Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) Even as the controversy surrounding his rape remarks continues to rage, yet another video tape has surfaced showing Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul exhorting his partymen to kill CPI-M workers. On a day when Paul tendered an apology after being caught on tape threatening to “gun down CPI-M men and let loose […]
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Two call centre employees have been arrested for snatching a gold chain of a middle-aged woman here, police said Tuesday. Tara Chand and Pradeep Jha, who work at the call centre of an e-commerce website, were involved in more than a dozen cases of snatching in east Delhi, police said. The […]
Chandigarh, July 1 (IANS) Amid a growing controversy over the issue, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Tuesday said a committee set up by the state government on the issue of a separate managing committee for Haryana gurdwaras was in favour of a separate Sikh body for the purpose. “The government would take a decision in […]
Venkatachari Jagannathan Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) India Monday placed in orbit five foreign satellites, prompting a call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to develop a SAARC satellite to be “dedicated to our neighbourhood as a gift from India”.“Truly, this is a global endorsement of India’s space capabilities,” said Modi, who applauded as the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C23 – […]
Chandigarh, June 28 (IANS) Claiming to have cracked an over two-year-old case of looting of cash and jewellery worth Rs.80 lakh from a shop in Rohtak city, the Haryana Police Saturday said two persons were arrested in this connection. A police spokesman said with the arrest of the two accused, Vicky and Rajaluhak, the Rohtak district […]
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Naim and Rashid were fortunate to escape the worst of the Delhi building collapse early Saturday that claimed ten lives. However, the tragedy took away their family and all hopes for a bright future together. For Naim, it was a shock when his sexagenarian father Mohammad Sharif, a tailor, broke the […]
Hyderabad, June 28 (IANS) The death toll in Friday’s explosion in a GAIL pipeline in Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district Saturday rose to 17 while a high-level committee began its probe. Two injured, including a five-year-old girl, succumbed at a hospital in Kakinada Saturday, taking the toll to 17. The explosion and fire in the pipeline […]
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) Rejecting the West Bengal government’s plea to extend by six months the deadline for implementing the Food Security Act, union Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan Saturday said the scheme will have to be implemented within three months. While the deadline for implementing the National Food Security Act was July […]
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) At least six workers of a closed down tea estate in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district have died from malnutrition in the last six days, an official said Saturday. All the six workers belong to the now closed Raipur tea estate on the outskirts of Jalpaiguri town. “The deaths have been due to […]
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The national capital experienced another hot day as the maximum temperature settled four notches above the season’s average at 41.7 degrees Celsius. Some relief is expected Sunday with the Met office forecasting light rain. “Parts of the city will get light rains tomorrow (Sunday) accompanied by thunderstorms,” said an official of […]