Kapila Vatsyayan, Member of Parliament, a major scholar of art, architecture, Indian classical dance and Founding Director of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, passed away at the age of 92 at her home in New Delhi on Wednesday. Recipient of the Padma Vibhushan honour (2011), the scholar, who authored around 20 books […]
A Delhi court on Wednesday held a former regional manager of SriLankan Airlines guilty for outraging the modesty of one of his colleagues at the airline’s division in the national capital. Metropolitan Magistrate Dev Saroha of Patiala House Court convicted Lalit D’Silva, noting that his intention to outrage the modesty of the sales executive “was […]
India on Tuesday slammed Turkey and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, while shaming Pakistan for funding cross-border terrorism and ethnic cleansing of its minorities. In response to the statements made by Pakistan, Turkey and the OIC at the Council, Indian representative Pawan Badhe, First Secretary at […]
Delivery executives of food-delivery platform Swiggy in Hyderabad will go on indefinite strike from Tuesday, demanding a hike in their delivery charges. They claimed that Swiggy has reduced their earning structure amid the Covid-19 pandemic and despite the rise in petrol prices. The delivery executives said that Swiggy reduced the minimum earning from earlier Rs […]
An encounter has started between terrorists and security forces at Marwal in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday, officials said. The firefight between terrorists and security forces took place after a joint team of the police and the army cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about […]
An in-depth look at how Bengal went from ‘Laal Salaam’ to ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in the space of less than a decade. From being a fringe political party in 2013 to sweeping nearly half of the states 42 Lok Sabha seats in 2019, the BJP has gained ground in West Bengal, aided partly by the […]
Five youths from Arunachal Pradesh, who went missing on September 2 and were later found to be in Chinese territory, were handed over to India by the People’s Liberation Army on Saturday amid the ongoing stand-off between the two sides at the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh area. The missing five returned to […]
The oil in the very large crude carrier (VLCC) ‘New Diamond’ that was on fire for six days since September 3, cannot be emptied in situ as all its machinery are not operational, said Indian Coast Guard. “The transfer of cargo in situ is not possible as no machinery is operational on-board. The salvage team […]
India has called for action against terrorist groups by countries in order to meet their obligation to protect children and schools as required by the Security Council. “Member States need to demonstrate the greater political will to hold the perpetrators of terrorism and their collaborators and sponsors, especially those sanctioned by the Council, to account, […]
Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Nand Kishore Gurjar, has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, asking him to upgrade actor Kangana Ranaut’s security to ‘Z’ plus category and to dismiss the Shiv Sena led-coalition government in Maharashtra for ‘illegally’ demolishing the actor’s office in Mumbai. The BJP MLA from the Loni Assembly […]