Jawed Khurshid Even the death belittles them. Their last wishes to get cremated post death with full honour did not get fulfilled. The two unclaimed bodies at Sangli Civil Hospital witnessed the worst on Thursday evening – dragged naked and then thrown in a small ditch to be a food for the wild dogs ubiquitous
P.V.Anandpadmanabhan Air Marshal B Suresh Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Vayusena Medal takes over as Senior Air Staff Officer of the prestigious Western Air Command of the Indian Air Force. Prior to taking over the present appointment, he was Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Air Defence) at Air Headquarters, Vayu Bhawan. He is a graduate
P.V.Anandpadmanabhan Indian Naval Ships Mumbai, Talwar, Teg and Deepak under the Command of Rear Admiral R Hari Kumar, VSM the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet, are on a two-month long overseas deployment to East Africa and the South Indian Ocean region. Three of the four ships, INS Mumbai, Talwar and Deepak reached Port Louis on
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Saturday defended Finance Minister K.M. Mani following a graft allegation made against him by a businessman who owns hotels with bars here. "This is a baseless allegation levelled by the businessman. He (businessman) said that he came and told me about this graft. Such a thing has never
In a shocking act of defiance an enraged husband has stabbed his wife in a court in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, the police informed. Laxmi Devi, a mother of three children, is battling for her life in a hospital in Agra after her husband slit her throat and stabbed her several times Friday, police said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday greeted people of Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana on their states' foundation day. "Greetings to people of Karnataka on Kannada Rajyotsava. May Karnataka scale new heights of progress in the years to come," Modi said. Kannada Rajyotsava is celebrated on November 1 every year. On this day in
Petrol and diesel prices were cut Friday by over Rs.2 per litre each, effective minight, IndianOil Corp announced. While petrol will be cheaper by Rs.2.41 a litre in Delhi, diesel will cost Rs.2.25 less per litre. Prices of both fuels were also reduced earlier this month on the back of declining international
JD-U president Sharad Yadav Friday said the BJP government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is betraying the people and the country on the issue of bringing black money stashed abroad as he will never bring it back. "BJP has no intention to bring back the black money from foreign banks," the Janata
Nokia, once an iconic mobile handset maker, is shutting down its India plant Saturday at Sriperumbudur near here, a company spokesperson said Friday. "As announced earlier (Oct 7), we are stopping handset production at our Chennai plant from tomorrow (Nov 1) in the absence of orders from our new parent firm (Microsoft), which
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked people to build on the legacy of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel for a "shresth" (great) India at a "Run for Unity" Friday, using the occasion to denounce the Congress over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Just before thousands jogged down the Rajpath up to the India Gate monument nearly two