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The death toll from tainted liquor consumption in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu has tragically risen to 54. Over 100 people remain hospitalized after consuming liquor laced with methanol in the district of Kallakurichi, approximately 250 km (150 miles) from Chennai, the state capital. Since Wednesday, nearly 200 individuals have sought medical treatment for […]
The company contracted to conduct the police recruitment (constabulary) examination in Uttar Pradesh in February this year, has been blacklisted by the state’s Yogi government in yet another fresh incident of paper leak. The Ahmedabad-based company that goes by the name, Edutest Solutions Pvt. Ltd, has been found involved in the scam as per preliminary […]
The revered chief priest, Acharya Laxmikant Dixit, who conducted the consecration ceremony at Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir, breathed his last on Saturday morning. Dixit, aged 86, had been unwell for several days. His final rites will be performed at the Manikarnika Ghat. The consecration of Lord Ram’s idol took place at the Ayodhya temple on January […]
The Oshiwara police in Mumbai have apprehended two individuals suspected of robbing actor Anupam Kher’s office. The suspects, identified as Majid Sheikh and Mohammad Daler Bahrim Khan, were arrested in the Jogeshwari area of the city. Both are known serial thieves who operate using auto-rickshaws to facilitate their crimes. The robbery at Anupam Kher’s office […]
The Patna High Court on Thursday overturned the November 2023 decision to increase the quotas for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), and Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) in government jobs and educational institutions from 50 per cent to 65 per cent, dealing a blow to the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in […]
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has reported that at least 98 Indian citizens lost their lives during this year’s Haj pilgrimage due to natural causes, old age and illness. The pilgrimage witnessed extreme heat and intense temperatures. Approximately 1,75,000 Indians participated in the Hajj this year and the fatalities include four individuals who died […]
While Democrats are in a dilemma over whether to continue with Joe Biden as their presidential candidate or not, due to his apparent health concerns related to age, former US President Donald Trump has issued a Trump card promising a green card to foreign graduates from American universities. The remark is seen as beneficial to […]
The recent appointment of Bhartruhari Mahtab as the pro-tem Speaker of the Lok Sabha has ignited a heated debate. Traditionally, the senior-most member of the parliament assumes this crucial role, but Mahtab’s selection deviated from this convention, drawing sharp criticism from the opposition Congress. Bhartruhari Mahtab, born on September 8, 1957, in Agarpada, Odisha, is […]
New Delhi: Students at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay were fined and barred from using the institute’s hostel facilities for staging a play during a performing arts event, media reports have said. Some alleged the play insulted the deities Ram and Sita. A purported photo of a penalty letter signed by the institute’s registrar and posted online […]
The Ministry of Education is forced to cancel the UGC-NET June 2024 exam amid reports of malpractice in the exam. The matter has been handed over to the CBI for further investigation. UGC-NET is a test to determine the eligibility for assistant professors in Indian universities. The National Cyber Crime Threat Analytics Unit (NCTAU) of […]
The Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended a Pakistani national early Wednesday morning as he attempted to cross the border fence into India in Gujarat’s Kutch district. The detainee, identified as 30-year-old Afzal from Sialkot, Pakistan, was taken into custody near the Vighakot area. According to an official statement by the BSF, at approximately 7:15 am, […]
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his American counterpart Jake Sullivan had extensive conversations on Monday, with the primary goal being the successful implementation of the planned India-US Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET). It is also understood that the two top security officials discussed urgent regional and international problems of shared concern. Sullivan […]
The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) in Bihar has ramped up its investigation into the alleged NEET paper leak that occurred during the exam on May 5. Notices have been dispatched to nine NEET candidates, compelling them to appear at the EOU office for interrogation. Taking charge of the case, an eight-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) […]
The controversial Sheena Bora murder case took an unexpected turn when the CBI informed the court that the two packets recovered from Raigad in 2015 are missing from their custody. Sheena Bora was allegedly killed by Indrani Mukherjea- her mother, and her ex-husband with the help of her driver on April 24, 2012. The murder, […]
Union Minister of State Suresh Gopi on Friday said that the Ministry of External Affairs did an “extraordinary” job in overseeing the efforts for the safe treatment of the Indians injured in the Kuwait fire incident which claimed at least 49 lives. He also said that he would be receiving the remains of the Malayalees […]
Following the Lok Sabha polls, RSS leader Indresh Kumar took a jibe at the ruling BJP for their arrogance and the opposition INDIA bloc for their alleged anti-Ram stance. Speaking at the ‘Ramrath Ayodhya Yatra Darshan Poojan Samaroh’ in Kanota near Jaipur, the RSS national executive member hinted that the election results were a reflection […]
At least 24 people from Kerala have died in the building that caught fire in Kuwait’s Mangaf city on Wednesday. Around 195 workers, most of them from Kerala and Tamil Nadu, were housed in the building. It’s estimated that seven individuals are in serious condition, and the toll will rise. The surviving members of the […]
India’s foreign secretary, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, has said that while it is another matter as to how the Indians got into the war fighting for Russia, he has told the Russian officials to arrange to repatriate all Indians from the war zone. The remarks of the top official in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) […]
At least 40 Indian nationals were killed and several more were injured after a fire broke out at a building that housed migrant workers in southern Kuwait early on Wednesday. Kuwait’s largest construction company, NBTC, constructed the building. The fire originated in the kitchen of a six-story building in Mangaf city at around 6 a.m. […]
Online tasks and work-from-home opportunities are becoming a hotbed for fraudulent activities. Over the past few months, numerous individuals across the nation have fallen prey to online scams, lured by the promise of lucrative returns for online tasks or work-from-home jobs. A recent case that has come to light involves a 40-year-old doctor affiliated with […]
