Justice Tirath Singh Thakur was on Thursday sworn in as 43rd Chief Justice of India by President Pranab Mukherjee at an elegant function in Rashtrapati Bhavan. The senior-most judge of the apex court, 63-year old Justice Thakur took over from incumbent Justice H L Dattu who retired on Wednesday. As a Supreme Court judge, he headed the bench which had […]
» Read moreBritish warplanes carried out airstrikes in Syria early on Thursday, hours after Parliament voted to authorize air attacks against Islamic State group targets there. Four Royal Air Force Tornados took off from a British air base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, shortly after the 397-223 vote by lawmakers in the House of Commons. A Ministry of Defense spokesman said the planes had […]
» Read moreHyderabad: Police on Monday registered a rape case and launched a probe in to delivery of a baby by a 15-year-old class IX student of a government school at Madhapur on Saturday afternoon. Both the young mother and the baby girl are said to be safe. The student is the daughter of a visually-challenged widower, who runs a grocery store […]
» Read morePresident Pranab Mukherjee today inaugurated Amul’s state-of-the-art feed manufacturing plant in Kapadwanj in Gujarat’s Kheda district. Official sources said President Mukherjee will give away the APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Award to children at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad on Tuesday besides interacting with the faculty and students. Visiting Gujarat for the first the first time after assuming office […]
» Read moreCongress president Sonia Gandhi has gone to the US for a medical check-up in the middle of the Winter Session of Parliament, which began last week. “She has gone to the US for a regular, routine checkup. She will return after a week,” Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said in Delhi. Party sources said the 68-year-old leader’s checkup was due for […]
» Read moreA surprise raid conducted by the police in the coastal hamlet of Kooththenkuzhi, about 75 km from here on Sunday morning, has led to the seizure of 159 country bombs. The village, known for its ‘country bomb culture’, has witnessed several clashes between two fishermen groups. Police conducted a pre-dawn raid on June 13 last and seized over 300 country […]
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