Day: October 9, 2020

Louisiana braces to relive a nightmare as Delta nears

11:33 pm October 9, 2020

Lake Charles: Residents in south Louisiana braced to relive a nightmare Friday as rain bands from an approaching Hurricane Delta began soaking the same area that was badly battered by a deadly Hurricane Laura six weeks ago. The city of Lake Charles was already a landscape of towering debris piles still uncollected after Laura. Blue-tarped roofs still […]

IAF personnel skydive in Leh on 88th IAF Day

11:21 pm October 9, 2020

New Delhi: Two Indian Air Force personnel carried out skydiving from a C-130J aircraft at a high altitude location in Leh under challenging circumstances, the IAF said Friday. Wing Commander Gajanad Yadava and Warrant Officer AK Tiwari carried out the exercise at Khardungla Pass in Leh to celebrate the 88th IAF Day on October 8, […]

Three held for student’s death in go-kart accident

11:09 pm October 9, 2020

Hyderabad: Three people were arrested on Friday on charges of negligence,a day after an engineering student died of head injuries suffered when her hair got entangled in a wheel of a go-kart she was riding at a play zone here, police said. The arrested are two managing partners and a worker, according to police. Investigation […]

Govt tightens rules for social media, OTT platforms

Parliamentary panel on IT to take up TRP issue: Sources

11:05 pm October 9, 2020

New Delhi: Amid reports of manipulations in Television Rating Points (TRP) by some channels, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, has decided to take up the issue, sources said on Friday. Congress MP and member of the panel Karti Chidambaram had requested Tharoor to take up the matter […]

Thousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens

Fake TRP racket: Republic TV’s CFO summoned

9:46 pm October 9, 2020

Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Friday issued a summons to Republic TV’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in connection with the Television Rating Points (TRP) manipulation racket it is probing, an official said. Shiva Subramaniyam Sundaram, CFO of Republic TV, was asked to join the investigation on Saturday morning, he said. Besides him, the police also summoned […]