By GEETA ANAND and HARI KUMAR NEW DELHI — First, Yashpal Singh Rathore’s marriage was delayed by his future in-laws, who, like most Indians, ran short of cash after Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned the country’s largest currency notes in November. Then the 29-year-old lost his job when the ensuingContinue Reading
By Raqib Hameed Naik, West Bengal: A day after a local court in West Bengal sentenced Muzaffar Ahmed Rather, a youth from Anantnag to death, the verdict has been severely criticised by the people in the valley. As per the police, Muzaffar along with two other persons from Pakistan wasContinue Reading
Unit 2 of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu has for the first time reached 100% of its operating capacity. ASE Group said yesterday the milestone had been achieved during the night of 22 January, following the successful completion of physical tests at theContinue Reading
By: C. M. Paul Kolkata : A philanthropist, industrialist and a much-respected member of the Malayalee community in Calcutta passed away on Monday, 23 January. He was 89. P.M. John, born in Kerala, had come to Calcutta in 1949 when the city was faced with the huge influx of migrantsContinue Reading
The recent statement on reservation from an RSS official upset JadavContinue Reading
TRICHY: Two bull tamers died and 129 others suffered injuries during a jallikattu event at Rapoosal village in Tamil Nadu’s Pudukkottai district on Sunday. The deceased have been identified as Raja, 26, and Mohan, 25, both of whom were from Rapoosal. Pudukkottai superintendent of police J Loganathan said Raja andContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: In a rare gesture, President Pranab Mukherjee has set aside Union Home Ministrys recommendation and commuted the death sentence of four persons convicted of killing of 34 upper caste people in Bihar in 1992. The President gave a new lease of life on the New Year day toContinue Reading
KUNERU: At least 39 people were killed and 69 injured when engine and nine coaches of Jagdalpur -Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express jumped the tracks in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district with the railways suspecting sabotage behind the derailment, the third in as many months. The engine and nine coaches of the Bhubaneswar-boundContinue Reading
The dictionary was compiled and published by Father Pierre Auguste BouteloupContinue Reading
PANAJI: In a criticism of the government’s move towards a digital economy, the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman has called it a “worrisome phenomenon” and said promoting select private business interests “under the pretext of fostering economic growth, tackling corruption and ensuring transparency through digitalization, are a disturbing development”. “TheContinue Reading