Seoul, Mar 14 (UNI) Three sailors were confirmed dead, and one other remained missing, as a fishing boat sank off South Korea’s southern coast, Yonhap news agency said Thursday. The 139-ton trawler with 11 crew members on board, including four South Koreans, six Indonesians and one Vietnamese, sank in waters off an island in Tongyeong,…
Tehran, (UNI) At least 15 people were killed and 4,720 others injured by fireworks explosions in Iranian cities during the Fire Festival celebrations, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Wednesday. Among those injured in the celebrations between Feb 20 and March 12, 565 individuals remain hospitalised, with 38 in the intensive care units (ICUs) and…
Bengaluru, March 13 (UNI) The BJP, which announced 20 out of 28 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections from Karnataka, pitted both established leaders and newer faces in various parliamentary constituencies. Among the notable candidates is Yaduveer Krishnadatta Wadiyar, the great-grandson of the Mysuru Maharaja, who will be contesting from the Mysuru seat. Another prominent…
New Delhi, Mar 13 (UNI) Attacking the BJP over the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) before the Lok Sabha election, Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal alleged on Wednesday that the BJP has opened doors for illegal migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, which is very dangerous for…
New Delhi, Mar 13 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on Friday, the petitions challenging the appointment procedure of Election Commissioners under the new Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023. A Bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice MM Sundresh and Justice…
New Delhi, March 13 (UNI) BJP on Wednesday released the second list of 72 candidates from 11 states for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The list contains the big names like Manohar Lal Khattar, Nitin Gadkari, Anurag Thakur, Piyush Goyal (Mumbai North), and Tejasvi Surya, among others. As per the list released by the party,…
New Delhi, Mar 13 (UNI) Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and other Supreme Court Judges on Wednesday felicitated Pragya, the daughter of a cook in the Supreme Court, for securing a scholarship to study master’s in Law in the United States. Pragya has recently received a scholarship to study for a master’s in law…
Kolkata, Mar 13 (UNI) India’s retail inflation has eased marginally to 4-month low of 5.09 per cent in February 2024, compared to 5.10 per cent in January, due to the deceleration in all categories except food, according to Dr Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Group Chief Economic Adviser, State Bank of India. The persistence in food inflation…
Srinagar, March 13 (UNI) People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday alleged that Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was notified to divert attention from the “failures” of the BJP in the last ten years. She asked Muslims to not protest on CAA instead use their vote to respond to laws and fight legally. “I…
New Delhi, Mar 13 (UNI) The Chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI) filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court on Wednesday informing that the Bank has complied with the Apex Court order fully and furnished the details of electoral bonds to the Election Commission of India (ECI). The details have been provided in…
