Day: September 14, 2019

“Pulikali” adds colour to Onam festivities in Kerala

8:12 pm September 14, 2019

Thrissur: With their bodies sporting painted stripes of the big cat and donning tiger masks, around 300 artistes, including three women, participated in the famed “Pulikali” here as part of the week-long “Onam” celebrations. The “Pulikali” (Tiger dance) began at around 5 PM at the Swaraj Round in Thrissur, with participants dancing and bouncing their […]

IJU seeks to intervene in Anuradha Bhasin case, moves SC

8:06 pm September 14, 2019

New Delhi: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has sought to intervene in the petition filed in the Supreme Court by Kashmir Times Executive Editor Anuradha Bhasin seeking removal of restrictions imposed on working of the media after scrapping Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. IJU Secretary General Sabina Inderjit filed an intervention application in the apex […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Merged entity of UBI, PNB, OBC to become operational from April 1 next year

7:04 pm September 14, 2019

Kolkata: The amalgamated entity of United Bank of India (UBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) will come into effect from April 1 next year, a top official said on Saturday. The merged unit, likely to have a new name, will be the second largest bank in the country after State […]

Rice scheme: Bedi okays deposit of cash under DBT system

Bedi rides bullock cart to village; loses iPhone, recovers it

6:46 pm September 14, 2019

Puducherry: An expensive i-phone belonging to Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi went missing during her visit to a lake near here as part of her ‘Green Puducherry and Water-rich Puducherry’ campaign on Saturday. After a search, the former IPS officer, who led a large number of volunteers and officials raising slogans on the need to […]

UAE: Indian man jailed for molesting 5-year-old boy in Dubai

6:28 pm September 14, 2019

Dubai: A 33-year-old Indian man in the UAE has been sentenced to six months in prison and will be deported for sexually abusing a five-year-old boy in a shared villa here, a media report said on Saturday. The unidentified Indian electrician had hugged the boy from behind and touched him inappropriately in Bur Dubai in […]