An Alipore magistrate on Friday issued an arrest warrant against Union minister Babul Supriyo after a police chargehseet mentioned that he was “absconding”. The case next comes up for hearing on May 8. The minister can now surrender in court and seek bail. He can also challenge the order either in session’s court or high court. Babul, who referred to […]
» Read moreThe Bharatiya Janata Paraty (BJP) on Saturday took a strong lead over its main rivals in Uttar Pradesh as the millions of votes cast in the staggered assembly election were counted. BJP candidates led in 46 of the 73 seats where counting trends were available, followed in 20 seats by the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) led […]
» Read moreThe Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a bill to increase maternity leave to 26 weeks from 12 weeks at present. The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016, also provides for leave up to 12 weeks for a woman who adopts a child below the age of three months, and for commissioning mothers. Passed by the Rajya Sabha on August 11, 2016, […]
» Read moreOn exit polls that predict the BJP emerging as the single largest party in UP and coming to power in Uttarakhand, the BSE Sensex climbed over 146 points in opening trade today on heavy fund inflows. All the sectoral indices led by consumer durables, IT, metal, realty, bank, capital goods and auto sectors were trading in the positive zone with […]
» Read moreTwo men shot dead two people and seriously injured a third today at a cafe in Basel, north-west Switzerland, police said. “Two men came into Cafe 56” around 8.15 pm local time “and fired several rounds of shots,” police said in a statement, without providing information on a possible motive. “Two customers were killed. Another is in a critical condition.” […]
» Read moreIn-a-first for Western Railways (WR), two women ticket checkers were deployed in long-distance train on March 8. Women power rode to new heights with the Mumbai-Surat Intercity Express on the occasion of International Women’s Day. The women ticket checkers — Neeru Wadhava and Radha Iyer — checked commuters travelling in first class on Mumbai-Surat Intercity Express on Wednesday.
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