Chennai: The Madras High Court on Monday orally observed that it was unable to digest the 2018 Tuticorin police firing against anti-Sterlite protestors, in which 13 persons were killed. A division bench comprising Justices S S Sundar and N Senthilkumar made the observation while hearing a petition from social activist Henri Tiphagne, seeking to reopen…
Thiruvananthapuram: Health Minister Veena George will accept the first shipment of miltefosine, a vital drug for treating the lethal amoebic meningoencephalitis, arranged by Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil, Chairman of VPS Lakeshore. This follows a landmark medical achievement where doctors successfully saved a child—the first such case in India—from this devastating disease. The increased availability of miltefosine…
New Delhi: There is no need for concern about job losses, Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Monday adding that the country’s unemployment rate would come down below 3 per cent in the future. The current unemployment rate is 3.2 per cent. It came down from 6 per cent in the 2017-18 period and…
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a supplementary chargesheet in connection with its probe into the ‘Liquor Policy scam’ case naming Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Rouse Avenue Court here, officials said on Monday. The officials said the chargesheet has been filed following an extensive probe into the alleged irregularities…
New Delhi: The Congress Sunday accused the central government of practicing “double standards” in allocating funds to flood-afflicted states, alleging that it was exacting “revenge” on the people of Himachal Pradesh for not voting for the BJP in the assembly elections. Congress general secretary (In-charge, Communications) Jairam Ramesh said, “Yesterday, the self-anointed non-biological Prime Minister…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has asked Telangana to inform it in advance about discharging water from Medigadda dam amid heavy rainfall. Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who holds the water resources portfolio, said Telangana has been witnessing heavy rains, which could necessitate the release of water from the Medigadda dam. He said the water resources…
New Delhi: Angry students protested and raised slogans against authorities outside a coaching centre on Sunday after three civil service aspirants died in a flooded basement in West Delhi following heavy rains the previous night. After seven hours of rescue efforts, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) concluded its search at the coaching centre in…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that Khadi Gramodyog’s business has crossed Rs 1.5 lakh crore for the first time and asserted that the rising sales of Khadi and handloom were creating new job opportunities in large numbers. In his Mann Ki Baat monthly radio broadcast, Modi said many people who would…
New Delhi: The chief ministers of BJP-ruled states made presentations on various development schemes going on in their states as the party’s top brass, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, held deliberations with them over governance issues for a second consecutive day on Sunday. Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and J P Nadda, who is…
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Sunday detained the owner and coordinator of the coaching centre where three students died due to flooding following heavy rains, officials said. Police has booked them under charges of culpable homicide among other charges, they said. “We have registered an FIR at Rajinder Nagar Police Station under sections 105 (culpable…
