At least three persons have died in a twin-building collapse in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida area, police said on Wednesday. The incident in Shahberi village took place late on Tuesday, apparently due to “too much moisture in the walls of the basement and poor construction material used”, an official told IANS. Three persons, including the […]
Israel has developed a cybersecurity center to protect its railway system, media reports said on Sunday. The security center is created by Rafael, an Israeli government-owned defence technology company, Xinhua reported, quoting local media reports. The company will provide Israel Railways corporation with a cybersecurity operations center (CSOC) located in the city of Lod in […]
Over 1,87,300 pilgrims have so far performed this year’s Amarnath Yatra as another batch of 4,195 pilgrims left Jammu for the Valley on Monday. “A total of 4,195 Yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in two batches of 2,455 and 1,740 for the Valley in escorted convoys. Of these, 2,455 Yatris are headed for Baltal […]
Thirteen pilgrims were injured on Thursday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, police said. A vehicle carrying the pilgrims to the valley met with the accident near the Birma Bridge by-pass of Jammu-Srinagar highway. All injured have been shifted to hospital.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday came out in support of Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav after raids on his former colleagues’s family members and demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi must end his vendetta politics. “We strongly condemn victimisation of Yogendra Yadav’s family by the Modi government through the use of agencies like IT […]
Dreaded gangster Munna Bajrangi was shot dead inside a high security prison in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat early on Monday, police said. A judicial probe has been ordered. The 51-year-old criminal was shot ten times and his body was then dumped into a gutter inside the prison premises, a police officer said. He was shifted to […]
The annual Amarnath Yatra resumed on Monday after remaining suspended for a day. At least 2,966 pilgrims left Jammu for the Kashmir Valley, officials said. “The ninth batch of 2,966 yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas at 3.20 a.m. today (Monday) in an escorted convoy of 123 vehicles,” a police officer said. No yatri was […]
The Supreme Court on Friday reiterated that the Chief Justice alone was the “master of roster” and have powers to allocate cases to different benches. It also cautioned against any “tinkering” as it could hurt the independence of the judiciary. “Although the Constitution is silent on the role of the Chief Justice as ‘master of […]
By Saket Suman New Delhi A marriage is not just about the bride and the groom, asserts mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik who has done considerable work on ancient Indian scriptures. In fact, according to him, it has always had a much larger connotation than what is normally perceived of it. In his latest book “Devlok with […]
Global protectionist measures and broadly negative Asian stock exchanges pulled the key indices of the Indian equity market lower during the morning trade session on Tuesday. According to market observers, heavy selling was witnessed in metal, healthcare and banking stocks. Around 9.35 a.m., the broader Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) traded at 10,652.75 […]