On your marks… Get set… Go! The final countdown is on, with only six days left before the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games begin! The Opening Ceremony is bound to be one not to miss, showcasing everything the Gold Coast has on offer in a spectacular display of culture, colour, unity and diversity. There will […]
The Election Commission’s surveillance and flying squads have seized over Rs 9.9 lakh in cash, 18.9 litres of liquor and 2.4kg gold in poll-bound Karnataka, said an official on Saturday. “The flying squads have seized Rs 9,91,700 cash, 18.9 litres of liquor, eight silk sarees, 2.4kg gold (worth over Rs 49 lakh) in the past […]
The Delhi Police SIT, investigating the CBSE paper leaks case, has got a response by Google team which helped them identify the man who has sent the mail to alert the Board Chairman Anita Karwal, a police officer said. The police officer, speaking anonymity because he was not authorised to give probe details, said: “The […]
Nearly a week after an arrest warrant was issued against Union Minister Ashwini Choubey’s son Arijit Shashwat, accused of inciting communal violence in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district, Bihar Police has failed to arrest him. The police have also failed to trace another BJP leader Anil Singh — the main accused in communal violence in Aurangabad district, […]
The Andhra Pradesh police on Saturday claimed to have foiled an alleged attempt by the Maoists to kill University of Hyderabad Vice-Chancellor Podile Appa Rao to avenge the death of Dalit student Rohith Vemula two years ago. Police in East Godavari district of neighbouring Andhra Pradesh on Friday arrested two former students of the university […]
A Kerala student moved the Supreme Court on Saturday seeking quashing of the CBSE decision to re-conduct Class 10 mathematics examination after reports that the paper had been leaked in Delhi. Rohan Mathew, a student of Choice School in Kochi, contended that the decision to re-conduct the exam was arbitrary, illegal and violative of the […]
In a bid to buy time, the Central government on Saturday moved the Supreme Court filing a clarification petition and asking for three months for implementing its judgment in view of the May assembly elections in Karnataka while the Tamil Nadu government sought contempt proceedings against the Centre for its failure to constitute Cauvery Management […]
Russia has decided to expel 60 US diplomats and close the American Consulate in St. Petersburg in retaliation to a similar move by Washington against Moscow over the former-spy poisoning incident in Britain, media reports said. The 60 diplomats — 58 from the US mission in Moscow and two from Yekaterinburg — were declared “persona […]
An Indian national has been charged with people smuggling after allegedly attempting to sneak a team of fake journalists into Brisbane, Australian authorities said Thursday. The group was posing as a media contingent coming to the state of Queensland to cover the 2018 Commonwealth Games, which start on the Gold Coast on April 4, CNN […]
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will meet on April 27 for the first time since 2007, the two countries announced on Thursday after high-level talks. The two leaders will meet at the Peace House on the southern side of the border village of Panmunjom, Yonhap News Agency quoted an […]