New Delhi, Jan 16 (UNI) In a significant relief for Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a 2009 public interest litigation (PIL) that challenged the alleged misuse of public funds for erecting statues of Mayawati and the BSP’s election symbol, the elephant, in public spaces across Uttar Pradesh during…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (UNI) Justice K Vinod Chandran was sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court on Thursday, with Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna administering the oath of office. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended Justice Chandran’s elevation to the apex court on January 7, a proposal that was subsequently…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (UNI) Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam was on Thursday accorded a ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan, ahead of his talks with President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Singapore President later visited Raj Ghat. The MEA spokesperson in a post on X said: “Welcoming a close partner! “President @Tharman_S of…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (UNI) India on Thursday welcomed the ceasefire deal reached between Israel and Hamas, which would halt the war in Gaza and for the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. In a statement, India said it has always called for release of all hostages, a ceasefire and return to the path…
Sydney, Jan 16 (UNI) Over 100,000 homes have been in power outage after damaging storms hit Sydney and surrounding areas in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW). The severe thunderstorms swept across the state on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning, causing widespread damage. Australia’s power provider Ausgrid said on Thursday morning that in…
Rourkela, Jan 16 (UNI) A superb first quarter performance set up a 5-3 win for the Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers over the UP Rudras in the Hockey India League (HIL) match at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium here. Gauthier Boccard (8`), Jugraj Singh (10` and 33`), Sukhjeet Singh (14`) and Abhishek (46`) scored for the…
Canberra, Jan 16 (UNI) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday following a minister’s early retirement ahead of the general election, which must be held by May. Albanese announced the ministry changes of “a strong, united and stable cabinet government” following the foreshadowed resignation of Bill Shorten as National Disability Insurance…
Kolkata, Jan 16 (UNI) Mohammedan SC came from behind to hold Chennaiyin FC to a 2-2 draw at the Kishore Bharati Stadium in the Indian Super League (ISL) match here. Laldinpuia Pachua opened the scoring for Chennaiyin FC in the 10th minute before Lukas Brambilla doubled the lead in the 49th minute on Wednesday night….
Imphal, (UNI) Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Wednesday launched additional flight service of Alliance Air on three routes connecting this state capital to Kolkata and two other cities of northeastern India – Dimapur and Guwahati.. The routes are Imphal- Guwahati- Imphal, Imphal-Kolkata-Imphal and Imphal-Dimapur-Imphal, and the services were launched under Viability Gap Funding….
Tirumala, (UNI) On the day of Kanuma, Paruveta Utsavam was observed in Tirumala in a grand manner on Wednesday. The utsava deities of Sri Malayappa and Sri Krishna brought on different palanquins were rendered special pujas in Paruveta Mandapam on the occasion. After the rendition of Annamacharya Sankeertans, the deities were taken for a mock…
