Madras, 15/9: The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) is launching an industry-oriented online certification program on e-mobility—as electric vehicles are touted to be the future—for working professionals to help them get an overview of vehicle development and fundamental technical understanding. Offered through IIT-M’s Centre for Outreach and Digital Education (CODE), the last date…
New Delhi, 15/9: Delhi minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday asked the BJP to share the purported sting featuring an accused in the excise policy case with the CBI and dared the probe agency to arrest him if the allegations are true. He said if the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) does not arrest…
Mumbai, 15/9: Bollywood actor Nora Fatehi on Thursday appeared before Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing for investigation in connection with an extortion case linked to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, officials said. This is the second time that she has been summoned for questioning by the Delhi Police for her alleged role in the…
New Delhi, 15/9: Congress leader D K Shivakumar has been summoned by the ED in a money laundering case. In the midst of the #BharatJodoYatra and the assembly session, they have again issued me an ED summon to appear. I am ready to cooperate but the timing of this summon and the harassment I am…
New Delhi, 15/9: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will come face-to-face on Friday for the first time since deadly border clashes in 2020 frayed ties between the Asian rivals. Modi will fly to the Uzbek city of Samarkand on Thursday for a summit of the regional security group known…
Kheri, 15/9: Six persons have been arrested in connection with the rape and murder of two Dalit sisters in Lakhimpur Kheri. The main accused, Chhotu Gautam, has confessed that he wanted to marry one of the girls. However, upon her refusal, he and his friends kidnapped the girls, raped and murdered them before hanging their…
Islamabad, 15//9: Asad Rauf, former ICC elite panel umpire from Pakistan, has died following a cardiac arrest in Lahore. Rauf was 66 years old. He officiated in 64 Tests (49 as on-field umpire and 15 as TV umpire), 139 ODIs and 28 T20Is. Rauf was one of Pakistan’s most prominent umpires in the…
Kashmir, 14/9: Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said Article 370 was not an obstacle in the development of Jammu and Kashmir, and claimed that the erstwhile state had performed better that the national average on 30 indices. The former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir also claimed that he never ruled out…
Kolkata, 14/9: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said police could have opened fire on “violent” BJP protesters during its march to the state secretariat, but the government exercised “maximum” restraint. Banerjee also alleged that the saffron party brought in goons armed with bombs in trains from outside the state to…
Bangalore, 14/9: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai told the Assembly on Wednesday that a new law to make Kannada “legally mandatory” and increase the usage of the language will be introduced. Bommai made the announcement in response to protests by the JD(S) against Hindi Diwas. “We’re bringing a law so that Kannada usage…
