MUMBAI: It’s an open secret in the airline industry that not every passenger who opts for the wheelchair assistance service to travel through an airport is in genuine need of a wheelchair. The misuse was largely condoned by regulators, while some airlines leaned in on the trickery as a no-questions-asked complementary wheelchair service attracted bookings…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday slammed the Congress party over the Katchatheevu island controversy, after a Right To Information (RTI) report revealed the then Indira Gandhi’s government’s decision to hand over the strategic island of Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka in 1974. Calling the revelation “eye-opening and startling,” PM Modi accused the grand…
HAVERI: A 50-year -old farmer of drought-ridden Karnataka has done what few can imagine. As riv er Varada turned bone dry, just as 50% borewells of Sanguru village in Haveri district, Bhuvaneshwar Shidlapur started pumping w ater from h is own borewell into the riv er to slake thirst of livestock and birds.He owns 30…
Bhuvaneshwar Shidlapur, a farmer in Haveri, Karnataka, selflessly channeled borewell water into Varada river, aiding wildlife. His actions combat severe drought impact, ensuring birds and animals have access to drinking water in the region. Source link
BENGALURU: Coming to the rescue of an Indian couple living in Kenya, Karnataka HC has directed Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) to consider their plea to recognise their adoption of a boy in Uganda by granting a NOC.Citing jud gments of SC and Kerala and Madras HCs on cross-border adoptions, Justice M Nagaprasanna pointed out…
BENGALURU: Coming to the rescue of an Indian couple living in Kenya, Karnataka HC has directed Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) to consider their plea to recognise their adoption of a boy in Uganda by granting a NOC.Citing jud gments of SC and Kerala and Madras HCs on cross-border adoptions, Justice M Nagaprasanna pointed out…
DEHRADUN: Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to probe the murder of Nanakmatta Sahib gurdwara on Saturday detained 4 locals in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar for allegedly providing assistance to the killers who are still at large, reported.“They are believed to have aided the assailants who stayed in Nanakmatta for over a week before the murder…
HYDERABAD: SC judge Justice BV Nagarathna Saturday questioned the way some governors were withholding assent to bills sent by state govts and said it was embarrassing for courts to tell governors to do their duty. Delivering the inaugural address at the ‘Courts and Constitution-2023 in Review’ conference at Nalsar University, the judge also criticised the…
BHUBANESHWAR: Police detained a 30-year-old British citizen for allegedly assaulting some on-duty cops inside Lord Jagannath temple in Puri on Saturday, after they asked him to leave the shrine that is off limits for non-Hindus.Puri SP Pinak Mishra said a case had been registered against the man, identified as Thomas Craig Sheldon from Wandsworth in…
NEW DELHI: Questioning CBI’s clean chit to former Union minister and NCP Ajit Pawar faction leader Praful Patel, Congress Saturday said he is the 21st big leader who was accused of corruption by BJP but has been washed clean after joining BJP’s washing machine. It sough an apology from PM Narendra Modi.Using a press conference…
