London, 23/9: Cambridge University benefited directly from enslavement and the slave trade, a three-year enquiry has found. While Cambridge has often celebrated its well-known abolitionists, like Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce, a new report shows that the institution benefitted substantially from the slave trade over many years, with a significant part of the university’s…
Jaipur,23/9: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who has announced that he would fight the Congress presidential polls, on Friday said the debate on ‘one man-one post’ was unnecessary and that he would like to serve the people of his home state all his life. Talking to reporters here, he also said that his statements on…
Mumbai, 23/9: The Bombay High Court on Friday granted permission to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena to hold its annual Dussehra rally at the iconic Shivaji Park ground in central Mumbai on October 5. The venue, where the Sena had been holding its Dussehra rally year after year, got embroiled in a legal battle after…
Thiruvananthapuram, 23/9: A 29-year-old autorickshaw driver has had to keep away from his home and family—all because he won the Kerala government’s Onam lottery of Rs 25 crore. Ever since this auto driver-cum-chef, who lives in Thiruvananthapuram, was announced the winner, people have been thronging his house seeking financial assistance.
New Delhi, 23/9: In a major development, former Indian Hockey team captain and Olympian and Pride of Odisha Dilip Tirkey elected as hockey India President. He was elected as president uncontested after two others who filed nomination withdraw their nomination
Jaipur, 23/9: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot wants to drag the issue of finalising his successor to the MLAs even as Rahul Gandhi is learnt to have conveyed to him that Sachin Pilot is the best bet and he has the leadership’s backing. Sources said Rahul and Gehlot had an extensive discussion in…
New Delhi, 23/9: A day after Congress leader Gourav Vallabh slammed Shashi Tharoor over his probable AICC president poll bid, the party on Friday urged all its spokespersons and communication department office bearers to refrain from commenting on any colleague contesting the elections.
Thiruvananthapuram, 23/9:The Kerala High Court on Friday initiated a suo motu case against the leaders of Popular Front of India (PFI) for calling a one-day statewide bandh in Kerala, according to news agency ANI. As per a Kerala High Court order, nobody can call for a bandh in the state without permission. The hartal…
Mumbai, 23/9: Following a two-hour outage affecting several iOS and Android users’ login activities worldwide, Meta-owned photo and video-sharing platform Instagram has said it is now back online. According to outage tracking website Downdetector.com, nearly 34,000 users reported having trouble accessing the platform late Thursday. “And we are back! We resolved the issue that…
Mumbai, 23/9: Ola has decided against laying off its engineers for now. Senior officials at the ride-sharing and mobility company apologised to their respective team members for the anxiety caused due to the sudden layoff plans and said there would be “no cuts”, two sources familiar with the matter told DH on condition of anonymityThe…
