HOSUR: At least 10 people received medical treatment, with two hospitalised, after a major fire Saturday disrupted production at a key Tata Electronics plant in Tamil Nadu which makes Apple iPhone components. The incident in Hosur is the latest to affect Apple’s iPhone supply chain just as the company is looking to diversify beyond China…
AHMEDABAD: A sessions court (Ahmedabad rural) has acquitted three persons over three decades after they were accused of spreading terror in post-Babri Masjid demolition riots. They were charged with bringing explosives to Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in 1993.The court concluded that Pankaj Patel, Vrajlal Patel and Virukbhai Kharasiya, of Bhesan in Junagadh, did not know that their…
AHMEDABAD: A sessions court (Ahmedabad rural) has acquitted three persons over three decades after they were accused of spreading terror in post-Babri Masjid demolition riots. They were charged with bringing explosives to Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in 1993.The court concluded that Pankaj Patel, Vrajlal Patel and Virukbhai Kharasiya, of Bhesan in Junagadh, did not know that their…
Akhilesh Yadav (File photo) NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party is set to have two front seats in Lok Sabha, in what will give it the chance to accommodate another member besides party chief Akhilesh Yadav. Congress, meanwhile, will have four front seats and DMK one in the 18th Lok Sabha.Congress front row will be led by…
NEW DELHI: Government Saturday lifted blanket ban on export of non-basmati white rice while imposing a minimum export price (MEP) of $490 per tonne on the grain. This came a day after it halved export duty on parboiled rice to 10%. The two consecutive decisions will push outbound shipment of the key foodgrain just ahead…
KOLKATA: Junior doctors across Bengal have threatened to return to complete cease-work from Monday, citing security concerns following the assault on some colleagues and nurses at College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital near Kolkata on Friday.They declared that they will go on cease-work after SC hearing on Monday on RG Kar rape-murder case. They…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala governor Arif Mohammed Khan said Saturday Nilambur MLA P V Anvar‘s allegations against CM Pinarayi Vijayan and home department were serious. The allegation of phone tapping, including that of cops, is also grave, he said.The governor said in New Delhi on Saturday that legal action will be taken if he receives a complaint….
Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami (File photo) DEHRADUN: A day after Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced plans to introduce a law to curb “illegal purchase” of land in hill areas outside municipal limits and said his government would reclaim such land “illegally purchased by outsiders” to ensure that locals benefit from the…
MUMBAI: A unique instance of South Asian regional cooperation unfolded when a Mumbai-based eye surgeon operated on a blind man from Lahore at an eye hospital in Colombo earlier this month.The extraordinary circumstances arose after the Pakistani patient was unable to get an Indian medical visa despite four months of follow-up at his end as…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a rally in Jammu, promised voters that a full-majority BJP government is on the horizon. He highlighted this as a historic chance for the region to elect its own government and break free from decades of neglect and dynastic politics by Valley-based parties. JAMMU/NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi wooed…
