New Delhi The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh made a fresh arrest on Thursday. Rushikesh Devdikar Murali, 44, who hails from Aurangabad and was primarily involved in the conspiracy to murder, was arrested in Katras in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand. His house was being searched for further clues. Murali […]
New Delhi Budget 2020 India date, time: The date for presentation of Modi government’s Union Budget 2020 has been announced! The preparations for the upcoming Union Budget have begun in the Finance Ministry. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been holding meetings with various stakeholders to discuss issues pertaining to India Budget 2020. Union Budget […]
New Delhi The four death row convicts in the brutal 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case will be hanged at 7 am on 22 January, a Delhi court has ruled on Monday. Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora issued the order today. According to ANI, the Delhi court said that the convicts can use their legal remedies […]
Tehran: A Ukrainian airplane carrying 176 people crashed on Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Tehran’s main airport, killing all onboard, state TV reported. The plane had taken off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in the Iranian capital when a fire struck one of its engines, said Qassem Biniaz, a spokesman for Iran’s Road and Transportation […]
A stampede erupted on Tuesday at a funeral procession for a top Iranian general killed in a US airstrike last week, killing 35 people and injuring 48 others, state television reported. According to the report, the stampede took place in Kerman, the hometown of Revolutionary Guard Gen Qassem Soleimani, as the procession got under way. […]
New Delhi Central trade unions who have called for a nationwide strike on Wednesday, January 8, said that over 25 crore will be participating in the shutdown. The Bharat Bandh, which is being supported by trade unions such as INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, LPF, UTUC, has been called to protest against […]
Gold price surged on Monday (January 6, 2020) to a historic high of Rs 41,000 per 10 gram as tensions in Central Asia continue to soar. In the domestic Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), the gold price has jumped by almost Rs 1,800 in the last couple of days. Tensions and threat of war between Iran […]
New Delhi Masked men and women, armed with sticks and stones, went around the campus, entering hostels, beating up students and teachers and smashing cars. Violence broke out at Jawaharlal Nehru University on Sunday night as masked men armed with sticks and rods attacked students and teachers and damaged property on the campus, prompting the administration to […]
New Delhi The Indian Railways has integrated its helpline numbers into a single number — 139 — for quick grievance redressal and enquiries by passengers during their train journeys, a statement said Thursday. The new helpline number 139 will take over all existing helpline numbers (except 182) and it will be easy for passengers to […]
Top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was killed on Friday in a US strike on Baghdad’s international airport, Iran and the US confirmed, in the most dramatic episode yet of escalating tensions between the two countries. The Pentagon said US President Donald Trump ordered Soleimani’s “killing”, after a pro-Iran mob this week laid siege to the […]