Salvage crews on Sunday began removing containers from the deck of the cargo ship that crashed into and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, an important step toward the full reopening of one of the nation’s main shipping lanes. The removal of the containers from the deck of …...Read More
Containers from barge that hit Baltimore bridge are salvaged
Jerry Grote, World Series-champion catcher with the Mets, dead at 81
Jerry Grote, a two-time All-Star catcher who won a World Series with the New York Mets, died on Sunday at a hospital in Texas, a team spokesman said. He was 81. Grote was a part of the 1969 Miracle Mets that stunned Major League Baseball to sweep the Atlanta Braves …...Read More
Harish Rao urges Telangana CM to procure entire sunflower produced this season at MSP
April 08, 2024 03:34 pm | Updated 03:34 pm IST - HYDERABAD: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and former minister T. Harish Rao has requested Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to procure entire sunflower estimated to be produced in the State this season at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) …...Read More
Ofcom launches investigation into alleged rule breach by Labour's David Lammy
A radio show hosted by shadow foreign secretary David Lammy is being investigated by Ofcom after it received more than 50 complaints. The broadcasting watchdog said it was looking into whether the programme that aired on LBC on Good Friday "broke our rules on politicians acting as news presenters". The …...Read More
Lok Sabha elections | BJP’s ‘ideological ancestors’ supported British, Muslim League against Indians, says Mallikarjun Kharge
April 08, 2024 03:32 pm | Updated 03:32 pm IST - New Delhi The BJP's "ideological ancestors" supported the British and the Muslim League against Indians in the freedom struggle, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said on April 8 as he hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his 'Muslim …...Read More
'Kanyadaan' not necessary for solemnising marriage under Hindu Marriage Act: Allahabad High Court
April 08, 2024 03:30 pm | Updated 03:30 pm IST - Lucknow The Allahabad High Court has held that ‘kanyadaan’ is not necessary for solemnisation of marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act, and only ‘saptapadi’ is an essential ceremony. A Bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi made the observation while hearing …...Read More
Freezing CPI(M)’s bank account part of BJP’s efforts to stifle Opposition, says CPI(M) Kerala secretary M.V. Govindan
April 08, 2024 03:23 pm | Updated 03:23 pm IST - KOCHI The freezing of the bank account of the CPI(M) Thrissur district committee in Kerala by the Income Tax department was part of “the undemocratic measures” of the BJP government to stifle the Opposition parties and to get the …...Read More
₹3.11 crore challans imposed on heavy vehicles, ₹41.05 lakh paid
April 08, 2024 03:20 pm | Updated 03:20 pm IST - HYDERABAD As many as 24,343 challans were generated so far in 2024 against heavy vehicles for violation of entry and exit timing restrictions in Cyberabad. The penal amount totalled ₹3.11 crore across 16 police stations in the Cyberabad Commissionerate …...Read More
No jobs, no polling say people in Karnataka whose land was acquired by KIADB
April 08, 2024 03:13 pm | Updated 03:13 pm IST - MYSURU The residents of Alaganchi village in Varuna Assembly constituency in Mysuru district, whose lands were acquired by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB), have threatened to boycott the Lok Sabha elections to press their demand for employment …...Read More
Man arrested after allegedly setting Bernie Sanders' office on fire
A man was charged Sunday with setting a fire outside the Vermont office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, federal prosecutors said. Shant Soghomonian, 35, who was previously of Northridge, California, entered the building on Friday and went to Sanders' third-floor office where security video showed him spraying a liquid on …...Read More
