A writ petition was on Monday filed in Nepal’s Supreme Court against the nine-point agreement reached last week between Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and UCPN (Maoist) Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda. The joint writ filed by advocates Ananta Raj Luitel, Kedar Luitel, Manoj Khadka, Pravindra Raj Joshi and Rudra Pathak has named the government […]
Hundreds of space enthusiasts in Delhi witnessed a tiny black dot crossing the Sun, marking a rare astronomical event — the Mercury transit as the planet crossed the Sun between 4.43 p.m. and 7.01 p.m. on Monday. However, in Srinagar, where astrophysicists and space experts gathered under the aegis of Indian Astronomical Congress to witness […]
Deriding left-leaning students for turning Jadavpur University into a “hub of anti-national activities”, the RSS students’ wing ABVP on Monday took out a protest rally outside the varsity. Addressing the rally, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishads’ (ABVP) West Bengal secretary Subir Halder threatened to “chop off” the legs of Leftist students. “The leftists have turned the […]
Nine disqualified rebel Congress legislators in Uttarakhand will not be able to vote in the floor test by ousted chief minister Harish Rawat on Tuesday, with the Supreme Court giving no relief to them while issuing notice on plea. Issuing notice to Uttarakhand assembly speaker, a bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Shiva Kirti […]
Trinamool Congress member Saugata Roy on Friday made a veiled reference to Comptroller and Auditor General Shashi Kant Sharma, who had earlier worked in the defence ministry, vis-a-vis AgustaWestland chopper scam. “I want to ask whether you have questioned the DG, procurement,” Roy asked Defence Minister Manohor Parrikar during the discussion in the Lok Sabha […]
The fast-paced political developments in Nepal where Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s seven-month-old government was teetering on the brink of collapse till a day ago are believed to be the reason for the abrupt cancellation of Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari’s visit to India, sources said. Bhandari, Nepal’s first woman president, was to embark on […]
The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the decks for Uttarakhand’s ousted chief minister Harish Rawat to prove his majority in the assembly on Tuesday, but nine disqualified rebel Congress legislators won’t be allowed to vote. The top court said it would monitor the voting that is to take place at 11 a.m. and the entire […]
Jadavpur University was on the boil on Friday over the campus screening of Vivek Agnihotri’s film “Buddha In A Traffic Jam” that faced loud protests from a large section of students and led to clashes. Alleging that four of the organisers had molested female students, the left-leaning students affiliated to FETSU confined them inside the […]
Mumbai It was not the same day for Mumbai’s dabbawalas when they teamed up with KFC to announce the launch of the latter’s all-new 5-in-1 Meal Box. The fast food restaurant worked with dabbawalas to deliver the box during lunch hour . Carrying KFC 5-in-1 Meal boxes for the first time ever, the dabbawalas made […]
A tourist park is being developed near Imphal’s Marjing temple, considered the birthplace of polo, with Rs.12 crore set aside by the tourism department. Disclosing this to IANS Nongthombam Biren, the ruling Congress MLA of the Heingang constituency, said that the temple was the birthplace of polo which is now world famous. Biren said that […]