New Delhi: The BJP has adjourned all its programmes, scheduled for Saturday, related to the Modi government’s ninth anniversary in the wake of the tragic train accident in Balasore which has left 233 people dead so far. Party president J P Nadda posted a tweet to this effect and expressed his pain at the devastating…
Balasore: In one of the worst railway disasters in India, at least 233 people were killed and more than 900 injured when three trains collided one after another in a horrific sequence in Odisha’s Balasore district, setting off a massive rescue and evacuation process, officials said on Saturday. “Death toll rises to 233 in the Balasore…
Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a joint session of the US Congress on June 22 during his official state visit to the country, top congressional leaders announced on Friday. “On behalf of the bipartisan leadership of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, it is our honour to invite…
New Delhi: Regulator Irdai on Friday directed SBI Life Insurance Company to takeover the policy liabilities of around two lakh policies along with assets of Sahara India Life Insurance Co Ltd (SILIC) with immediate effect. The decision was taken at the meeting of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) in view of deteriorating…
New Delhi: With the law commission backing the sedition law, the Congress on Friday accused the BJP government of planning to make it more “draconian” and giving a message ahead of the general elections that it will be used against opposition leaders. Alleging that the BJP uses the sedition law as a tool of “subversing,…
New Delhi: One in six unvaccinated individuals report experiencing COVID-19 health effects up to two years after infection, according to a new study published in The British Medical Journal. The study from University of Zurich, Switzerland, and other institutes examined 1,106 unvaccinated adults with an average age of 50 with a confirmed infection between 6…
Lahore: Usman Buzdar, the former chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, on Friday, became the latest leader of ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party to quit politics in the aftermath of the May 9 violence. Several PTI leaders, including former human rights minister and ousted prime minister Imran Khan’s close aide Shireen Mazari, have…
Vadodara: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said roads of world standards are needed for India to become a USD 5 trillion economy as envisaged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing a gathering in Dumad near Vadodara city, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways assured that all highways in India will be of “world…
Kolkata: Visva-Bharati Vice-chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty has said that the university will not restrain itself from taking legally endorsed steps to reclaim land held “illegally” by Nobel Laureate Amrtya Sen in its Santiniketan campus. The eviction notice served to Sen by VB is in the public domain and those criticising the university for serving it to…
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday attacked the government over the low debt recovery under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code and asked whether it was a mechanism to rescue stressed firms or another tool for “organised loot”. The Opposition party also asked whether the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) was aimed at helping cronies for creating…
