Chandigarh: The Haryana government today courted controversy when it asked sportspersons employed by it to deposit one-third of their earnings from commercial and professional commitments to the state sports council but put the notification on hold after drawing sharp criticism from elite athletes. “I have asked for the relevant file of Sports Department to be […]
Last evening, a Press trust of India report said that the same gun was used to kill journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh and rationalist M M Kalburgi in Karnataka. The report quoted SIT sources, that revealed the state forensic science laboratory has it confirmed in a report. As the investigation unfolds, the case gets even more curious. The […]
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain dies aged 61, after ‘taking own life’. He was found dead in a hotel room in Strasbourg, France, where he had been working on an upcoming episode of his programme. His close friends are shocked, hurt, even angry. News of his death was announced by CNN, who he presented the award-winning […]
Chandigarh: Can you believe it? It’s never been heard of! The Haryana government has directed sportspersons employed with it to deposit one-third of their earnings from commercial and professional commitments to the state sports council. This has drawn sharp criticism from the athletes. “One-third of the income earned by the sportsperson from professional sports or commercial […]
Kannur (Kerala): In a vicarious ‘atonement’ for the perpetrators of the Kathua gang rape, noted Malayalam writer and Sahitiya Akademi award winner, K P Ramanunni, performed a symbolic ‘Sayana Pradakshinam’ (prostration) at a temple in nearby Chirakkal (June 7). This was a ‘penance’ for the brutal rape and murder of the 8-year-old girl from a […]
Kochi, (Cochin, Kerala): Rash driving does not happen only on land. Authorities in Kochi have booked the captain of an LPG tanker for rash navigation when his vessel hit a fishing boat and capsized it. Ten fishermen were thrown into the sea. Two were injured. Police said the captain and crew of the ship have […]
Bombay (Mumbai): If you are planning to travel to Bombay this weekend, you better be prepared. The Met department has predicted really heavy rains, and the civic administration in the Metro is taking no chances. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted “heavy to very heavy” rainfall along the Maharashtra coast, including Mumbai, over this weekend. […]
Patna: The Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) is ready to re-start the door-to-door collection of garbage in the city and is also working to clean up Patna’s drainage system by June 10 (Sunday). The PMC commissioner Rajesh Meena has ordered the officers of New Capital Area, Kankerbagh, Bankipore and Patliputra areas to prepare a design plan […]
Guwahati: Hundreds of people under the joint leadership of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and the Sadou Asam Karmachari Parishad (SAKP) marched to Raj Bhawan (June 6) and submitted a memorandum to the Governor demanding immediate scrapping of the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016. The procession of over a thousand people started from the […]
Patna: It’s a crying shame! The very people entrusted to ‘protect’ the abandoned and at-risk girls in a state-approved shelter are now on trial for having sexually assaulted them. A member of the district protection unit meant to monitor homes for underprivileged children was sent to jail on Wednesday (June 6) on the charge of […]
बिहार में बीजेपी की सहयोगी जेडीयू ने साफ कर दिया है कि राज्य में नीतीश कुमार NDA का चेहरा होंगे और पार्टी 2019 के लोकसभा चुनावों में राज्य की 40 सीटों में से 25 पर चुनाव लड़ेगी। ‘जनता का रिपोर्टर’ ब्लॉग के अनुसार, बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार ने मोदी सरकार को एक झटका दिया […]
Qatar Airways will soon move an application to launch a full-service airline in India for domestic operations, according to its chief Akbar Al Baker, says a PTI report The proposed airline would be fully financed by Qatar’s sovereign fund and have Indians heading the board and as most of its members. Baker, who has been […]
