Day: November 16, 2019

Sabarimala triggers heated debate on election day in Kerala

Sabarimala temple opens for 2-month long pilgrimage season

7:23 pm November 16, 2019

Sabarimala (Ker): Amid tight security, the gates of the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala were thrown open for the two-month long Mandala-Makaravilakku pilgrimage season Kandararu Mahesh Mohanararu opened the sanctum sanctorum of the temple at 5 pm, and performed the poojas, as hundreds of devotees from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and other neighbouring states thronged the […]

Govt to issue OTT guidelines soon: Minister

Fake news bigger menace than paid news: Javadekar

7:20 pm November 16, 2019

New Delhi: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Saturday that fake news was a bigger menace than paid news and urged the media fraternity to introspect about ways to deal with it. Speaking at an event organised by the Press Council of India to observe National Press Day and confer National Awards for Excellence in […]

Five terror suspects arrested in north Kashmir

7:18 pm November 16, 2019

Srinagar/Jammu: Five persons suspected to be working for Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit were arrested on Saturday in Sopore township of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said. Hilal Ahmad, Sahil Nazir and Peerzada Mohammad Zahir, who were involved in threatening and intimidating people, were arrested from Sopore along with incriminating material including threat posters, a police spokesman […]

Rebel Kaviraj to take on BJP candidate Anand Singh in Vijayanagar

7:16 pm November 16, 2019

Bengaluru: More trouble is brewing for the BJP in Karnataka with another rebel Kaviraj Urs filing nominations as an independent to take on the party candidate Anand Singh in Vijayanagar assembly constituency in Ballari. The development comes days after the Supreme Court gave partial relief to the 17 disqualified MLAs by allowing them to contest […]

3 arrested for making country bombs to kill wild animals

Miraculous escape for elephants as transformer explodes

7:08 pm November 16, 2019

Coimbatore: A herd of five elephants, including a calf, had a miraculous escape when a transformer exploded after a tusker touched it while being chased away by forest department officials near Periyanaickenpalayam on the our skirts, early Saturday. According to police, villagers alerted forest department officials about the elephants straying into their farmlands around 4 […]