The Supreme Court on Monday ordered adequate security for the Kathua rape victim’s family, their lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat and others and sought the Jammu and Kashmir government’s response to a plea for the transfer of the trial of the case to Chandigarh. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A. Khanwilkar and Justice […]
Strengthening trade and promoting cultural ties with the world’s fastest growing economy will be the priority of Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s trade mission to India next week. Ms Berejiklian said her four-day mission will focus on opening doors for NSW industries and businesses with India and will include high-level meetings with Indian business and government officials. […]
With only two full days left of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, the Indian athletes are set to bring some their best performances to the remaining events, with the last remaining medals up for grabs! Indian women’s doubles pair Sikki Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa will join forces for the badminton semifinals tomorrow at Carrara […]
Team India has a huge day tomorrow at Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, featuring some of the nation’s best performers in a number of sports! The Indian women’s hockey team has made it through to the semifinal match tomorrow, with their opponent due to be announced by the end of the day! India’s women’s team […]
Inspector General Vijay Chafekar has taken over as the new Flag Officer, Indian Coast Guard (West Region) from IG K.R. Nautiyal, an official said here on Wednesday. The change of guard was effected on Tuesday. IG Nautiyal who has been promoted as Additional Director General and ICG Commander, Eastern Seaboard, based in Vizag. The ICG […]
Chandigarh and its nearby areas in Punjab and Haryana were lashed by rains on Monday morning with the morning temperature dropping by about two degrees, the weather office said. The weather turned pleasant following the rainfall, which lasted for around one hour. The sky remained overcast. “It was quite dark when we were leaving for […]
The headless body of a youth who was abducted by militants earlier this week, was recovered on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, police said. The body of 25-year old Manzoor Ahmad Bhat was found in an orchard in Hajin area. Police sources said Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants had abducted the slain youth and his […]
The appointment of Karnataka’s M.K. Surappa as Vice Chancellor of Tamil Nadu’s prestigious Anna University has drawn the ire of major political parties in the state. PMK founder S. Ramadoss on Friday said the appointment does not respect the feelings of the Tamil people and was condemnable. Ramadoss said his party would mobilise the varsity’s […]
Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city and some other places in the Kashmir Valley on Friday to prevent separatist called protests. The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), a separatist conglomerate headed by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, has called for peaceful protests after Friday’s congregational prayers. Geelani and Mirwaiz […]
Normal life was affected in Tamil Nadu on Thursday due to a DMK-led shutdown strike over the Centre’s failure to set up a Cauvery Management Board (CMB). In Chennai, skeletal government buses were plying on the roads while autorickshaws stayed off. But radio taxis were available. Suburban and long distance train services were also being […]