Tehran: At least 40 people were killed and around 1,000 others injured in a massive explosion on Saturday at Shahid Rajaee port near Bandar Abbas in southern Iran’s Hormozgan province, according to a report by Al Jazeera. Following the blast, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called for a thorough investigation, urging security and judicial officials…
New Delhi, 8/9: The courts cannot assume that all deaths due to COVID-19 during the second wave of the global pandemic (Covid 19) were due to negligence. The court made the observation while refusing to entertain a petition seeking compensation to the kin of the deceased as medical negligence. A bench of Justice Dhananjay Y…
Hyderabad, 1/5: The Election Commission on Wednesday barred Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president K Chandrashekar Rao from campaigning for 48 hours for his “objectionable” remarks against the Congress. The EC said his remarks at a press conference Sircilla on April 5 were violative of the provisions of the model code of conduct and its advisories….
New Delhi, 27/9: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday restrained the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and several of its leaders from levelling “false” allegations against Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, and directed them to take down the alleged libelous posts, videos and tweets against him on social media. Justice Amit Bansal, while pronouncing the order…
Accra, 3/7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with ‘The Officer of the Order of the Star of Ghana’, the country’s national honour, for his “distinguished statesmanship and influential global leadership”. Modi received the award on Wednesday from the Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama. “Honoured to be conferred with ‘The Officer of the Order of…
An earthquake with magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter scale hit Pakistan. The National centre of Seismology (NCS) posted on X (formerly twitter). In a post on X, NCS stated, “EQ of M: 4.3, On: 02/04/2025 02:58:59 IST, Lat: 32.01 , Long: 69.71 , Depth: 120 Km, Location: Pakistan.” There were no immediate reports of…
Ratlam/Kota, 17/5: A fire broke out in an AC coach of a Rajdhani Express heading from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district on Sunday morning, railway officials said. No casualties have been reported in the blaze that erupted at 5.15 am in the B-1 coach, carrying 68 passengers, of the Thiruvananthapuram-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani…
New Delhi, 6/12: India and the UK have begun crunch-time talks to secure a landmark free-trade deal, as leaders on both sides seek to resolve outstanding issues before they face election battles next year. A UK team — including Amanda Brooks, director general for trade negotiations, and Douglas McNeill, chief economic adviser to the prime…
Kashmir, 20/7: Precise firing, binocular fitted M-4 US carbines and Chinese steel core bullets have indicated that the terrorists involved in the recent Jammu attacks could be retired army personnel of the Pakistan Army of Special Service Group (SSG) or highly-trained in guerilla warfare, officials of the intelligence department said, according to a report by…
New Delhi,17/9: Virat Kohli has surprised eby suddenly announcing that he will quit the captaincy of the T20 team. Kohli will no longer be the captain of the Indian T20 team after the T20 World Cup. In his place, Rohit Sharma can be given the captaincy of Team India. Former India chief selector and member…
