Mumbai blasts convict Mustafa Dossa died in Mumbai on Wednesday, a day after the CBI sought the death penalty for him and another perpetrator. Dossa was admitted to Mumbai’s JJ Hospital on Tuesday after he complained of chest pain. He is also said to have suffered from hypertension and diabetes. “Dossa was admitted to the jail ward of the hospital […]
» Read moreThe Opposition parties’ presidential candidate Meira Kumar filed her nomination in New Delhi on Wednesday at the Secretary General’s office in Parliament. Ms. Kumar went in shortly after 11 a.m. and returned around 11.30 a.m. Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh followed her out after the filing of nomination, after which they made their way to […]
» Read moreThe government on Wednesday confirmed that one of the terminals at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has been impacted by the latest malware attack. “The situation is being closely monitored and further steps to deal with the traffic situation will be initiated based on an assessment during the course of the next few days,” an official statement said, adding […]
» Read moreA tourist boat packed with about 160 passengers for the holiday weekend capsized on Sunday on a reservoir near the Colombian city of Medellin, leaving at least six people dead and 31 missing, officials said. Rescuers including firefighters from nearby cities and air force pilots searched for survivors at the Guatape reservoir where El Almirante ferry sank. A flotilla of […]
» Read moreA week after supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party in the no-confidence motion moved by the the Congress against Karnataka Legislative Council Chairman D.H. Shankaramurthy, the Janata Dal (S) has decided to support UPA’s candidate and former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar in the Presidential elections scheduled on July 17. On Sunday, former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda and his son […]
» Read moreAadhaar is not a valid identification document for Indians travelling to Nepal and Bhutan, the Union home ministry has said. Indians can travel to Nepal and Bhutan — both countries for which they don’t need visas — if they possess a valid national passport or election ID card issued by the Election Commission. Moreover, to ease travel, persons over 65 […]
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