Nayagarh, 11/6:At least four persons were charred to death and another received serious burn injuries when an oil tanker exploded after falling off a bridge in Odisha’s Nayagarh district, about 100 km from here, police said on Saturday. The oil tanker was on its way from Paradip to Sambalpur when it hit the…
New Delhi, 11/6: The family of dismissed BJP leader Naveen Jindal has left Delhi following a death threat. Jindal was dismissed from the BJP after controversy erupted over his remark against Prophet Mohammed which was in support of suspended party BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s statement also against the Prophet. The dismissed leader…
New Delhi, 11/6: Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal, Randeep Surjewala and Jairam Ramesh of the Congress and Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut were among the 16 candidates elected to the Rajya Sabha from four states where polling was held on Friday after tussle over cross voting and alleged breach of election rules delayed the…
Mumbai, 10/6: The BJP on Friday accused three MLAs of the ruling coalition MVA in Maharashtra and two of the opposition Congress in Haryana of “compromising and vitiating” the Rajya Sabha poll process in their states by openly displaying ballot papers and urged the Election Commission to cancel their votes. A BJP delegation,…
Islamabad, 10/6:Pakistan’s former military dictator General Pervez Musharraf is critical and on a ventilator support at a hospital in the UAE, his close aide and former information minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Friday. Gen. Musharraf, 78, ruled Pakistan from 1999 to 2008. “Musharraf is critical as he is on a ventilator,” Chaudhry…
New Delhi, 10/6: State-owned CIL on Friday floated two medium-term tenders for sourcing 6 million tonnes (MT) of coal from overseas, a move aimed at securing domestic fuel supplies amid the fear of shortage during monsoon. These two tenders for a total of 6 million tonnes coal have an option of increasing the…
New Delhi, 10/5: Amazon.com Inc is planning to withdraw from a heated competition for the rights to stream Indian Premier League cricket matches, according to people familiar with the matter, ceding one of the world’s most popular sporting contests to rivals from Walt Disney Co. to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd. The rights…
Chandigarh, 10/6:One of the sharpshooters, Harkamal Ranu, who allegedly killed Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh, popularly known as Sidhu Moosewala, was arrested by the Punjab Police, officials said on Friday. Ranu’s family, a resident of Bhatinda town, claimed that they had handed him over to the police. Meanwhile, a Red Corner Notice (RCN)…
New Delhi, 10/6: The Supreme Court has declined a plea seeking a special stray round of counselling to fill 1,456 vacant seats in NEET-PG 2021, saying that the quality of medical education cannot be compromised. The apex court said granting relief now may affect medical education and health.
New Delhi, 10/5:Iran has taken down an earlier press statement which mentioned that India has assured of taking action against those responsible for making derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammed. MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said during a press conference on the issue, “Usually I don’t like to comment on senior dignitaries and on the…
