Lalu Yadav was sentenced today to five years in jail and fined Rs 60 lakh in a fifth case linked to the fodder scam.The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader was convicted in the case last week. The case involves the illegal withdrawal of Rs 139.5 crore from the Doranda treasury, as part of the fodder […]
Shivpal Yadav, the estranged uncle of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and brother veteran Mulayam Singh Yadav, was on Monday named as one of the star campaigners for the party for the ongoing Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh. In what seemed to be a hint towards bettering of ties between Akhilesh and his uncle, the […]
India’s head coach Rahul Dravid is not “hurt” by Wriddhiman Saha revealing the “difficult” conversation that the two had about his future as he firmly believes that the veteran keeper-batter “deserved the honesty and clarity” which was provided to him. Saha, whose India career has come to a halt, recently told the media that Dravid […]
Young Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa stunned world no 1 Magnus Carlsen in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters, an online rapid chess tournament. Praggnanandhaa won with black pieces in 39 moves in a Tarrasch variation game early on Monday to halt Carlsen’s run of three straight wins.The Indian GM lies in joint 12th spot […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the Union Budget for 2022-23 would be of great help in implementing the National Education Policy on the ground and asserted that the decision to set up a National Digital University could address the problem of shortage of seats in educational institutes in the country. Addressing a webinar […]
Prohibitory orders were reportedly imposed in Karnataka’s Shivamogga in the wake of the killing of a Bajrang Dal worker. A Bajrang Dal activist, 26-year-old Harsha, was allegedly murdered late on Sunday in Shivamogga following which security was tightened in the city. According to latest reports, Section 144 of the CrPC was imposed in the town. […]
Beijing doused its Olympic flame on Sunday night, closing a Games that will be remembered for the extremes of its anti-COVID-19 measures and outrage over the doping scandal that enveloped 15-year-old Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva. Chinese President Xi Jinping was on hand for the snowflake-themed ceremony at the Bird’s Nest stadium, where International Olympic […]
A 55-year-old man, suffering from acute constipation and abdominal pain, was on Sunday operated upon by a team of doctors here who extracted a glass tumbler from his colon. The hospital in Madipur locality of the town, has, quite understandably, piqued the curiosity of medical experts and laypeople alike, all of whom have been left […]
The Ministry of External Affairs has decided to withdraw the families of Indian diplomats in Ukraine even as in a fresh advisory the Indian Embassy in Kyiv asked Indian nationals to leave the country temporarily if their stay is not essential. The advisory came following rising tensions between the NATO countries and Russia over the […]