New Delhi, 21/8: The Supreme Court on Thursday held that uttering casteist abuse in private spaces does not meet the statutory requirement of being considered an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act, Live Law reported.The case was filed against a manager of a school, accusing him of assaulting…
New Delhi, 17/6: The Monday morning collision near New Jalpaiguri happened because a goods train disregarded the signal and hit the Kanchanjungha Express, which was on way to Sealdah from Agartala, the Chairperson of the Railway Board has said. According to chairperson Jaya Varma Sinha, five people died in the incident, however, some local reports…
India on Monday said it raised concerns over the safety of minorities in Bangladesh, and stressed on its desire to establish a close working relationship with the neighbouring country.Speaking to reporters after he met Bangladesh foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain in Dhaka, foreign secretary Vikram Misri said the talks gave India an opportunity to take…
Kolkata, 22/7: In a major development, Trinamool Congress will abstain from voting in the vice-presidential election, party leader Abhishek Banerjee announced on Thursday. Trinamool’s decision comes as a jolt to the opposition which had announced veteran Congress leader Margaret Alva as its candidate for vice-presidential election. TMC has objected to the manner in which Alva…
Imphal, 25/12: Gunfight broke out between two armed groups in Manipur’s Imphal East district on Wednesday morning, police said. Armed men fired from the hilltops of Kangpokpi district, targeting the Sinam Kom village. Armed ‘village volunteers’ deployed at the foothills retaliated, leading to the gunfight, they said.
J&K, 7/6:Ahead of the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, police shot down a Pakistani drone carrying three magnetic improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along the International Border (IB) in Kanachak sector of Akhnoor in Jammu on Monday night. Police said the drone was shot down in Dayaran area of Kanachak shortly after it crossed over to…
Ahmedabad, 14/10: The BJP on Friday sharpened its attack on the Aam Aadmi Party after its Gujarat chief Gopal Italia was heard purportedly mocking the prime minister’s mother in a video, and said people of the state will make it pay for “abusing” her. An old video of Italia emerged on Thursday in…
Sambalpur / Jharsuguda : On 18th March,2023, a joint road safety session was organized by Mr. Bibhuti Bhushan Dalai, IIC, P.S- Thelkoloi , Mr.Manoj Kumar Singh, Chairman Road & Rail Safety Sub Committee ,JSWBPSL , Mr. Shreyans Jha, Road & Rail Safety Sub Committee, General Services, Mr. Prafula Kumar Nayak, Safety & Fire Services, Mr.M.K.Mohanti…
Chandigarh, 5/10:Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi met Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence in Delhi today. After this he said that I spoke with the Home Minister on the Lakhimpur Kheri matter. We will not tolerate what happened in UP. CM said that I requested him that the agriculture law should be withdrawn. At…
Washington DC, 30/1: When Elon Musk opened a Tesla factory in Shanghai in 2019, the Chinese government welcomed him with billions of dollars’ worth of cheap land, loans, tax breaks and subsidies. “I really think China is the future,” Musk cheered. Tesla’s road since then has been lucrative, with a quarter of the…
