PM Narendra Modi on Thursday drew cheers from the audience at his poll rally in Deogarh in Rajasthan when he recognised a nonagenarian BJP member, Dharam Chand Derasariya, sitting in the crowd and lauded his contribution to the party. “Derasariya ji has probably given his six decades of his life to propagate this (BJP’s)...
Read MoreBeloved characters like Snoopy and SpongeBob SquarePants soared through the skies above New York City on Thursday and bands marched along the streets below as the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ushered in the holiday season. The parade started on Manhattan’s Upper West Side making its way alongside Central Park in front of big...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has sought to clearly delineate the boundary of action by governors when a bill passed by a state assembly is sent for their assent by ruling that, being titular heads of states, they don’t have the power to veto legislative actions of elected governments or sit indefinitely on bills duly passed...
Read MoreRed Bird Flight Training illegally removed the Secure Digital (SD) data card from the crashed aircraft at Baramati airport. The card records flight data and engine performance parameters. Red Bird tampered with the SD card and handed it over to the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB). They repeated this offense when a second aircraft...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union government to decide “with reasonable dispatch” setting up a Delimitation Commission to examine the need to increase seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Lok Sabha and state assemblies in view of the addition of scores of communities to the list of SCs and...
Read MoreSomeone in the crowd, waiting like the others around him for the 41 men trapped in the Silkyara tunnel to come out, said, “Bas, ho gaya. Ab bahar niklenge humare log .” A second person chimed in and said, “Very good, very good.” Soon, there was a wave of celebrations. Wednesday: 6 pm. The...
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