DAYS AFTER he alleged before a Lankan parliamentary panel that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had “pressured” President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to award a power project to the Adani Group, the Chairman of Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), M M C Ferdinando, resigned on Monday. | Read more|
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked various government departments and ministries to undertake the recruitment of 10 lakh people on a "mission mode" in the next year and a half, his office said today. | Read more|
Human remains have been found in the search for a British journalist and Brazilian indigenous expert who disappeared deep in the Amazon after receiving threats, Brazil's president confirmed Monday. | Read more|
It is not a birthday week that Rahul Gandhi, who turns 52 Saturday, would have preferred. Submitting himself to long hours of grilling by the Enforcement Directorate and taking time out to check on his mother who is in a hospital. | Read more|
* The receipt issued by Jal Kal Vibhag, Prayagraj, is dated February 8 and shows that Parveen Fatima paid a water bill of Rs 4,578. * A certificate dated January 28 and issued by Prayagraj Nagar Nigam shows that House No. 39C/2A/1 is in the name of Parveen Fatima and that the house tax for financial year 2020-2021 has | Read more|
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad has arrested a man from Jammu and Kashmir in a case of recruitment of operatives for a terrorist organisation and funding, an ATS official said on Tuesday. | Read more|
An Australian newspaper has denied outing actress Rebel Wilson amid a storm of criticism over its reporting of her new relationship with a woman. | Read more|
The police in Bengaluru have detained Bollywood actor Shakti Kapoor’s son Siddhanth Kapoor and four others for allegedly consuming drugs at a party Sunday night, said a senior official Monday. | Read more|
The US has been concealing information about its “military biological activity” in the post-Soviet states, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday. | Read more|
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) rejects Amazon's plea challenging the decision of fair trade regulator, Competition Commission of India (CCI) to suspend the approval for the e-commerce major's deal with Future Coupons. | Read more|
As per news report of Rt.com, the US military has ordered a temporary halt to some non-critical missions, in order to conduct a risk and error review, after a Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey, as well as Navy MH-60S Seahawk and a F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet all crashed within a single week in southern California. | Read more|
India reported 8,084 new Covid-19 cases and 10 deaths, according to data released by the Union Health Ministry Monday. | Read more|
A 30-year-old man died in police custody in Tamil Nadu's Chennai on Sunday evening, the second such incident in the state in two months. | Read more|
The Delhi Police Monday detained several Congress workers in the city for protesting in support of party leader Rahul Gandhi, who has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case, without permission and violating their orders. | Read more|
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh and party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala were among eight candidates elected to Rajya Sabha Friday from Karnataka and Rajasthan, while counting of votes in Maharashtra and Haryana was delayed with rival parties trading charges. | Read more|