Gujarat govt to set up panel to probe Vareli hooch tragedy
The Gujarat government has announced setting up of a three-member panel to probe the hooch tragedy at Vareli village, near Surat, that claimed 18 lives over the last one week."We have appointed a...
View ArticlePlea in SC seeks direction for setting up Lokpal
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre to set up expeditiously an autonomous Lokpal in spirit of the Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, 2013.The plea also seeks to...
View ArticleRajasthan chief secy charged with molesting daughter
Rajasthan Chief Secretary O P Meena's wife has charged that he had abused their daughter when she was a teenager.Geeta Singh Deo, a Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) officer posted in the...
View ArticleA tale of guts, gumption and glory
Before Mariyappan Thangavelu boarded the flight to Rio Paralympics, he claimed in an interview that the gold was within his reach. With the field being really strong, one could have termed the...
View ArticleMass prayers ahead of Yettinahole hearing
As the National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi, will hear the petitions against the Yettinahole project on September 21, the Nethravathi Rakshana Samyuktha Samithi will offer mass prayers at places of...
View ArticleTanusha of MIT bags 2nd prize at GE global innovation
Tanusha Goswami, student of Manipal Institute of Technology bagged the second prize at the GE contest for global universities called, "The Unimpossible Missions: University Edition" held in April...
View ArticleAkhilesh's cycle punctured: Rahul
Days after Akhilesh Yadav's gibe that he is achha ladka, Rahul Gandhi has hit back at the Uttar Pradesh chief minister by saying the state's development has stalled under the current regime....
View ArticleAP Assembly calls for ban on unruly YSRCP legislators
The disorderly behaviour of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) MLAs during the three-day Monsoon Session has prompted the Andhra Pradesh Assembly to pass a resolution banning them possibly for the remainder of...
View ArticleIRF bribed Rajiv foundation: BJP
Sharpening its attack on Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the BJP on Saturday charged that Rs 50 lakh donation Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) got from controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's NGO was...
View ArticleCongress in the dock over another UPA-era 'scam'
Ahead of the crucial round of Assembly elections next year, the Congress is hit by another set of allegations of kickbacks in a defence deal inked with Brazilian aircraft maker in 2008.The Congress's...
View ArticleMinister's hubby charged with ill-treating workers
A Union minister's husband was on Saturday accused of locking a junior engineer and a contractor tasked with renovating her official bungalow in Lutyen's Delhi. The junior engineer from the Central...
View ArticleConsensus may elude modern nikahnama
Consensus may elude the 'Modern Nikahnama' (terms of marriage) proposed by the All India Shia Personal Law Board that accords equal rights to women and does away with the controversial triple talaq...
View ArticleIRCTC's Bharat Darshan pilgrimage tour
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) is operating a Bharat Darshan Tourist Train — Ganga Yamuna Sangam Yatra from Madurai to Agra via...
View ArticleKRV plans agitation directed against TN
Pro-Kannada organisations, after taking to the streets over the Cauvery issue for days, are now looking at ways to carry forward their agitation. Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, which spearheaded the...
View ArticleConsumer safety important, says Samsung
Leading mobile handset manufacturer Samsung on Saturday said it will give top priority to consumer safety, following the Indian aviation regulator prohibiting the use or carriage of the Galaxy Note7 on...
View ArticleNational water policy can solve river disputes, says chief minister
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said a national water policy would help in solving inter-state river water disputes.Siddaramaiah told reporters on the sidelines of an event in Bengaluru that in...
View ArticleAct outside party, get sidelined, warns BSY
BJPstate president BSYeddyurappa has warned party functionaries that they would lose prominence in the party if they carry out activities outside the party. He was addressing functionaries of the...
View ArticleShun jibes at Nariman: Kagodu Thimmappa
Revenue Minister Kagodu Thimmappa claimed on Saturday that Fali S Nariman, appearing for Karnataka in the Supreme Court in the Cauvery water issue, was an able advocate and one should not talk...
View ArticleATMs to be set up at 22 Metro stations
In addition to a variety of retail shops, almost all Metro stations in the city will have automated teller machines (ATMs) soon.The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has floated tenders...
View Article'Centre ready to intervene if required on Cauvery row'
Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Saturday said if required, the Centre will intervene in the Cauvery water release issue to Tamil Nadu. She told reporters that the Centre will do justice...
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