The Rajapalayam South Police has registered a case under three different sections of IPC against lyricist Vairamuthu in Virudhunagar on Saturday. Following a complaint from Hindu Munnani town secretary Suri, the police registered a case against the lyricist. The charge was that Mr. Vairamuthu had spoken ill of Goddess Andal at a function held in Rajapalayam on January 7 and […]
» Read moreAt least six persons were injured on Saturday in an attack by a leopard, which entered a residential area in Nanipada in suburban Mulund in Mumbai, police said. The leopard was spotted at 7.15 a.m. in Nanipada, which is surrounded by hills and forest, a senior police official said. It attacked and injured six persons. A team of police and […]
» Read moreA Pawan Hans helicopter with five Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) employees and two crew on a routine sortie between Juhu heliport and the offshore rigs was lost to sea on Saturday. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG), which launched a Search and Rescue (SAR) operation, confirmed that the helicopter had crashed into the Arabian Sea. Four bodies have been […]
» Read moreOn its 42nd mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) trusted workhorse ‘PSLV-C40’ will carry the weather observation ‘Cartosat-2’ series satellite and 30 co-passengers (together weighing about 613 kg) at lift-off at 9.28 am on Friday. As the Mission Readiness Review committee and Launch Authorisation Board cleared the countdown, the space body said, “The 28-hour countdown activity of PSLV-C40/Cartosat2 Series […]
» Read moreThe Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct its annual examinations of Classes X and XII from March 5. The CBSE class X examinations, in which 16,38,552 students are expected to appear, would end on April 4. Class XII annual examinations, for which 11,86,144 students are expected to appear, would go on till April 12. While the first exam […]
» Read moreRishi Sunak, the Conservative Member of Parliament from Richmond and son-in-law of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, has joined the government in the latest reshuffle conducted by Prime Minister Theresa May. Mr. Sunak, who entered Parliament in 2015, will become the parliamentary undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the government said on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. […]
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