Chennai, June 23 (BPNS) As a routine when the authorities of the Siva temple at Lalapet near Ranipet opened the hundi on Tuesday evening, they were in for a surprise. While counting the collection at the hundi they found twenty notes of Rs 500 denomination neatly tied with a note. On reading the note, they […]
Leicestershire, June 22 (BPNS) Four Indian cricketers – Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna will represent Leicestershire under county skipper Sam Evans during their four-day practice match, beginning here on Thursday. The special pre-match arrangement between BCCI, ECB and the Leicestershire County Cricket Club (LCCC) has been done to ensure that all […]
Paris, June 22 (IANS) A teacher received death threats and was accused of ‘Islamophobia’ after asking a Muslim student to remove her face veil – as required by French law – before taking an exam at a high school in Paris, Daily Mail reported. The teacher was attacked on social media following the altercation with the […]
Abu Dhabi, June 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the UAE on June 28, India’s Ministry of External Affairs announced on Wednesday. PM Modi will be visiting the UAE after attending the G7 Summit, and will be travelling to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on June 28 to pay his personal condolences on […]
Bhubaneswar, June 22 (BPNS) Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday appealed to all MLAs in the state to support Draupadi Murmu, who has been named as the NDA candidate in the presidential election. Patnaik, who is in Rome now, made this appeal on Twitter. “Appeal all the members of Odisha Legislative […]
Guwahati, June 22 (BPNS) With the deployment of large number of security personnel, a luxury hotel in Guwahati turned into a fortress on Wednesday as several rebel Shiv Sena MLAs from Maharashtra led by state minister Eknath Shinde camped there, putting the existence of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government under threat. Entry of mediapersons into […]
Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray late on Wednesday vacated his official residence ‘Varsha’ at Malabar Hill to return to his private home ‘Matoshri’ in Bandra along with his family. The move came hours after his emotional appeal to the rebel group of Shiv Sena MLAs, led by Minister Eknath Shinde, that he […]
Srinagar, June 22 (BPNS) Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is likely to replace Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha as the Election Commission is preparing to hold Assembly elections in the Union Territory before the year end, top sources said. “Naqvi finally emerged as the top choice for the Lt Governor’s post in […]
Chennai, June 22 (BPNS) The O. Panneerselvam(OPS) faction of the AIADMK which is in the corner after most of the party district secretaries showing their allegiance to the Edappadi K. Palaniswami group, is trying to play the Thevar card and get the support of former interim general secretary of the party, V.K. Sasikala. While Sasikala […]
Thiruvananthapuram, June 22 (BPNS) In Kerala, a hospital got vandalized and its staff was assaulted for questioning a bystander for not wearing a facemask. The attack was reported at Government Taluk Hospital in Neendakara at Kollam on Tuesday night. According to hospital authorities, the miscreants shattered glass panels of the casualty’s pharmacy and destroyed medicines. […]
