UK, 16/7: As the race to become Britain’s next prime minister gained pace, caretaker premier Boris Johnson has reportedly told his allies to back “anyone but Rishi Sunak”, according to a media report on Friday. Johnson, who resigned as the leader of the ruling Conservative Party on July 7, has been urging defeated Tory…
New Delhi, 16/7: The BJP is likely to finalise its candidate for the vice presidential post on Saturday in its parliamentary board meet scheduled to be held later in the day, sources said. Its parliamentary board comprises party president J P Nadda and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, among others. BJP, the leading…
New Delhi, 15/7:The CBI on Friday arrested NHAI Chief General Manager and Regional Officer Digvijay Mishra from Gandhinagar for allegedly receiving Rs 10 lakh bribe, officials said. The probe agency had booked Mishra after receiving a complaint of corruption against him, they said. On getting confirmation about a possible bribe exchange, CBI teams…
Colombo, 15/7: Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Friday barred former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa from leaving the country till July 28. The order was passed by the apex court during the hearing of a petition filed by global civil society organisation Transparency International on the economic crisis…
New Delhi, 15/7: A woman in a relationship with a man and willingly staying with him cannot file a case of rape after the relationship has gone sour, the Supreme Court has said, allowing pre-arrest bail to a man. A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath noted it was an admitted case…
Bhubaneswar, 15/7: Marking a glorious moment for Chess in India and Odisha, Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik today handed the first ever Relay Torch for Chess Olympiad over to Padmini Rout at a function at Convention Centre in Loka Seva Bhawan. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that it’s a proud moment for…
Patiala, 15/7:Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair has been granted bail by a Sessions Court of the Patiala House Court on Friday in a case over his 2018 tweet, according to news agency ANI. It said that Zubair can’t leave the country without prior permission of the court. The court granted him bail…
New Delhi, 15/7: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras bagged the top spot among educational institutions in the country for the fourth consecutive year while the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru is the best university, according to the Ministry of Education’s National Institutional Ranking Framework. The 2022 rankings were released by…
New Delhi, 15/7:An IndiGo flight from Delhi to Vadodara was diverted last night to Jaipur as a precautionary measure, following vibrations in the engines for a fraction of a second, according to ANI. A probe has been ordered, as per the DGCA.
Colombo, 15/7:The resignation of Sri Lanka’s president has been accepted, the crisis-hit country’s parliamentary speaker announced Friday, after Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country earlier this week and notified him from Singapore that he was stepping down. “Gotabaya has legally resigned” with effect from Thursday, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana told reporters. “I have accepted…
