Kolkata, 8/6: Congress leader Kaustav Bagchi said he made a representation to the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court seeking an urgent hearing of a prayer seeking that Saturday’s panchayat elections in West Bengal be declared null and void on account of violence and killings. Seeking the constitution of a special bench for an…
Kashmir, 8/7: The suspension of the Amarnath Yatra for a second consecutive day due to inclement weather across Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday forced pilgrims to remain at the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here, officials said. According to the officials, fresh batches of pilgrims were not allowed to leave Jammu to embark on their yatra…
Headingly, 7/7: England were bundled out for 237 on Day 2 of the third Ashes Test and are currently trailing by 26 runs. “” This comes after Stokes’ men bowled out Australia for 263 yesterday. Stokes again stood out with the bat for his country, scoring an 80 off 108 deliveries. Aussie…
New Delhi, 7/7: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has on Friday arrested three people in connection with the Balasore train accident in Odisha that left at least 290 people dead and injured more than 1,000 people during the triple train crash. The accident took place when a passenger train hit a stationary freight…
Telangana, 7/7: A fire broke out in three bogies of Falaknuma Express Bommaipally and Pagidipally in Telangana, news agency ANI reported. After the fire, the train was halted. All deboarded the train, and no injuries were reported. as per the agency. CH Rakesh, CPRO South Central Railway said, “Fire accident reported in Falaknuma Express. All…
Canada, 7/7: Star Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen progressed to the quarterfinals of the women’s and men’s singles competitions respectively at the Canada Open Super 500 tournament here. While Sindhu advanced to the last eight after her opponent Natsuki Nidaira of Japan gave a her a walkover, Sen notched up a 21-15 21-11…
New Delhi, 7/7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for several crucial infrastructure development projects worth around Rs 6,100 crore in Warangal on Saturday, according to official sources. Modi would visit the famous Bhadrakali temple in the district before attending the events and would also address a public meeting, they…
Kyiv, 7/7: Ukraine has submitted a formal request to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to New Zealand, Japanese and New Zealand authorities said on Friday. New Zealand, which performs the legal depositary functions for the partnership, had received a formal accession request from Ukraine on May 5, a New Zealand…
UP, 7/7: In a bizarre development, a doctor in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur district has approached the police and sought security cover after an alleged contract killer informed him that he had been asked to eliminate him. Som Shekhar Dixit, who runs Shekhar hospital at Brij Vihar colony, has lodged an FIR stating that the killer…
New Delhi, 6/7: State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Thursday announced the launch of a virtual branch, PNB Metaverse. It is a virtual branch of the bank, which will deliver a unique experience of banking to existing and new customers who can now explore the bank’s products and services such as bank deposits,…
