GC2018 – Opening Ceremony only 6 days to go!

GC2018 – Opening Ceremony only 6 days to go!

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 […]

EC squads seize cash, liquor, gold in Karnataka

EC squads seize cash, liquor, gold in Karnataka

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 […]

Google helps Delhi Police to identify sender of alert

Google helps Delhi Police to identify sender of alert

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 […]

Communal violence: Accused BJP leaders still at large

Communal violence: Accused BJP leaders still at large

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, […]

Police foil Maoist plot to kill Hyderabad varsity VC

Police foil Maoist plot to kill Hyderabad varsity VC

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 […]

Kerala student moves SC against CBSE re-exam decision

Kerala student moves SC against CBSE re-exam decision

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 […]

Cauvery: Centre seeks time, Tamil Nadu for contempt action

Cauvery: Centre seeks time, Tamil Nadu for contempt action

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 expels 60 US diplomats in tit-for-tat move

Russia expels 60 US diplomats in tit-for-tat move

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 […]

Indian accused of smuggling fake journalists into Australia

Indian accused of smuggling fake journalists into Australia

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 […]

Moon-Kim to meet on April 27

Moon-Kim to meet on April 27

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 […]