Day: August 4, 2019

Ambedkar’s depiction in cartoons is ‘No Laughing Matter’

3:18 pm August 4, 2019

New Delhi: A cartoon by K Shankar Pillai in 1949 showed Jawaharlal Nehru whipping a snail-borne Bhimrao Ambedkar, alluding to the perceived slow pace of framing the Constitution. While it didn’t stir a controversy back then, it did so in 2012 when the cartoon was included in a school textbook causing an uproar in the […]

Compensation awarded to families of those killed in 2011 helicopter crash in Arunachal

IAF helicopter deployed to rescue 35 stranded in Thane

3:07 pm August 4, 2019

Mumbai: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Sunday deployed a helicopter to rescue around 35 people who were stranded at a village in Thane district of Maharashtra following heavy rains, an official said. The people were stuck at their water-logged homes in Ju-Nandkhuri village near Khadavli in Kalyan taluka since 10 am, Thane’s resident deputy […]

Amit Shah holds colourful roadshow in Bengal's Kharagpur

HM Amit Shah holds meeting with top security brass

3:04 pm August 4, 2019

New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday held a meeting with top security officials and is believed to have discussed the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The hour-long meeting was attended by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and other senior officials. The situation in Jammu and […]

Indian Army asks Pak military to take possession of bodies of its personnel

2:59 pm August 4, 2019

New Delhi: The Indian Army has offered to the Pakistan military to take possession of bodies of its personnel who were killed when it foiled an attack by Pakistan’s Border Action Team (BAT) in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said Sunday. The sources said here that the Pakistan Army has been asked […]

Low-lying areas in Pune on alert after dam water release

2:56 pm August 4, 2019

Pune: Low-lying areas in Pune district of Maharashtra were on alert after water was released into the Mutha river on Sunday following incessant rains in the catchment areas of dams supplying water to the city. Seven members of a family stranded at a house in the water-logged Kamshet area were also rescued by a team […]