March 14, 2024 01:17 am | Updated 01:17 am IST - LUCKNOW Congress national secretary and former MLA Ajay Kapoor on March 13 quit the party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi. Mr. Kapoor, a former three-time MLA, vowed to work for the ruling party in …...Read More
Ex-Congress MLA and AICC office-bearer Ajay Kapoor joins BJP
SC Collegium ignores Centre’s ‘input’ that candidate for Kerala HC judgeship is ‘considered a CPI(M) sympathiser’
March 14, 2024 01:14 am | Updated 01:14 am IST - NEW DELHI The Supreme Court Collegium has brushed aside an “input” from the Department of Justice that a lawyer being considered for appointment as a Kerala High Court judge is “considered a CPI(M) sympathiser”. Recommending advocate Manoj Pulamby Madhavan …...Read More
Think introducing water preservation, re-utilisation topics in school curriculum: HC to government
March 14, 2024 12:48 am | Updated 12:48 am IST - HYDERABAD The High Court on Wednesday issued a series of instructions, including undertaking of one-time exercise to identify all the structures that do not have rain water harvesting structures, to State government over preservation and regulation of usage of …...Read More
Missing boy traced to Tirunelveli: police
March 14, 2024 12:43 am | Updated 12:43 am IST - Thiruvananthapuram A 12-year-old boy who was reported missing from Killipalam by his father has been traced to Tirunelveli, said the Fort police on Tuesday. The boy was reportedly playing outside his house when he went missing in the afternoon. …...Read More
Hacker-for-hire gang with links to Pune police planted emails on the computers of Bhima Koregaon accused: new book
March 14, 2024 12:42 am | Updated 12:42 am IST The alleged evidence used to incarcerate 16 people in the Bhima Koregaon case was “likely to have been implanted remotely through a hacker-for-hire mercenary gang infrastructure that has clients all over the world, but whose epicentre is in India,” according …...Read More
Cholamandalam Investment buys property worth ₹735 crores from DLF
March 14, 2024 12:41 am | Updated 12:41 am IST - CHENNAI Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited, which is part of the Murugappa Group, said it has purchased an immovable property from DLF IT Offices Chennai Private Limited. The property admeasuring 4.67 acres of land at Velachery Main Road, …...Read More
Flowers left at funeral home in Hull raided by police as families wait for answers
People have been laying flowers outside the premises of a funeral director where police removed 35 bodies and suspected human ashes following a raid. It comes after a man, 46, and a woman, 23, were arrested on suspicion of prevention of a lawful and decent burial, fraud by false representation …...Read More
Residents reel under sweltering heat amid power outage
March 14, 2024 12:24 am | Updated 12:24 am IST - KOCHI A power outage that lasted for nearly 12 hours left a section of residents under the Ponnurunni Division of the Kochi Corporation reeling under the sweltering heat. Power disruption was experienced from 1.30 a.m. to 1.45 p.m. on …...Read More
New extremism definition unveiled despite concerns it could 'vilify the wrong people'
The government has unveiled its new definition of extremism despite warnings it could have a "chilling effect" on free speech. Communities Secretary Michael Gove has updated the definition as part of a drive to clamp down on the Islamic and far-right extremism that has intensified in the wake of the …...Read More
Congress in a bind over SC reserved seats as Malas, Madigas demand higher share
March 14, 2024 12:16 am | Updated 12:16 am IST - Hyderabad Telangana Congress is facing a peculiar problem in selection of candidates in the Scheduled Castes (SC)-reserved seats despite looking strong to bag all the three seats. The Mala versus Madiga sub-caste equation has come into play with strong …...Read More
