Actor-politician Kangana Ranaut called out the netizens for misogynistic memes on US vice president Kamala Harris on social media and said that Americans are regressive and worse than Indians. After US President Joe Biden withdrew his name from the presidential race and endorsed Harris, there have been numerous sexist memes against her. Sharing one of…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy on Monday said a fire that had erupted onboard Indian Naval Ship Brahmaputra on July 21, had caused severe damage to the vessel, which is now tilting heavily to one side. The Navy said the fire was brough under control but despite all efforts, the ship could not be brought…
Amid the ongoing violent protests in Bangladesh, the services of Maitree Express, connecting Kolkata with Dhaka, will continue to remain suspended till Tuesday, Eastern Railway said, citing operational reasons.Services of the train have been halted since Saturday, officials said. Moreover, the bi-weekly Kolkata-Khulna-Kolkata Bandhan Express was also cancelled on Sunday, PTI reported.The protests in Bangladesh…
NEW DELHI: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who is under opposition fire over controversies around the conduct of medical entrance exam NEET, on Monday warned that “ground reality on paper leaks when the Congress and the Samajwadi Party were in power will open a can of worms for Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav.“The LoP and…
NEW DELHI: Justice S VN Bhatti, a Supreme Court judge on Monday while hearing a court batting for ‘hygiene at eateries‘ talked about his personal experience of regularly visiting a vegetarian restaurant owned by a Muslim in Kerala as it maintained international standards.The remarks were made when Justice Bhatti and Justice Hrishikesh Roy, were on…
NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday initiated a suo-moto cognizance of a media report incident, which occurred in Madhya Pradesh‘s Hinauta, Rewa district, where two women were nearly buried alive by a truck that dumped gravel on them, as a result of a land dispute.The Chairperson of NCW Rekha Sharma, sent…
NEW DELHI: Suraj Revanna, JD(S) MLC and brother of Prajwal Revanna, has been given bail by a Karnataka court in an alleged sexual abuse case.People’s representative court on Monday gave conditional bail to Revanna charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).Suraj Revanna was arrested by the Hassan police on June 23 for…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday stated that Bihar’s demand for “special category status” is not made out as it has been considered and rejected in the past. This comes a day after all parties of the state, including two allies of the BJP – Nitish Kumar‘s Janata Dal (United) and Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi to form a panel to probe a question in Physics paper with two correct answers.The court asked the IIT Delhi director to constitute a team of three experts of the subject concern to form an opinion on the correct answer to…
NEW DELHI: The Central government has nothing to hide on the NEET-UG controversy, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday in Parliament, stating that there had been no evidence of paper leaks in the last seven years.While responding to Congress MP Manockam during the budget session, Pradhan said, “The government has nothing to hide….
