As many as 19 members of the Christian community, including 11 women, have been arrested in Bihar’s Kaimur district for distributing religious literature among students of two government-run schools without taking permission from the headmasters concerned.Police said 17 of the arrested persons were from Telangana. Three four-wheelers, a bike and religious literature, including Bibles, photos…
Uttarakhand Cm Dhami (File photo) DEHRADUN: In a bid to check large-scale land purchases in Uttarakhand’s hilly regions by people from other areas of India, state government is all set to introduce a “stringent land purchase law” in the next budget session of assembly. This was disclosed by CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday.State government…
Uttarakhand Cm Dhami (File photo) DEHRADUN: In a bid to check large-scale land purchases in Uttarakhand’s hilly regions by people from other areas of India, state government is all set to introduce a “stringent land purchase law” in the next budget session of assembly. This was disclosed by CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday.State government…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has unveiled an increase in minimum wage rates for workers in the unorganised sector by revising the variable dearness allowance (VDA).The minimum wage rates are categorised based on skill levels – unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled, and highly skilled – and by geographical area: A, B, and C (categorised by cost of living).After…
Filmy getaway: The car inside the container truck NAMAKKAL/THRISSUR: Three states, seven robbers, a hat-trick of ATM heists, a getaway truck with Rs 68 lakh and a car in the back, a high-speed police chase, collisions and gunshots – all combined to deliver a climax worthy of a fast-and-furious Friday blockbuster.One of the robbers was…
Winning BJP candidate Sunder Singh Tanwar with other party councillors NEW DELHI: The drama over election of one member of the 18-member standing committee of Municipal Corporation of Delhi, which stretched over two days, culminated in BJP councillor Sunder Singh Tanwar winning on Friday afternoon. The victory of Tanwar, from Bhati ward, was a foregone…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said it will examine the serious allegations of Enforcement Directorate and Chhattisgarh govt that Nagarik Apurti Nigam (NAN or PDS) scam accused ex-bureaucrats Anil K Tuteja and Alok Shukla allegedly influenced a HC judge for getting anticipatory bail.A bench of Justices A S Oka and A G Masih…
The Israeli military and Hezbollah exchanged strikes on Friday with the situation escalating when Hezbollah targeted the northern Israeli town of Safed launching “rocket salvos” to retaliate against Israeli airstrikes that had earlier devastated its stronghold in southern Beirut, as per AFP news agency.A Hezbollah rocket hit a house and a car in Safed, Israel,…
Mohammad Yunus and Sheikh Hasina DHAKA: Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Mohammad Yunus‘ conversation with chief prosecutor of International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim AA Khan has intensified speculation about authorities working on a plan to secure the extradition of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina.Yunus’ talks with Khan were focused on the procedure for trial of those…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah (File photo) MYSURU: Karnataka Lokayukta registered an FIR Friday against CM Siddaramaiah, his wife B M Parvathi and brother-in-law B M Mallikarjuna Swamy for alleged corruption, land grab, cheating and forgery linked to the Mysore Urban Development Authority (Muda) land allotment case.The FIR was filed on the instructions of a special court…
