Lok Sabha continued to witness disruptions on Thursday and the proceedings were adjourned till 2pm amid protests by opposition members on the Manipur issue.Speaker Om Birla, who is learnt to be upset at the repeated disruptions of the House, did not chair the proceedings during Question Hour for the second consecutive day on Thursday. Opposition […]
Popular Punjabi singer Surinder Shinda passed away on Wednesday.Shinda, who had been receiving treatment at DMCH, Ludhiana, died on Wednesday morning, as confirmed by a hospital official. He was 64. Had been on ventilator for the past many days.He had numerous hot songs like ‘Jatt Jeona Morh’, ‘Putt Jattan de’ and ‘Truck Billiya’. He had […]
A purported video from West Bengal’s Malda has emerged on social media platforms showing two women being beaten and paraded half-naked.According to initial reports, the incident occurred three to four days ago. Local people in Malda’s Pakuahat had caught the two women on suspicion of theft and thrashed them.The purported video showed several women assaulting […]
Congress president and Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday wondered whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi was really angered (as claimed by Modi) by the video footage showing two Kuki women paraded naked by a Meitei mob.Kharge also accused the BJP governments in Manipur and at the Centre of being “remorseless”. […]
Taking suo motu cognisance of videos of two women allegedly being paraded naked in ethnic-violence-hit Manipur, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre and the state government to inform it about the action taken against the perpetrators.“We are very deeply disturbed about the videos distributed yesterday. We are expressing our deep concern. It is […]
Pakistan are set to play India on September 2 in Kandy in the 2023 Asia Cup, which is scheduled to start on August 30, a day earlier than originally planned by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). ESPNcricinfo has learnt the tournament opener will be played in Multan with hosts Pakistan playing Nepal with the final […]
Devotees have been banned from taking photographs and making videos on the premises of the Kedarnath Temple here.The move comes after a recent video of a woman blogger proposing to her boyfriend in front of the temple went viral. Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee has put up boards at various places on the temple premises which […]
A fire broke out in the battery box of a coach of the Vande Bharat train heading from Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal to New Delhi on Monday morning, a senior railway official said.There were 20-22 passengers in the coach and they were shifted to other coaches immediately. No injury to anyone was reported in the […]
France has bestowed the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.It is the highest French honour in military or civilian orders. Modi will become the first Indian PM to receive the honour. In the past, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour has been received by select prominent leaders […]
Floodwaters of the overflowing Yamuna reached the entrance of the Supreme Court in Central Delhi on Friday while the busy ITO intersection and Rajghat were submerged as a regulator of the Delhi Irrigation and Flood Control Department suffered damage, exacerbating the already dire situation.Though the water level of the Yamuna has began to recede, the […]