British MP David Amess was on Friday stabbed “multiple times” during an event in his local constituency in southeast England, Sky News and the BBC reported. Local police did not name Amess but confirmed that officers “were called to reports of a stabbing” shortly after 12:05 pm (1105 GMT). “A man was arrested shortly after […]
The Punjab government on Thursday appointed DGP Sidharth Chattopadhyaya as new Director, Vigilance Bureau. Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu was reportedly backing his appointment as Punjab DGP head of police force. Sources said that a compromise has been reached within the warring groups within the Congress on Chattopadhyaya’s posting.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been admitted in All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Delhi after he complained of weakness following a fever, claimed reports. Singh had a fever on Monday and had recovered from it, but turned weak and is currently on fluids, claimed sources. Singh has served asPrime Minister from May […]
Ashish Mishra, son of Union minister Ajay Mishra, who was arrested in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, has been remanded in judicial custody for 14 days and placed under Covid quarantine in the district jail here, officials said on Sunday. Ashish was produced before a court late on Saturday night after around 12 hours […]
An energy crisis is looming in some states, including Delhi and Punjab, due to a combination of factors including, excess rainfall hitting coal movement and imported coal-based power plants generating less than half of their capacity due to record high rates. In a year when the country produced record coal, rains hit movement of the […]
In a major development, Tata Sons retake Air India – the airline it founded nearly 90 years back – after the government accepted its winning bid of Rs 18,000 crore to acquire 100 per cent of the debt-laden state-run carrier.Talace Pvt Ltd, a unit of the holding company of salt-to-software conglomerate, made the winning bid […]
Punjab Congress leaders, including state ministers and MLAs, were allowed to head towards Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, hours after they were detained at a police station in Saharanpur.Punjab Transport Minister Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said Uttar Pradesh administration has allowed 20 to 25 Punjab MLAs and ministers to go to Lakhimpur Kheri.Earlier, a large […]
The Uttar Pradesh government Wednesday allowed Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to visit the violence-hit Lakhimpur Kheri district after initially saying no, and also released Vadra from three days of preventive detention. The day also saw an AAP delegation meet the grieving families in Lakhimpur and junior minister Ajay Kumar Mishra calling […]
Scientists Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics for their “groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems,” the award-giving body said on Tuesday. Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann were cited for their work in “the physical modeling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global […]
The UP government faced the wrath after the aftermath of violence during a farmers protest in Lakhimpur Kheri, lodging a case against Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son, announcing a probe by a retired high court judge and stopping opposition leaders from reaching the trouble spot. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was detained in Sitapur on […]