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Nandigram case: Mamata Banerjee wants Justice Chanda to recuse, cites BJP link
Nandigram case: Mamata Banerjee wants Justice Chanda to recuse, cites BJP link

Thu Jun 24 2021

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appeared virtually in the hearing of her petition challenging the Nandigram Assembly...

Sexual assault case: HC to hear Goa govt’s appeal against Tarun Tejpal’s acquittal on July 29
Sexual assault case: HC to hear Goa govt’s appeal against Tarun Tejpal’s acquittal on July 29

Thu Jun 24 2021

The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court on Thursday adjourned till July 29 an appeal filed by the Goa...

Sabotage, says engineer in complaint to Jammu cops: 14 patients in ward, hospital loses O2 supply for 8 mins
Sabotage, says engineer in complaint to Jammu cops: 14 patients in ward, hospital loses O2 supply for 8 mins

Wed Jun 23 2021

Fourteen Covid-19 patients at an isolation ward of Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital here had a miraculous escape last week...

Members Of Saudi Hit Squad That Killed Jamal Khashoggi Were Trained In US: Report
Members Of Saudi Hit Squad That Killed Jamal Khashoggi Were Trained In US: Report

Wed Jun 23 2021

Four members of the Saudi hit squad that killed US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 had received paramilitary training in...

Tamil Nadu refuses ONGC permission to drill oil wells in two districts
Tamil Nadu refuses ONGC permission to drill oil wells in two districts

Wed Jun 23 2021

The Tamil Nadu government Tuesday said its Environment Impact Assessment Authority (TNSEIAA) has rejected ONGC’s application to drill and explore...

China’s longest-serving ambassador to the US leaving post
China’s longest-serving ambassador to the US leaving post

Wed Jun 23 2021

Cui Tiankai announced on Tuesday through a farewell letter that he is leaving his position as China’s ambassador to the...

Covid: Sydney faces new restrictions as cluster grows
Covid: Sydney faces new restrictions as cluster grows

Wed Jun 23 2021

Sweeping new restrictions will be imposed across Sydney as Australia's largest city grapples with a fast-growing Covid outbreak.

Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi's Assets Worth Rs. 9,371 Crore Transferred To State-Run Banks
Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi's Assets Worth Rs. 9,371 Crore Transferred To State-Run Banks

Wed Jun 23 2021

Assets worth Rs. 9,371 crore belonging to fugitive businessmen Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi have been transferred to state-run...

Delta Plus is now ‘variant of concern’, three states told to keep a watch
Delta Plus is now ‘variant of concern’, three states told to keep a watch

Wed Jun 23 2021

The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday categorised the Delta Plus variant of the novel coronavirus, so far detected in three...

US government ‘SEIZES’ website of Iran’s Press TV, multiple other media outlets
US government ‘SEIZES’ website of Iran’s Press TV, multiple other media outlets

Wed Jun 23 2021

US authorities have apparently seized the web domains of Iran’s international media outlets Press TV and Al-Alam, along with the...

Cambodia charges environment activists with insulting the king
Cambodia charges environment activists with insulting the king

Tue Jun 22 2021

A court in Cambodia has charged three environmental activists with plotting against the government and insulting the king.

Will Participate In PM's Kashmir Meeting On Thursday: Gupkar Alliance
Will Participate In PM's Kashmir Meeting On Thursday: Gupkar Alliance

Tue Jun 22 2021

Jammu and Kashmir's Gupkar Alliance, led by veteran politician Farooq Abdullah, today said they will attend an all-party meeting this...

Centre starts action against West Bengal ex-chief secretary
Centre starts action against West Bengal ex-chief secretary

Tue Jun 22 2021

Three weeks after his retirement, the Centre has initiated major disciplinary proceedings against former West Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay,...

Philippines President Duterte threatens to jail those refusing Covid shots
Philippines President Duterte threatens to jail those refusing Covid shots

Tue Jun 22 2021

Angered by the country’s low vaccination rate, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has said he may jail people who refuse to...

Second Supreme Court Judge Drops Out Of Bengal-Related Case
Second Supreme Court Judge Drops Out Of Bengal-Related Case

Tue Jun 22 2021

One more Supreme Court Judge has dropped out of a case involving West Bengal. Justice Aniruddha Bose, who is from...

Fuel prices hit fresh record high
Fuel prices hit fresh record high

Tue Jun 22 2021

Prices of petrol and diesel were hiked on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, after a gap of one day, touching fresh...

US Has "Wrong" Expectation For Dialogue: Kim Jong Un's Sister
US Has "Wrong" Expectation For Dialogue: Kim Jong Un's Sister

Tue Jun 22 2021

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Tuesday that Washington had "wrong" expectations for dialogue with...

UP Police arrests two from Delhi for ‘hundreds of conversions’
UP Police arrests two from Delhi for ‘hundreds of conversions’

Tue Jun 22 2021

The Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested two clerics from Delhi for allegedly converting more than a thousand...

Top LeT militant among 3 killed in encounter with security forces in J&K’s Baramulla
Top LeT militant among 3 killed in encounter with security forces in J&K’s Baramulla

Mon Jun 21 2021

One of the most wanted militants Mudasir Pandit was among three terrorists killed in an overnight encounter with security forces...

US Navy Tests Warship's Metal With Megablast
US Navy Tests Warship's Metal With Megablast

Mon Jun 21 2021

The US Navy has started a series of tests on its newest and most advanced aircraft carrier by detonating powerful...