A court in Diphu has issued a bailable arrest warrant against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a defamation case arising out of his tweet on the Prime Minister’s educational qualification. First class Magistrate, Diphu, Naba Kumar Deka Baruah, issued the warrant of ₹10,000 on Monday and summoned the AAP leader to appear before the court on May 8. Karbi […]
» Read moreFormer cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and actress Rekha are the worst performers in attendance in the Rajya Sabha among the 12 nominated members, according to an analysis by Factly.in, a data journalism portal. While Tendulkar has attended 23 of the 348 days since his nomination in 2012, Rekha has attended 18. Further, Rekha has not attended more than a single day […]
» Read moreAt least six people have been killed in battle between government forces and suspected Abu Sayyaf militants on a central resort island, Philippine officials said . The area is far from the extremists’ southern jungle bases and in a region where the U.S. government has warned the gunmen may be conducting kidnappings. Military and police officials said a soldier and […]
» Read moreThe Kerala government has promulgated an ordinance to make teaching of Malayalam mandatory in all schools in the State. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters after the weekly Cabinet meeting that the new law will be applicable to all schools regardless of the syllabus they followed. Schools that violated the law would attract hefty fines. Schools should not put up […]
» Read moreExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said that she has received a report that a 26-year-old Indian national was shot dead in Washington on Thursday. “I have received a report on the shootout incident resulting in the tragic death of Indian national Vikram Jaryal in Washington State USA,” she said in a series of tweets. The youth had reached […]
» Read moreIIT-Kharagpur will be the first technology institute to offer medicine courses, set to start from the 2019 session with a batch of 50 students. A 400-bed hospital on the campus , which will act as a teaching facility, will start admitting patients from mid-2018. The institute will seek permission from the Medical Council of India only after the hospital starts […]
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