Agartala: The family members of a police man in Tripura accused a private hospital here responsible for the death of a person because of non-payment of bill with new notes and smaller denominations of currency. Shaswati Sharma, daughter of the deceased alleged that her father Shyamal Sharma (56), an employee ofContinue Reading
Nashik: With demonetisation tightening its grip across the country , people are forced to postpone funeral rites for the departed at the sacred Godavari ghats. Priests are reporting a sharp drop in the number of devotees approaching them to conduct rituals. Satish Shukla, president of the Ganga-Godavari Purohit Sangh, said,Continue Reading
Palpable tension prevails at the construction site of the controversial bridge over river Kusei at Belabahali in Odisha’s Keonjhar district as fresh violence erupted over the construction of approach road to the proposed bridge this evening. Police have detained four persons in this connection, police sources said. According to reportsContinue Reading
At least 127 people worldwide have died since March 2014 after posing or trying to pose for selfies, the “Me, Myself and My Killfie” paper revealed on Friday. The study also showed that men suffered over 75% of selfie fatalities even though women are more likely to take selfies. IndiaContinue Reading
With valid currency notes in short supply, following the Centre’s demonetisation move, people in Assam’s Borsongaon bordering Bhutan’s Gelephu have turned to the Himalayan Kingdom’s currency for their day to day needs. The locals told media that they decided to go for the currency of the neighbouring country as theirContinue Reading
The activists are named in a First Information Report of a tribal murder caseContinue Reading
Thiruvanathapuram: Kamarunissa Anwar, senior woman leader of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and the state president of its women’s wing , was on stage at a public gathering when she was informed this weekend that she could not make a speech as she is a woman. It was 10 pm,Continue Reading
Christian couples’ wait for two years for seeking divorce by mutual consent may soon end as a nearly 150-year-old law is set to be amended to lower the requisite separation period to one year following persistent demand from the community. The government has put the Divorce (Amendment) Bill, 2016 inContinue Reading
New Delhi and parts of north India were shaken by an earthquake at around 4.30 am on Thursday. According to initial reports the earthquake had its epicentre in Haryana with a magnitude of 4.2 on the Richter Scale. The earthquake was at a depth of 10 km. Despite being early inContinue Reading
A class 1 student from the city has set a record by becoming the youngest mountaineer from Maharashtra to scale the base camp to Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world.Six-year-old Advait Bhartiya is also the youngest Indian to have reached the spot in the winter. Advait’s mother Payal,Continue Reading
