NEW DELHI: Former BJP MLA Shashi Ranjan Parmar broke down during an interview on Friday after being denied a ticket to contest in the upcoming Haryana assembly elections.The video shows Parmar being questioned about his exclusion from the candidate list, as he was hoping to secure a BJP candidature from Bhiwani and Tosham constituencies in…
NEW DELHI: Mother of trainee doctor who was brutally raped and murdered in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital penned an emotional letter on teachers’ day and requested the faculty members of the college to bring forward information related to the case.“I am Tilottama’s mother speaking. Today, on Teacher’s say, I offer my respects…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday overturned a decision by the chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh high court, who had individually rejected the candidacy of two district judges for appointment as high court judges.In a first of its kind order, the bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy and PK Mishra directed, directed the high…
NEW DELHI: Government officials have been warned by cyber-security agencies about a phishing scam that aims to steal their login credentials by creating fake versions of the official government website.The National Informatics Centre (NIC) have identified two harmful URLs, “mod.gov.in.aboutcase.nl/publications.html” and “mod.gov.in.army.aboutcase.nl/publications.html,” which try to trick users into thinking they are authentic ministry of defence…
TIRUPATI: The TDP on Thursday suspended Satyavedu legislator Koneti Adimoolam from the party after a sexual harassment charge surfaced against him.A woman TDP leader from Satyavedu, who is a mother of two, shot off a complaint to party supremo and AP chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu, accusing the Satyavedu MLA of subjecting her to sexual…
KOCHI: The Kerala HC on Thursday constituted a special division bench to consider petitions related to Justice K Hema Committee report on women’s working conditions in film industry. The bench, comprising Justices AK Jayasankaran Nambiar and CS Sudha, was constituted as per orders of Acting Chief Justice A Muhamed Mustaque.In the morning session of the…
HYDERABAD/RAIPUR: Security forces continued their aggressive assault against Maoists, gunning down six people allegedly of the rebel cadre in an intense exchange of fire on Thursday in the dense forests of Telangana‘s Bhadradri Kothagudem district. The area is close to the Chhattisgarh border.The dead included two women. Two commandos of the Greyhounds, an elite anti-Maoist…
NEW DELHI/ SINGAPORE: PM Narendra Modi on Thursday asked top business leaders in Singapore to look at investment opportunities in India, pitching the country as the best alternative for those looking to build a resilient supply chain, in what was a bid to tap into the China Plus One strategy.During his meeting leading Singaporean CEOs,…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the impending creation of integrated theatre commands, defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday told the armed forces to evolve a ‘joint military vision‘ and prepare for challenges the country may face in future wars, amid the continuing military confrontation with China and turmoil in the neighbourhood.“India is a peace loving nation…
GUWAHATI: The BJP-led Assam cabinet has accepted 57 of the 67 recommendations by an MHA-constituted commission on implementation of constitutional, legal, and administrative safeguards for “Assamese people”, as envisaged in Clause 6 of the tripartite 1985 Assam Accord.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma termed the Justice (retd) Biplab Sarma Commission’s report, submitted in Feb 2020, “one of…
