New Delhi, 13/7: Senior BJP leader and MP Ravishankar Prasad on Wednesday slammed the Opposition parties – that are in process of uniting against the ruling BJP – for staying quiet on violence during West Bengal’s rural polls, and held Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee responsible for “shaming democracy in Bengal”. Addressing media in Kolkata on…
Dominica, 12/7: Jaiswal and Ishan Kishan made their Test debuts during the first Test match against the West Indies at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica. Jaiswal represents Mumbai in domestic cricket whereas Kishan plies his trade for Jharkhand.
Mumbai, 12/7: Rising for the third straight session, the rupee gained 19 paise to 82.22 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday, as weakness in the American currency overseas and steady foreign fund inflows boosted investor sentiment. However, a surge in crude oil prices capped the gains in the local unit, forex traders said. At…
Bhubaneswar, 12/7: In a shocking development, Four students of a private management institute in Odisha drowned in Kuakhai river on the outskirts of the capital city, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday when a group of eight students went for a bath in the river near Dhabalahar village under Balianta block…
New Delhi, 12/7: CM Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday called an emergency meeting on the rising levels of Yamuna in the city, officials said. The Central Water Commission noted that the Yamuna has breached the all-time record of 207.49 metres set in 1978, and is now flowing at 207.55 metres. The Delhi police…
Bengaluru, 12/7:Police on Tuesday arrested three suspects in connection with the Hebbal Kempapura twin murders – of Phanindra Subramanya and Vinu Kumar, the MD and the CEO, respectively, of fibre net company Aironics Media Pvt Ltd. The arrested are Shabarish (27) alias Joker Felix, Santosh (26) alias Santu, and Vinay Reddy (23). The…
New Delhi, 12/7: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be on a week-long visit to Indonesia and Thailand beginning Wednesday for meetings, including with counterparts of the ASEAN and BIMSTEC groupings. During his visit to Indonesia, Jaishankar will meet his counterparts under the ASEAN framework in the format – ASEAN-India, East Asia Summit and ASEAN…
Chennai, 11/7:Dismissing Opposition’s accusation that the law and order situation in Tamil Nadu has deteriorated, Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday said he was “very much” satisfied with the performance of the police department but stressed that the “next one year” was very crucial, in an apparent reference to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls….
Kolkata, 11/7: According to the latest declarations by the State Election Commission, the TMC has won in 12,518 gram panchayat seats and is leading in 3,620 seats. Its nearest rival BJP has won in 2,781 seats and is leading in 915 seats out of 63,229 seats as of 3.30pm. The Left Front has won in…
Kyiv, 11/7:NATO allies should agree to remove the requirement of a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Ukraine to become a member of the alliance in the future, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday. Ukraine has come a long way since we made the decision in 2008 that the next step would be a Membership…
