Wakeel Hassan was involved in the rescue of 41 labourers from a tunnel in Uttarakhand last year.New Delhi: A teenage daughter of rat-hole mining expert Wakeel Hasan, who was involved in rescuing 41 labourers who got trapped in an under-construction tunnel in Uttarakhand last year, missed her exam on Thursday due to the chaos caused by the demolition of their house, her family members claimed.The belongings...
Vikant has a "ski-jump" which provides an elevation to jets like MiG-29K and LCA Tejas to takeoff.New Delhi: Aircraft carriers are moving runways that bring fighter jets closer to the battlefield and transport forces to any part of the world. These long warships played a significant role in World War II, especially with bombing operations in the Pacific. Fighter jets have undergone massive technological...
The bench referred to the "repeated nature of breaches" coupled with severity of violations by the unit.New Delhi: In a jolt to Vedanta Limited, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed its plea for reopening of its copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi, closed since May 2018 over pollution concerns, while underlining the importance of health and welfare of the local residents.A bench headed by...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend a meeting of the BJP's top decision-making body at the party headquarters shortly, to take a call on the first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha election. Sources indicated that it is likely that the party will announce a chunk of candidates before the election dates are announced -- a move that is expected to bring pressure on the Opposition...
Mr Gates said he would like to see an increase in the duration of protection afforded by vaccines.New Delhi: As one of the world's richest men who has worked at the intersection of technology and philanthropy, Bill Gates possesses a unique worldview that he brings to bear on trying to solve some of the world's most pressing problems. In an exclusive interview with NDTV on Thursday, the founder of...
"If there is anybody who needs to worry, it is Nitish Kumar," Rabri Devi said.Patna: Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi today asserted that defection of MLAs belonging to her RJD and ally Congress should "worry" incumbent Nitish Kumar, the JD(U) president who recently tied up with BJP, and he should "see the writing on the wall".Rabri Devi, who is the wife of RJD's founding president Lalu Prasad Yadav,...
This paves the way for the release of the series on OTT platform Netflix.Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday said it has not found anything against the prosecution or the trial in the Netflix docu-series on Indrani Mukerjea, accused of killing her daughter Sheena Bora.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Manjusha Deshpande dismissed the petition filed by the Central Bureau of...
ED initiated the investigation based on the FIR registered by Kerala Police.New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has frozen Rs 123 crore, belonging to Singapore-based shell entities, parked in bank accounts of Mumbai-based NIUM Indian Pvt Ltd as part of its probe into a money laundering case of illegal online loans, gambling, and betting apps through a cluster of mule accounts in Kerala.The amount...
Tekum Siva Kumar was upset after he missed his examHyderabad: A Class 11 student, upset after he was barred from taking an exam because he reached late, has died by suicide in Telangana's Adilabad district.The body of Tekum Siva Kumar was recovered from Satnala dam this afternoon. A suicide note was found near the landing he must have jumped from. His watch, wallet and other items were found with the note....
A day after Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan was arrested in connection with the mob attack on an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team, Trinamool Congress suspended him from the party for six years.In a press meet to announce the move, the party's leaders slammed the BJP and dared it to act against tainted leaders in its ranks.Senior party leader Derek O'Brien said the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool...