Both the Srinagar-Jammu highway and the Baramulla-Banihal rail service in Jammu and Kashmir remained shut for the second day Thursday, authorities said. No flights to Srinagar could be operated Wednesday as well due to poor visibility amid continuing snowfall. Traffic police officials said heavy snowfall in Banihal and Patnitop areas of the over 300-km long […]
The West Bengal Commission for Women Thursday ordered a probe into the gang rape of a tribal woman allegedly at the behest of a kangaroo court. Taking suo motu cognizance of the horrific incident ghat has raised the heckles across the state, it demanded harshest punishment for the perpetrators. The 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped […]
The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the central government to explain why extra allowances are being paid to MPs. A division bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the central government to appraise it whether the MPs are getting double their travelling expenses while travelling on the railways. It asked […]
Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj, a 69-year-old India-born professor at Stanford University, has won the prestigious Marconi Prize 2014 for his pioneering work on developing wireless technology to transmit and receive data at high speeds. “Paulraj’s contributions to wireless technology and the resulting benefit to humankind are indisputable. Every WiFi (wireless fidelity) router and 4G phone uses […]
The Indian Coast Guard Wednesday launched an awareness campaign to sensitise the fishing community in West Bengal and Odisha to integrate them into the coastal security mechanism. Aiming to use the community as additional “eyes and ears” for vigil across the coast line, West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan flagged off a coastal security awareness and […]
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas Wednesday apologised for his comments on nurses while over 100 people staged a protest outside the party office in the national capital. He also earned the ire of the the National Commission for Women (NCW), which also asked for an apology. Vishwas tendered an apology, saying it was […]
Some 80 million people in northeast America were Wednesday digging their way out of a thick blanket of snow deposited by the heaviest snowfall of the season, with more than a foot falling in some places. Government offices in Washington were opening two hours late, but schools in most parts were closed, roads shut down […]
A French naval ship intercepted a hijacked Indian dhow near the Gulf of Aden and rescued its 11-member crew, an official said Wednesday. On Jan 18, French landing platform dock Siroco, flagship of the EU Naval Force Atalanta, released the Indian crew and arrested five suspected pirates holding the crew hostage, a statement from the […]
A narcotics consignment seized in Jammu and Kashmir from a truck coming from Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir Jan 17 was brown sugar, forensic scientists confirmed Wednesday. After the seizure of 114 packets concealed under almonds, police arrested the truck driver and launched an investigation. “Samples of the seized contraband items were sent to the forensic […]
An Indian Air Force (IAF) Jaguar fighter jet crashed near Bikaner in Rajasthan during a routine night sortee Wednesday. Both the pilots ejected safely, an official said Wednesday. The crash occurred 45 km from Bikaner at around 8.30 p.m. “Nobody was killed on the ground. A court of enquiry has been ordered,” defence ministry spokesperson […]