Indian Coast Guard averts major disaster off Paradip coast with foreign tanker with 23 crew NEW DELHI: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Monday rescued 23 crew members from a foreign chemical tanker carrying 9,000 metric tonnes of palm oil after it developed a dangerous tilt off the coast of Paradip in Odisha.The vessel, MT…
CISF had been providing security to the Patanjali Food and Herbal Park since June 2015 NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Monday directed the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to abolish all 34 sanctioned posts of its security wing at Swami Ramdev‘s Patanjali Food and Herbal Park Pvt Ltd in Haridwar, ending the sanctioned manpower…
‘PM making reels, attending ‘bhajan clubbing’, minister slaps youth’: Kejriwal urges action against Verma over slapping row NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure the arrest of Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Verma over an alleged incident in which he slapped a young man…
J&K assembly passes Omar’s statehood resolution amid BJP walkout NEW DELHI: The Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly on Monday passed a resolution demanding the urgent restoration of full statehood to the Union Territory, amid strong protests and walkout from BJP legislators.The resolution was moved by chief minister Omar Abdullah and was passed despite opposition from…
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: The Congress will contest at least 150 seats in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections early next year, a party leader said on Monday, asserting that the Congress is “entitled” to contest half the seats in its alliance with the Samajwadi Party (SP).Seat-sharing talks with…
The demolition is part of a larger road-widening exercise in Ujjain. NEW DELHI: Tensions rose in Ujjain on Monday as protesters clashed with police during demonstrations over development work in the city. Police were deployed in large numbers around the Shahi Masjid Complex as sporadic protests and stone pelting were reported in the area.The clashes…
Wrestlers challenge acquittal, cite ‘stereotypical assumptions’ NEW DELHI: The Rouse Avenue court has issued notice to former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and others on an appeal challenging his acquittal in a sexual harassment case involving women wrestlers.Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh sought a response to the appeal and listed…
‘That whistle blew them away’: TVK takes dig at Udhayanidhi over bypolls NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu minister Aadhav Arjuna launched a sharp attack on the DMK, claiming that the party had underestimated his side and was now in a weak position in the Maduranthakam constituency.Arjuna said the DMK had earlier claimed it would win 200…
Rape claim, campus unrest and midnight clashes: What happened at LPU NEW DELHI: Students of Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Punjab’s Phagwara went on a rampage on Sunday, vandalising property and blocking NH-44 during protests over claims that an outsider raped a female student on the university campus. The protests later turned violent as students…
Faulty road design can turn an everyday drive into a deadly crash. NEW DELHI: Even seven years after a penal provision was introduced to hold road contractors, designers and road-owning agencies accountable for crashes caused by faulty road design, construction or maintenance resulting in death or disability of victims, not a single agency has been…
