New Delhi, July 15 (BPNS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested Digvijay Mishra, the Chief General Manager of National Highways Authority of India for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a private firm, GHV Pvt Ltd. Sources said he was held after a trap was laid in […]
Thiruvananthapuram, July 15 (BPNS) Noted actor-director Prathap Pothen (69), who was known as one of the first proponents of hippie culture in the Malayalam film industry, passed away in his sleep at his flat in Chennai on Friday morning. In a career spanning four decades, Pothen acted in over 100 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telegu […]
Vadodara, July 15 (BPNS) A trader in Vadodara has received three to four video and audio calls threatening to kill him and his family if he did not pay Rs 11 crore as protection money. Manoj Sadhanani, who runs a chain of saree stores under the brand name Thakur Sarees, said in his complaint with […]
Mumbai, July 15 (BPNS) Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen, who has been the focal point of headlines for a few hours now courtesy IPL founder Lalit Modi’s social media posts, has broken her silence. Since it all started from a social media post, the ‘Aarya’ actress and former Miss Universe chose the platform of social media to […]
New Delhi, July 15 (BPNS) A Delhi Court on Friday granted bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case related to an “objectionable tweet” which allegedly promoted enmity between religious groups. Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala of Patiala House Courts granted bail to Zubair on the condition to furnish Rs 50,000 bond […]
Kochi, July 15 (BPNS) Kerala gold smuggling case prime accused Swapna Suresh, who has taken on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to expose his and his family’s “wrongdoings” , on Friday accused him of hounding all those who are supporting her. “A poor driver of mine is the latest victim of Vijayan’s anger towards me as […]
Guwahati, July 15 (BPNS) The lemons from Assam will soon hit the UK market, as the first consignment left Guwahati for London on Friday. As a part of the export agreement between Assam and the UK, the state’s much famous lemons of the Baksa district were sent. The district administration processed all the necessary initiatives […]
New York, July 15 (BPNS) Former US President Donald Trump celebrated his acquittal by the Senate by calling the entire ‘theatre of politics’ part of a “witch hunt” by one political party. The Senate voted 57-43 to impeach Trump on the January 6, 2021 Capitol Hills insurrection, but failed to get the 2/3rd majority required […]
Thiruvananthapuram, July 15 (BPNS) Following the nation’s first monkeypox virus confirmation from Kerala, an alert has been sounded across the state by the health department. Five districts namely, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, and Kottayam were issued with a special alert upon the suspicion that some persons from these districts had contact with the positive case […]
Chennai, July 15 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu government will roll out free breakfast scheme as a trial basis in government schools of 292 village panchayats of the state in 15 districts. The state government had announced free breakfast for all students from Classes 1 to V in government schools and this project is being undertaken on […]
