Environmentalist R. K. Pachauri, accused of sexual harassment by his former women colleagues in the recent past, has stepped down as a member of the governing council of TERI “to get engaged in other interests.” The announcement came on the heels of a media report which said the green body has decided to “sever” its association with Mr. Pachauri even […]
» Read more15 people have been reportedly killed in a landslide in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh. Many people are reported to be still trapped under debris after the landslide. The deceased persons are reported to be labourers from nearby states who were working at the construction site of a five star hotel. The NDRF teams have reached the landslide spot. Rescue operations […]
» Read moreFacing a non-bailable arrest warrant, liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Thursday told the Supreme Court that he was prepared to deposit an additional Rs 2,468 crore over and above the earlier offer of Rs 4,400 crore against the demand of Rs 9,000 crore by a consortium of banks led by State Bank of India (SBI). Remaining silent on the court’s question […]
» Read moreA pall of gloom descended on Karukutty near Angamaly on Thursday as the news about the brutal murder of Chikku Robert, a nurse in Oman, reached her parents. Relatives and friends thronged the Thekkayil Airoorkkaran house to console Robert and his wife Saby, parents of the deceased. Chikku, a staff nurse with Badr Al Samaa Group of Hospitals, Salalah, had […]
» Read moreMadhya Pradesh Home Minister Babulal Gaur on Thursday found himself in the eye of a storm after he was caught on camera touching a woman “inappropriately”. The Minister claimed “there is no truth in the clipping” and that he was directing women BJP workers to board a bus. The purported video clip of the incident, which went viral on social […]
» Read moreA 60-year-old Congress member was on Friday shot dead allegedly by three assailants when he was out on a morning walk here, police said. Police suspect that the victim, Ashok, could have been killed over some land dispute. “He is a Congress worker. At one time, he used to be head of Railway Road Market Association here and probably also […]
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