Condemning the six-eight percent power tariff hike, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday said the power companies should have waited for the CAG audit reports of the firms. People in Delhi will have to shell out more money for electricity consumed from Saturday as the power companies have increased power tariff. “The government is of […]
The Supreme Court Friday said that a judge should only act within the legal parameters, established judicial process and decorum and shun passions and subjectivities as his only master is “duty to truth”. “Thus, a judge should abandon his passion. He must constantly remind himself that he has a singular master ‘duty to truth’ and […]
blasAhead of hearing of the case in India’s apex court, Italy has blasted India’s handling of the case of the two Italian marines as “contradictory and disconcerting”. Italy has also said that it will work among its international partners to raise awareness of the plight of the marines who are facing trial in India for […]
A Sealdah-bound suburban train derailed near Dum Dum station in the city Saturday. There were no casualties, an official said. “We are yet to determine the reasons which caused six coaches of the train to derail. Fortunately, no casualty or injuries has been reported,” an Eastern Railway spokesperson said. “The derailment has affected suburban rail […]
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party Friday gave a call to observe a nationwide strike Monday in protest against the death sentence awarded to its chief Matiur Rahamn Nizami in a 10-truck arms haul case. Shafiqur Rahman, the party’s acting secretary general, made the announcement about the dawn-to-dusk strike in a statement Friday night, Xinhua reported. He described […]
bihaAfter Aligarh Muslim University, now Banaras Hindu University is keen to open a centre in Bihar, officials said Saturday. Two days after Congress president Sonia Gandhi laid the foundation stone of an off-campus branch of the AMU in the state’s Kishanganj district, BHU has shown its willingness to set up a branch in Bihar. “I […]
A woman, who was set ablaze by four men after she resisted rape attempt here three days ago, died at a hospital, police said. The 25-year-old, who had suffered 90 percent burns, died early Saturday at the government-run Gandhi Hospital. The incident had taken place at railway quarters at Chilkalguda in Secunderabad, the twin city […]
Former Indian-American US treasury official Neel Kashkari, a multimillionaire who oversaw the $700 billion bank bailout after the 2008 financial crisis, thinks he can unseat California’s popular Democratic Governor Jerry Brown. Kashkari, who lives in Laguna Beach in Orange County, previously worked for Goldman Sachs. Last year, Kashkari quit his job as an investment banking […]
An Indian-origin woman in Britain, accused of conspiring with a former police officer to steal and sell details of accident victims, walked free after a jury failed to reach a verdict. Paramjeet Kaur, 26, from Birmingham, who was charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office with her husband Raza Khan, 27, and […]
Three Indian-origin chicken factory workers in Britain, who were sacked over claims that they took cash bribes for jobs, have won claims for unfair dismissal. Baljit Johal, Mukesh Kumar and Balwinder Jackhu won their cases for unfair dismissal at the Birmingham Employment Tribunal against 2 Sisters Food Group Ltd, the Birmingham Mail reported Friday. The […]