An AAP-Congress alliance for next month’s Haryana election appeared unlikely Monday afternoon after the former’s state unit boss, Sushil Gupta, said his party will contest all 90 seats on its own. This was minutes after the AAP released a first list of 20 hopefuls, including naming 11 to jostle for seats to which the Congress…
The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi today have signed multiple pacts in the fields of nuclear energy, oil and food parks development. The two leaders signed an agreement in the field of Barakah Nuclear Power Plant Operations and Maintenance between Emirates Nuclear…
The Centre on Monday advised states and union territories to screen and test of all suspect mpox cases in the community, and identify isolation facilities in hospitals for both suspect and confirmed patients. In a letter sent to states and union territories on Monday, Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra asked them prevent any undue panic…
Three siblings died of snakebite in Odisha’s Boudh district, police said on Monday. The incident happened on Sunday night in Chariyapali village in Tikarpada panchayat area, they said. The deceased were identified as Smrutirekha Mallik (12), Subharekha Mallik (nine) and Survi Mallik (three), they added. Their father was also bitten by the snake, and at…
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud today asked a lawyer to lower his voice and asked if he was addressing the judges or the gallery outside the court. The three-judge bench, also comprising Justice Manoj Misra and Justice JB Pardiwala, was hearing the Kolkata doctor’s rape and murder case that has shaken the nation. During…
News agency ANI has sued Netflix Inc and producers of an Indian series about a plane hijack, asking for four episodes to be taken down as they used ANI content without permission, ANI’s lawyer told Reuters on Monday. The series, called “IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack” – a fictionalised version of the 1999 hijacking of Indian…
The government has issued a directive over the Mpox outbreak and suggested screening, testing, and contact tracing of all suspected patients. States have also been asked to identify hospitals to prep isolation facilities for treating suspected as well as confirmed cases. The centre has also directed a review of public health preparedness by senior officials….
An AAP-Congress alliance for next month’s Haryana election appeared unlikely Monday afternoon after the former’s state unit boss, Sushil Gupta, said his party will contest all 90 seats on its own. This was minutes after the AAP released a first list of 20 election hopefuls, including naming 11 to jostle for seats to which the…
A routine traffic check in west Delhi’s Moti Nagar area has led to the seizure of 500 sniper rifle bullets while being transported on a motorcycle, police said on Monday. The traffic police were checking vehicles on Saturday night when they signalled a motorcycle rider to stop. Instead, the rider picked up speed and tried…
Amid the bitter exchanges between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the ruling BJP over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a Trinamool spokesperson has come up with a humourous response to a BJP leader’s barb in which she threatened to “pull his hair”. Trinamool spokesperson…
