NEW DELHI: A video circulating on social media shows BJP MLA Prashant Bamb from Maharashtra dancing to Amitabh Bachchan‘s popular song “Khaike paan Banaras wala” receiving mixed reaction from netizens.Bamb, who represents the Gangapur assembly seat in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, performed the dance during a programme on Thursday night. While many praised his dance moves,…
NEW DELHI: IndiGo Airlines has apologised for the discomfort caused to passengers aboard its Delhi-Varanasi flight on Thursday after a malfunctioning air conditioning system resulted in extreme heat inside the cabin. The incident led to a chaotic situation, with several passengers reportedly fainting due to the high temperatures.Flight 6E 2235, which was en-route from Delhi…
NEW DELHI: Haryana BJP president Mohan Lal Badoli, in response to the decision of wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia to join the Congress party, said on Saturday that athletes are the pride of the nation and that the BJP does not politicise them.“Khiladi humaare desh ki shaan hain aur khiladiyon pe hum rajneeti nahi…
NEW DELHI: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah revealed that 1999 IC814 hijacking incident was not the first time his father Farooq Abdullah was compelled to release individuals, drawing parallels to the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Syed, daughter of then-home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.“This is the second time my father was forced to…
As a ‘maut ka kuan‘ (well of death) pro, Rubel Sheikh, a native of Malda, West Bengal, has been flirting with danger for over a decade. Ironically, fame or money still hasn’t come his way even though the viral music video of Indian rapper Hanumankind aka Sooraj Cherukat has catapulted his sport from small-town melas…
CHANDIGARH: Courts’ role is not to enforce social norms or morality but to uphold principles of constitutional morality, Punjab and Haryana high court has held, dismissing a habeas corpus petition by a person seeking directions that his 30-year-old daughter stay with him.HC emphasised that an adult woman, like any other citizen, possesses the right to…
NEW DELHI: In a first-of-its-kind order relating to the three-decade-old judges-selecting-judges mechanism, Supreme Court Friday ruled that high court collegiums collectively decide on recommending names for appointment as HC judges and said a HC chief justice individually can’t take a call in this regard.A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and Prashant K Mishra gave this…
NEW DELHI: Japan appointed senior diplomat Keiichi Ono as new ambassador to India. Ono has served as senior deputy minister for foreign affairs and as Japan’s G7 sherpa, playing an important role in ensuring success of 2013 G7 summit in Hiroshima.Ono, who is an expert on Japan-US relations, will take place of Hiroshi Suzuki who…
NEW DELHI: Sending a clear message that irrespective of the seriousness of offence, an accused has to be released if statutory procedure is not followed by the investigating agency while arresting him, Supreme Court on Friday directed release of Bhushan Steel promoter Neeraj Singal in a money laundering case for allegedly defrauding financial institutions of…
GUWAHATI: After back-to-back drone strikes, Manipur was jolted Friday by suspected tribal militants carrying out the first reported rocket attacks in the state, one of which killed a 70-year-old priest and wounded five people in a Bishnupur house belonging to the family of the state’s first CM, Mairembam Koireng Singh.The deceased, RK Rabei of Moirang…
