Chennai, April 6 (IANS) People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has erected a sky0high memorial billboard in honour of the 8500 chickens who were burnt alive when a fire broke out inside a poultry farm in Coimbatore. The chickens were charred to death on March 19th at a farm 40 km from Coimbatore city. […]
Chennai, April 6 (BPNS) The opposition AIADMK and its allies including the BJP walked out of the Tamil Nadu assembly on Wednesday demanding the withdrawal of property tax. Party joint coordinator and former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) led the AIADMK legislators in walking out of the assembly. While walking out of the house, […]
Chennai, April 6 (BPNS) The Krishnagiri district police in Tamil Nadu have banned vehicular traffic from 6 am to 8 am at five spots in Hosur municipal corporation on all Sundays from 10th April onwards to enable free movement for walking and cycling. The five spots where vehicular traffic will not be allowed in Hosur municipal […]
New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) The Supreme Court Tuesday said the supervisory committee on the 126-year-old Mullaperiyar Dam can be asked to carry out all the statutory functions until a regular authority under the Dam Safety Act 2021 is established. The apex court made the suggestion after the Centre said the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) […]
Mumbai, Apr 5 (PTI) Equity benchmark Sensex dropped over 430 points on Tuesday as investors booked profits in banking and financial stocks after sharp gains in the previous session. Investor focus returned to the Russia-Ukraine war and rising oil prices, traders said. The 30-share BSE gauge ended 435.24 points or 0.72 per cent lower at 60,176.50. […]
Washington, Apr 5 (AP) The last time President Barack Obama was in the White House was on Jan. 20, 2017, when he left to escort his successor bent on overturning Obamacare to the U.S. Capitol to be inaugurated. Obama returns to the White House on Tuesday for a moment he can savour: His signature Affordable […]
Bandung, Apr 5 (AP) An Indonesian high court granted an appeal from prosecutors and sentenced an Islamic boarding school principal to death for raping at least 13 students over five years and impregnating some of them. Herry Wirawan had been convicted by a three-judge panel at Bandung District Court in February and sentenced to life […]
New Delhi, Apr 5 A sculptor, who had built the Shankaracharya statue in Uttarakhand, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and presented him with a sculpture of Subhas Chandra Bose. Arun Yogi met Modi and presented the two-feet monolithic stone model of Bose. Modi tweeted, “Glad to have met @yogiraj_arun today. Grateful to him […]
New Delhi, Apr 5 The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has directed the blocking of 22 YouTube-based news channels, of which four are from Pakistan, for allegedly spreading fake news to mislead viewers. This is the first time that action has been taken against the Indian YouTube-based news publishers since the notification of the IT […]
By Lalit K Jha Washington, Apr 5 (PTI) The White House has reiterated that it is not in India’s interest to “accelerate or increase” imports of Russian energy and other commodities while offering to work with New Delhi to help it reduce its reliance on imports from Moscow. Responding to questions on the visit of […]
