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...
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Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee broke her silence on the cash-for-query controversy involving Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday, rallying behind her and declaring BJP’s alleged attempt to oust her from Parliament “a foolish thing to do”. “This way, they will end up making her more popular,” Mamata said at a party convention in...
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The 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...
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The 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...
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L&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...
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On 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...
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