Patna, 22/8: Police baton-charged and used water cannons in the heart of the Bihar capital on Monday when hundreds of people, many owing allegiance to a political party, staged a demonstration to press several demands. According to Patna District Magistrate Chandrashekhar Singh, trouble erupted at the Dak Bungalow crossing where two separate groups, one…
New Delhi, 24/3: Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “not just a person but an idea and an institution” as he completed 8,931 days in public office. Addressing a press conference at BJP headquarters in New Delhi, Chouhan said Modi has become the longest-serving head of an elected…
New Delhi: A 54-year-old Manipuri musician died after he was allegedly assaulted by a group of delivery workers and dhaba employees following an altercation over drinking and shouting outside his residence in Kilokari village here, police said, adding the accused, including a juvenile, have been taken into custody.The Sunlight Colony police station received a PCR…
New Delhi, 27/10: In the T20 World Cup-2021, the Indian team had to face defeat by 10 wickets at the hands of arch-rivals Pakistan (IND vs PAK) in their very first match of the Super-12 stage. After this defeat, some cricketers-journalists from the neighboring country tried to troll veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh. However, this cricketer…
MCL crosses 170 MT in coal despatches Sambalpur : Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) today achieved another milestone in the history of coal producing companies in the country by successfully despatching over 170 million tonne dry fuel to the consumers during the current financial year 2021-22. At the end of 19th March 2022, MCL was able…
Nashik, 21/4(AO bureau): In a shocking development 22 people breathed their last after the oxygen supply was interrupted at Dr. Zakir Hussain Municipal Hospital in Maharashtra’s Nashik on Wednesday. The oxygen supply was interrupted after a leakage in one of the storage tankers. The incident took place at 10 am, said an official. Around 157…
New Delhi, 6/8: The country’s biggest lender State Bank of India (SBI) on Saturday posted a 7 per cent decline in standalone net profit at Rs 6,068 crore for the first quarter of the current financial year due to fall in income. The bank had reported a net profit of Rs 6,504 crore…
New Delhi, 25/2: The Rouse Avenue court of Delhi has given life sentence to former Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case on Tuesday, ANI reported. He was convicted in a case related to the killing of a father-son duo in the Saraswati Vihar area on November 1, 1984….
Chennai: In yet another incident highlighting the continuing tensions in the Palk Strait, the Sri Lankan Navy Thursday arrested 22 fishermen from Tamil Nadu for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and fishing in Sri Lankan waters. According to fisheries department sources, the fishermen hailed from Rameswaram and Mandapam in Ramanathapuram district. They had…
Mumbai, 6/10: The country’s new scheduled airline Akasa Air is “well capitalised” and will allow carrying of domesticated dogs and cats onboard along with passengers from November, according to its senior executives. The airline, which began operations on August 7, also plans to launch international operations in the second half of next year….
