Thiruvananthapuram, July 5 (IANS) Kerala's Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala on Thursday slammed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for taking the same route as Prime Minister Narendra Modi to silence the media who criticise the government.Chennithala's statement came after it surfaced that the Vijayan government had given the green signal to register a case against senior TV anchor Venu Balakrishnan of...
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Notwithstanding the Supreme Court ruling on the Delhi government's powers vis-a-vis the Lt Governor, a new tussle broke out on Thursday with the AAP government claiming that the powers to transfer or post officers lie with it while a Union minister said Delhi being a Union Territory makes its powers subservient to the Central government.The...
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Delhi's ruling AAP on Thursday reissued their previous orders to the Chief Secretary, Services, informing the officer that non-compliance of the order would amount to "contempt of Supreme Court" with "serious consequences.""Have directed again Secretary services to issue the orders as directed yesterday. Informed the officer that non compliance would lead to contempt of SC...
Chandigarh, July 5 (IANS) Taking a serious view of the concerns expressed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court over the manner in which final reports are being filed by the prosecution in drug related offences, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday directed Advocate General Atul Nanda to pursue the matter ensure that there is no laxity on this...
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Justice Satyendra Singh Chauhan (retd), who was appointed as the DERC chairman last month, took over charge formally on Thursday with his swearing-in.The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) Chairman's post had been lying vacant for over one and a half years.Chauhan, who had served as a judge in the Allahabad High Court, was administered the...
Moscow, July 5 (IANS) The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has rejected the applications of 51 Russian athletes since January 2018 to get the neutral status required for performing in international competitions, the All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) spokeswoman Natalya Yukhareva said Thursday.The ARAF press office reported on Wednesday that the IAAF had denied 15 athletes their admission to international...
Bhubaneswar, July 5 (IANS) The Odisha government has raised questions over the air travel bills of newly-appointed Governor Professor Ganeshi Lal and sought details on the issue.The General Administration department has sought an explanation over the Governor's visit to Sirsa, Haryana, via New Delhi and back to Bhubaneswar from June 10-13 by using a jet aircraft and a helicopter.In a...
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) City football giants East Bengal on Thursday roped in Quess, one of Indias leading business services providers, as its investor. The two sides inked an agreement, under which the I-League outfit will now be known as Quess East Bengal FC Pvt Ltd (QEBFC). "We were thinking of few other options after our association with UB Group...
Bhopal, July 5 (IANS) Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stand on treating selling 'pakodas' (fritters) as a proper job, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Thursday touted making and selling 'achar' (pickle) as a lucrative employment opportunity."I advised the wife of one of my friends to make pickles, she made it a profession and now within two years, her company...
By Sanjeev PalNew Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Investigators in the mysterious deaths by hanging of 11 in Delhi's Burari neighbourhood are convinced that it was a case of mass suicide in a ritual practice by the family suffering from a shared psychological disorder, a police officer said on Thursday.The officer said the final closure report will be prepared after getting...
