the accident, while the second pilot is under medical treatment. The incident occured at around 10:00 am.
Bangalore, 3/10:AICC interim president Sonia Gandhi is expected to join the Bharat Jodo Yatra, taken out by Congress Rahul Gandhi, on Monday. Even though the party has not made an official announcement, Sonia is scheduled to reach Mysuru by Monday noon in a special flight.
New Delhi, ,30/9: Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor’s manifesto for the party election triggered a row on Friday as it showed a distorted map of India. Parts of Jammu and Kashmir were omitted from the map in Tharoor’s manifesto. However, the mistake was soon corrected.
New Delhi, 29/9: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the armed forces should have disciplinary proceedings against their officers for adultery, saying it creates pain in the family Maintaining that family is the unit of society and everybody is dependent on it, a five-judge bench presided over by Justice K M Joseph said…
After completion, the capacity of JSP’s steel plant at Angul will be 25.2, MTPA which will make it world’s largest steel plant at single location.
New Delhi, 28/9: The opposition Congress in Kerala and its coalition partner Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) on Wednesday welcomed the Centre’s decision to ban the Popular Front of India (PFI) for its alleged terror activities, but said that the RSS should also be similarly outlawedStrongly condemning the activities of the PFI, senior IUML leader…
New Delhi, 27/9: CBI arrested businessman Vijay Nair in Delhi excise policy scam case. Nair is considered to be a close aide of Manish sisodia.This is the first arrest made in the case
Jaipur, 27/9: Congress observers for Rajasthan on Tuesday recommended disciplinary action against three party leaders, including two ministers, for the crisis in the state, but did not seek any action against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. The three Gehlot loyalists against whom action has been recommended are Cabinet Minister Shanti Dhariwal, Minister and Congress Chief Whip…
Mumbai, 27/9: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday said the Election Commission of India will apply the transparent process of the “rule of majority” after the Supreme Court allowed the EC to go ahead with the hearing of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde group’s plea for recognition as the “real” Shiv Sena and…
