NEW DELHI: In an operation to avert a major disaster at sea, Indian Coast Guard Sunday rescued a foreign-flagged tanker carrying 23 crew members and 9,000 tonnes of palm oil after its main engine failed, ballast tanks began flooding and the vessel was dangerously tilted off Odisha coast, reports Surendra Singh.The Belize-flagged MT Seagull 9…
BJP hits out at opposition over EC protest, alleges ‘sole agenda’ is to grab power NEW DELHI: The BJP on Monday accused the opposition parties of trying to vitiate the country’s atmosphere and spread chaos amid their protest against the Election Commission, alleging that the sole agenda of netas like Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav and…
A piece of old Las Vegas glamour is back on the property market. The Las Vegas Review-Journal first reported the listing of Jay Sarno’s former residence, while current property records on Zillow and Realtor.com show the estate has been reduced to $1.997 million after initially being offered for $2.45 million. UNLV’s Special Collections also documents…
Losing a job or struggling to find employment is often associated with financial uncertainty, anxiety and emotional exhaustion. But one woman has offered a different perspective, arguing that unemployment, despite being a deeply stressful experience, can also teach people resilience, confidence and the ability to cope with rejection. Anisha Arora shared her views in an…
2005 Sohrabuddin encounter case: SC to test acquittals by trial court, Bombay HC NEW DELHI: SC Monday agreed to test the validity of acquittal of police officers and all other accused concurrently by the trial court and Bombay high court in the controversial 2005 Sohrabuddin fake encounter case.Appearing for petitioner Rubabuddin Sheikh, brother of Sohrabuddin,…
SC rejects FSSAI’s FoPL timeline, says 365-day voluntary rollout unreasonable NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday refused to accept the timeline proposed by FSSAI for the implementation of front-of-pack labelling (FoPL) for food products, including four months’ time for framing regulations and a 365-day voluntary implementation period for food businesses after notification, saying it was unreasonable…
NEW DELHI: SC collegium Monday recommended to Union govt to appoint chief justices of Gujarat, Delhi and Telangana – Justices Sunita Agarwal, Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Aparesh Kumar Singh – as judges of SC.The collegium comprising CJI Surya Kant, and Justices Vikram Nath, B V Nagarathna, M M Sundresh and P S Narasimha decided to…
SC refuses to prepone West Bengal SIR hearing before Oct 6 bypolls NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday declined to advance the hearing of pleas concerning the pendency of appeals arising from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.Byelections in Rejinagar and Nandigram assembly constituencies in the state will be held on…
TMC MLAs’ disqualification plea: SC says judiciary must introspect before setting deadlines NEW DELHI: On a petition seeking direction to West Bengal speaker to expeditiously decide the disqualification petitions against rebel TMC MLAs, SC Monday said before setting a deadline for other constitutional authorities, the judiciary must introspect whether it conformed to statutory deadlines for…
US exempts speciality drugs from tariffs on imports from India, 19 countries The US will not charge any ad valorem tariff on certain speciality drugs and associated ingredients used for treatment of rare medical conditions imported from India and 19 other countries.The US commerce department published the list of countries in the Federal Register as…