Kozhikode Three people of a family have died in Kerala’s coastal city Kozhikode over the last two weeks, reportedly due to a rare virus known as ‘Nipah’. Deaths due to the dangerous virus has put the state health department on high alert. State Health Minister KK Shylaja said on Sunday that the nature of the […]
New Delhi In keeping with tradition, he sat in the chief justice’s court with Dipak Misra and Justice DY Chandrachud for a short period on Friday. Friday was the last working day for Justice Jasti Chelameswar, the second senior-most judge in the Supreme Court. The judge is set to retire on June 22 but his last […]
Leh Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday kickstarted work for Zojila tunnel, Asia’a longest and strategic bi-directional tunnel, to provide all-weather connectivity between Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar, Kargil and Leh. The prime minister who is on a one-day visit to all the three regions – Leh, Kashmir and Jammu– also attended the closing ceremony for […]
New Delhi The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that a floor test be held in the Karnataka Assembly at 4 pm on Saturday to ascertain whether newly appointed BJP chief minister BS Yeddyurappa enjoys majority in the state. “Let the House decide and the best course would be floor test,” a three-judge bench headed by […]
New Delhi Indian engineers, IT professionals, doctors and teachers are among 6,080 skilled workers holding a UK job offer who were denied visas to the UK since December 2017, according to a data released today, indicating that Indians are likely to be the hardest hit by the country’s annual visa cap. The Campaign for Science […]
Bengaluru BS Yeddyurappa has taken oath as the 23rd Chief Minister of Karnataka, after the Supreme Court said it will not intervene in the decision of the governor to invite the BJP to form government. In a midnight meeting on Wednesday night, the apex court decided that Yeddyurappa’s swearing-in ceremony will go ahead as planned, […]
Bhopal To answer the roll-call, students in Madhya Pradesh will no longer say “Yes, ma’am” or “Yes, Sir” as the government has made it mandatory for them to reply with a “Jai Hind” instead. This step, the state education board said, is to instill a sense of patriotism among the students. Earlier in November 2017, […]
New Delhi After a dust storm hit the national capital early on Wednesday, Indian Meteorological Department has issued a warning for next 72 hours anticipating similar weather conditions across large parts of north India including Delhi. According to the warning bulletin issued in the morning, “Thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds (with speed 50-70 kms) very […]
Chennai A 25-year-old woman who was travelling alone in the ladies compartment of a local train in Chennai was saved from the middle of a sexual assault by an alert Railway Protection Force constable. The incident happened around 11:45 pm on Monday on an MRTS train, according to local media reports. The RPF constable, K […]
New Delhi The Congress party Tuesday announced it would back the JD(S) to form an alliance in its bid to retain power in Karnataka, despite the BJP emerging as the single largest party. The JD(S) confirmed the alliance saying its leader HD Kumaraswamy would meet the Governor later this evening. In a letter to the […]