NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) appeared to be staring at its biggest internal crisis in years on Wednesday after expelled MLA Ritabrata Banerjee met West Bengal assembly speaker Rathindra Bose, claiming the support of 58 party legislators.The development has lent legitimacy to the rumours that a large section of the TMC legislature party could…
Omar Abdullah (File Photo) SRINAGAR: In a surprise move, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday took National Conference (NC) legislators and Members of Parliament to Dachigam National Park on the outskirts of Srinagar for a key party meeting after they had initially assembled at his Gupkar residence.Ministers, MLAs and MPs were seen boarding…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has registered an FIR under the culpable homicide section and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in connection with the deadly fire incident in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area, which killed at least 21 people.Ten Delhi Police personnel, comprising five head constables and five constables, have also been…
Local people rescue a foreign national from a hotel fire in New Delhi (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: At least 21 people were killed after a fire broke out at a restaurant in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area on Wednesday morning, officials said.The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said it received a call about the blaze at…
TMC chief Mamata Banerjee with nephew Abhishek Banerjee (PTI photo/file) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday dissolved all its committees, frontal organisations in West Bengal, after rebel Ritabrata Banerjee, with a support letter from nearly 60 MLAs, met Speaker Rathindra Bose in what is being seen as a major crisis unfolding in the Mamata…
Smoke rises from Kuwait international airport after a drone strike (AP photo) An Indian national was the victim in the attack on Kuwait airport by Iranian drones earlier on Wednesday.“Embassy of India in Kuwait expresses its deepest condolences at the tragic demise of an Indian national due to an attack on the airport in Kuwait…
Firefighters douse a fire in a hotel in New Delhi (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: At least 21 people have died and several others were injured after a massive fire swept through a hotel building in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area on Wednesday morning, triggering a large-scale rescue operation and scenes of panic among residents and…
File photo of India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav. (AP) New Delhi: Suryakumar Yadav is woefully out of form and a troubled wrist has only aggravated the situation. He will be the hot topic of discussion when the men’s senior selection committee meets to pick squads for the T20I series versus Ireland and England. It’s rare…
Hero MotoCorp has finally launched its flex-fuel commuter motorcycles in India: the Splendor+ Flex Fuel and HF Deluxe Flex Fuel. The motorcycles were unveiled by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri. Both motorcycles are capable of running on ethanol blends of…
Traffic in the Central Business District will see extensive diversions and parking bans from noon until 8 PM. BENGALURU: The city is set to witness heightened security and significant traffic restrictions on Wednesday, June 3, as the swearing-in ceremony of the Chief Minister takes place at the Glass House in Lok Bhavan at 4pm.With several…