Tehran, (UNI) The number of victims killed in the explosions in the Iranian city of Kerman has now exceeded 103, with over 141 people injured, Iran’s IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday. The head of the Kerman emergency department said that 103 people were killed and another 141 were injured as a result of the…
Brasilia, Jan 4 (UNI) Former Brazilian Formula One driver and the Fittipaldi Formula One team owner Wilson Fittipaldi Jr. suffered cardiac arrest during his 80th birthday dinner party on Christmas Day, Brazilian sports news outlet Grande Premio reported on Wednesday. Wilson, the brother of Brazilian two-time Formula One World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi, celebrated his 80th…
Bhopal, Jan 3 (UNI) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday ordered the removal of the Collector, Shajapur, for using “inappropriate language” while speaking with a truck driver. Yadav cracked the whip in the wake of a viral video wherein the bureaucrat Kishore Kumar Kanyal is observed using “inappropriate language” while speaking with the…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to transfer the Adani-Hidenburg case from SEBI to SIT saying that the power of the Apex court to enter the regulatory framework of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is ‘limited’. So, the SEBI should be allowed to complete its probe, the…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (UNI) The Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday the plea of Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra challenging her recent expulsion from the Lok Sabha over allegations of unethical conduct. Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi will argue the case of Moitra before a bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta….
New Delhi, Jan 3 (UNI) Following the recent maritime security incidents in North/Central Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden, the India Navy continues to maintain its enhanced surveillance in the region. According to an official statement, “Indian Naval ships and aircraft remain mission deployed for maintaining enhanced surveillance and undertaking maritime security operations”. In the…
Islamabad, Jan 3 (UNI) Two World Bank officials have said Pakistan’s economy is now facing one of its worst crisis, blaming it on a series of factors including poor policy choices, below-par human development outcomes and declining per capita income growth. World Bank Vice President for South Asia Martin Raiser and the bank’s country director…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the response of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on a bail plea filed by professor Hany Babu in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case. A bench of Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Sanjay Karol issued notice to the central agency, returnable in three weeks….
Varanasi, Jan 3 (UNI) The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Wednesday moved an application in the Varanasi district court with a prayer to differ or adjourn proceedings related to the opening and disclosure of the survey report of the Gyanvapi complex so that it could comply with the orders of the Allahabad High Court….
Lucknow, Jan 3 (UNI) In a setback to Rajya Sabha MP of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Sanjay Singh, a local court here has imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on him in a defamation case filed by senior Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former minister Dr Mahendra Kumar Singh. The order was passed…
