Four villagers, including two minor boys, were trampled to death by wild elephants in Karbi Anglong in Assam on Thursday, reports Kangkan Kalita. The deceased have been identified as Kania Toria (55), Ribika Kerketta (28), Geseya Kerketta (3) and one-and-a-half year-old Augustin Karmakar. All of them were from Bormanthi village. Forest department officials said...
Read MoreThe law ministry on Thursday notified appointment of advocate Somasekhar Sundaresan as additional judge of the Bombay HC, almost two years after his name was cleared by the Supreme Court collegium. Sundaresan was among five other advocates whose names were reiterated by the apex court collegium this year, brushing aside requests from the Centre...
Read MoreThe government plans to review existing DGCA rules to make them more passenger-friendly and ensure airlines provide assistance to passengers affected by delays, cancellations, or denied boarding. IndiGo passengers recently faced issues when they were not flown to their destination as per their original booking, raising questions about consumer rights. The government aims to...
Read MoreOn Friday, the last day of campaigning for the Rajasthan elections, Congress’s Sachin Pilot rebutted PM Modi’s remarks about his late father. “I heard the PM’s statement (about Rajesh Pilot being briefly sidelined by Congress for standing up to the Gandhi family). What he said is far from the truth… Also, no one should...
Read MoreL&T Technology Services (LTTS) has laid off 200 people in delivery and support functions as part of performance assessments and to reduce role overlaps. LTTS, with 24,000 employees, focuses on engineering services in transportation, telecom, hi-tech, industrial products, plant engineering, and medical devices. The Indian IT sector faces challenges in the banking and financial...
Read MoreIn the ongoing anti-terrorism operation in J&K’s Rajouri district, a Lance Naik from 9 Para (Special Forces) died, bringing the total security casualties to five. The operation led to the killing of two terrorists, including a high-ranking Pakistani commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The fallen soldiers are Captain MV Pranjal, Captain Shubham Gupta, Havildar Abdul...
Read MoreBattleground Rajasthan resonated with poll pyrotechnics one last time on Thursday as electioneering closed in a blaze of allegations and counters, including a rare instance of CM Ashok Gehlot and his estranged deputy Sachin Pilot rebutting in one voice PM Narendra Modi’s allegation about the latter being “punished” by Congress just like his late...
Read MoreLGBTQIA+ community members on Thursday requested an open court hearing on their petitions seeking review of the Supreme Court’s October 17 judgment rejecting marriage rights for same-sex couples, and tactically based their demand on CJI D Y Chandrachud’s minority opinion – “when there is discrimination, it must be remedied by the courts”. Senior advocate...
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