The Haryana government on Sunday finally transferred IPS officer Kala Ramchandran as the Principal Secretary of the transport department. The Indian Express, on September 5, had reported how the IPS officer’s transfer to the transport department had triggered a point of conflict between Chief Minister, Manohar…
Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in Delhi on Monday for questioning in a money laundering case linked to an alleged coal pilferage scam in West Bengal. Banerjee arrived at the ED’s Jam Nagar house at around 11 am. He has been…
A plane of the Indian Air Force (IAF), carrying Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, will conduct a mock emergency landing on a national highway in Rajasthan’s Barmer this week, sources said on Monday. The two ministers will be inaugurating the 3.5 km-long strip on…
In a worrying trend, Pune has been accounting for around 22 per cent of Maharashtra’s fresh Covid-19 cases for the last 10 days. Between August 26 and September 4, a total of 9,815 new cases have been detected in Pune district, according to a state health department report. Ahmednagar reported 7,555 new…
The Supreme Court on Monday rapped the government over the delay in filling up the vacancies in Tribunals, Live Law reported.The bench also came down harshly on the Centre for passing Tribunals Reforms Act, which the Court termed a “virtual replica of the provisions struck down by the Court”. Chief Justice NV…
Kabul: The Taliban said Monday they had captured the last pocket of resistance in Afghanistan, the Panjshir Valley, as the top US diplomat flies to Qatar to try and handle the aftermath of the chaotic American withdrawal. Soon after, the National Resistance Front said the fight against Taliban in Panjshir…
Washington: A prominent South Carolina lawyer whose family has deep roots in regional law enforcement has been shot in the head, just months after his son and wife were mysteriously murdered, authorities said. The lawyer, Alex Murdaugh, was changing a tire on the side of a country road when someone in a truck…
It seems like not a day goes by without a new Covid-19 study to spark a bit of anxiety: Moderna Makes Twice as Many Antibodies as Pfizer, Study Says; Previous Covid Prevents Delta Infection Better Than Pfizer Shot; South African Scientists Say New Variant May Have ‘Increased Transmissibility.’ Despite…
Mukesh Ambani added $3.7 billion to his net worth on Friday as shares of his flagship company surged after the tycoon doubled down on his clean-energy goals. Asia’s wealthiest person is now worth $92.6 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The tycoon is closing in on L’Oreal’s…
Washington, United States: For Heather Bauer, 9/11 anniversaries are about something other than the fallen Twin Towers, smoking wreckage at the Pentagon, and a crashed airliner in a Pennsylvania field. Instead of the accepted version of events — that Al-Qaeda conducted the attacks — she believes the…