Bengal youth languishing in Chennai home for a year to return home
Kolkata, Aug 11 (IANS) A mentally-challenged youth from West Bengal, who spent nearly a year at a vagrant’s home in Chennai, will be reunited with his family shortly, thanks to the initiative of a retired government employee. It is unclear how the…
Five farm labourers from Karnataka killed in road accident in Telangana
Hyderabad, Aug 11 (IANS) Five persons were killed, and seven were injured when a tanker rammed into an autorickshaw in Telangana’s Sangareddy district on Tuesday. The accident occurred at New Satwar in Zahirabad mandal. The injured have been admitted to…
Tripura Minister urges Centre to check flight cuts, rising airfares
Agartala, Aug 11 (IANS) Tripura Transport and Tourism Minister Sushanta Chowdhury has urged Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu to intervene in the reported withdrawal and reduction of several flight services from Maharaja Bir Bikram…
People who opposed Tricolour are now organising Tiranga Yatra: Maha Congress
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president Harshvardhan Sapkal on Tuesday claimed that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological parent organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), opposed the national…
PSC to oversee recruitment in cooperatives, municipalities in Bengal
Kolkata, Aug 11 (IANS) The state Public Service Commission (PSC) will now oversee recruitment in cooperatives and municipalities in West Bengal, a government press statement said on Tuesday. Recently, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari chaired a review…
US lawmakers push key power link for India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor
Washington, Aug 11 (IANS) A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has urged the Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US International Development Finance Corporation CEO Ben Black to prioritise an undersea electricity project they described as central to the…
‘I could have been deputy CM today’: RJD MLA Bhai Virendra reaffirms loyalty to Lalu
Patna, Aug 11 (IANS) RJD MLA Bhai Virendra has made a strong statement about his long association with the Rashtriya Janata Dal and his loyalty to party supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, saying that his political position could have been very different had he…
Centre will seize control of Rajasthan’s mineral wealth, says Gehlot warning Bhajan Lal govt over MMDR Amendment Bill
Jaipur, Aug 11 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday urged the Bhajan Lal Sharma-led state government to oppose the proposed Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill (MMDR…
Delhi HC to hear appeals of two convicts in IB officer Ankit Sharma murder case
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Convicts Nazim and Kasim, who were sentenced to life imprisonment in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots, have approached the Delhi High Court challenging their…
Adani case an attempt to regulate activity that didn’t impact US citizens: Lawyer Jim Walden
New York/New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) US-based lawyer Jim Walden said on Tuesday that the US court’s dismissal of criminal charges against Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani started out as a tough prosecution but was at par…