Day: September 25, 2019

NRC Rejection Slip likely from Mar 20: Assam Government

NRC becomes political hot potato in WB, Mamata claims 11 committed suicide

8:32 pm September 25, 2019

Midnapore/Kolkata: With the NRC becoming a political hot potato in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed on Wednesday 11 people have committed suicide fearing loss of citizenship, while senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya asserted the exercise will be undertaken in the state but no Hindu will be deported. Banerjee, who has often been accused […]

Man shoots friend dead with father’s gun, both arrested

8:29 pm September 25, 2019

Mumbai: A 35-year-old man was allegedly shot dead by his friend during an argument in Maharashtra’s Latur district, the police said on Wednesday. The incident took place at Prakash Nagar in Latur city on Tuesday night, a local police official said. The deceased was identified as Rahul Mannade. According to preliminary probe, Mannade and his […]

Madras HC restrains DMK from holding bandh in Coimbatore

8:26 pm September 25, 2019

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Wednesday restrained the DMK and its allies from observing a complete shutdown in Coimbatore on September 27 over several issues, including hike in property and water taxes. It cited the Supreme Court order upholding the ban on the protest imposed by the Kerala High Court. A bench comprising justices […]

COVID-19 has diverted scientific attention from killer diseases like TB: Vardhan

TB cases increased by 16 per cent in India in 2018

8:24 pm September 25, 2019

New Delhi: India witnessed a 16 per cent increase in the number of tuberculosis cases reported in 2018 against the previous year’s figure of 18 lakh, according to an official report released on Wednesday. According to the ‘India TB Report 2019’, of the total notifications, 25 per cent (5.4 lakh) cases were reported from the […]

Ker Tourism Facebook Page hits 3.48 million likes

8:19 pm September 25, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: Driven by brand new content and fascinating visuals, the interactive Facebook page of Kerala Tourism has hit a new high, emerging as the most followed tourism page in South Asia, overtaking Tourism Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand by a fair margin. The number of ‘likes’ on Kerala Tourisms Facebook page has tripled in the past […]