Sun, 14 Aug 2022 20:06:21
Veteran stock market investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, often referred to as India's Warren Buffett, died here Sunday morning. He was 62.
Jhunjhunwala died early this morning due to a cardiac arrest, a source in his newly set up airline said.
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Sun, 14 Aug 2022 20:04:31
After the Punjab governor gave his assent to a bill limiting multiple pensions to former MLAs, the AAP government on Saturday issued a notification in this regard with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann saying it will save Rs 100 crores in five years.
The notification implementing 'One MLA, One Pension' in Punjab will revolutionise and reform the country's political system, Mann said.
"It is a hum
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Sun, 14 Aug 2022 20:02:26
A nine-year-old Dalit boy died on Saturday allegedly after he was beaten up by a teacher for touching a drinking water pot in a private school in Jalore district of Rajasthan, police said.
Police have arrested the teacher, Chail Singh, 40, and charged him with murder and under sections of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Indra Meghwal, a student of the
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Sun, 14 Aug 2022 20:00:41
Eleven Opposition parties, including the Congress, on Saturday resolved to fight against what they called the misuse of electronic voting machines, money power and the media by the BJP-led government at the Centre, claiming it poses the "gravest challenge" to democracy in India.
The 11 parties are the Congress, CPIM, SP, BSP, CPI, NCP, TRS, RJD, RLD, Welfare Party and the Swaraj India.
Three
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Sun, 14 Aug 2022 19:52:07
In view of the 76th Independence Day celebration on Monday, security has been stepped up across the national capital with more than 10,000 personnel manning the Red Fort from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the country.
From facial recognition system cameras to multi-layered security cover and deployment of over 400 kite catchers and fliers, security forces have left no stone un
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Sun, 14 Aug 2022 19:50:44
Six people were killed after a car and a tempo collided head-on in Maharashtra's Beed district on Sunday morning, police said.
The accident took place around 5.30 am on Manjarsumba-Patoda highway, they said.
As per preliminary information, a family from Pune was going to Jiwachiwadi village in Kej tehsil in the car to attend a marriage ceremony when their vehicle and the tempo hit each other
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Sun, 14 Aug 2022 19:47:45
Twenty Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force personnel have been awarded various service medals, including for bravery, on the occasion of Independence Day.
The decorations include six police gallantry medals, three President's police medal for distinguished service and 11 police medals for meritorious service, ITBP spokesperson Vivek Kumar Pandey said.
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Sun, 14 Aug 2022 19:46:08
The Central Railway is planning to increase the popularity of the wider view vistadome train coaches in the picturesque Mumbai-Goa Konkan belt, after receiving a huge response on the scenic Pune Western Ghats section.
The vistadome coaches, which have huge windows and transparent roofs allowing a hindrance-free view of the surroundings, have become popular among passengers on the 21 km long Bho
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Sun, 14 Aug 2022 19:44:04
India and Bangladesh should ignore minor irritants and continue strengthening their close relations as the two nations continue their joint war against terrorism, said Shantanu Mukharji, IPS (Retd), a security analyst specialising on South Asia and terrorism.
The two sides also need to guard against external actors who may be working to jeopardise the interests of both sides, Mukharji, who has
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