Day: July 11, 2019

2 more districts flooded in Assam; 1.95 lakh affected

Sonowal reviews flood situation

7:24 pm July 11, 2019

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Thursday reviewed the prevailing flood situation which has claimed three lives and affected 2.5 lakh people in 11 districts of the state, officials said. The chief minister interacted through video conferencing with deputy commissioners and senior officials of different government departments of the affected districts and directed them to […]

TRS working president continues tirade against budget

7:22 pm July 11, 2019

Hyderabad: Continuing his attack on the Centre for ‘no allocation’ of funds in the union budget for the state, Telangana Rashtra Samithi working president KT Rama Rao Thursday tweeted “That the word ‘no’ sums up allocations in the budget for Telangana.” No new rail service, no new rail line, no survey for a new line, […]

Shame for nation that Railways employ manual scavengers: Kanimozhi

7:20 pm July 11, 2019

New Delhi: DMK member Kanimozhi on Thursday claimed in Lok Sabha that Railways still employ manual scavengers, and said “it is a shame for the nation.” Participating in the debate on demand for grants of Railways, she said government wants to hide this by appointing them through contractors and that it has done nothing for […]

The views of victim's family on whether to forgive or not the convicts in a criminal offence like the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case have no "legal value" as such offences are against the State, said legal experts on Saturday.

Being targeted due to our work on human rights: Indira Jaising on CBI raids

7:18 pm July 11, 2019

New Delhi: Supreme Court lawyer Indira Jaising alleged on Thursday that she and her husband were being “targeted” by the CBI due to their work in the field of human rights, after sleuths from the central agency carried out searches at her residence and office. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is carrying out searches […]

Journo, among three, held for circulating obscene video

Man arrested for filming neighbour’s wife in bathroom

7:12 pm July 11, 2019

Mumbai: A 30-year-old man has been arrested in suburban Oshiwara for allegedly filming his neighbour’s wife in bathroom. Saddam Shaikh, who drives taxi and lives in Behram Baug area, was arrested Wednesday, police said. The woman spotted a mobile phone wedged in the gap between the bathroom’s roof and the common wall separating her tenement […]