Cauvery aarti at Sankey Tank, in Bengaluru on March 21, 2025. The aarti also included a lighting display, a laser show and live orchestra performances. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K A day before World Water Day, that is observed on March 22, the Karnataka government held Cauvery Aarti at Sankey Tank in Bengaluru, Malleswaram, drawing … Read more
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Maharashtra government and the Malvan Municipal Council in response to a contempt petition filed against the demolition of a scrap trader’s shop following allegations of anti-India slogans in Sindhudurg district. Last month, after a Champions Trophy match, 38-year-old trader Kitabulla Hamidulla Khan and his family were … Read more
Music mogul Jay-Z, whose legal name is Shawn Carter, has filed a defamation lawsuit against an anonymous woman, identified only as “Jane Doe,” who accused him of raping her when she was 13. The lawsuit, filed on Monday in federal court in the Southern District of Alabama, alleges the claims were “false” and intended for … Read more
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. File | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis addressed the murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh during a visit to Beed district on Wednesday, and assured locals that the perpetrators would face strict action. Addressing a public meeting, he said that no one involved in the crime would be … Read more
The state Congress leaders reiterated the party’s commitment to the unity and integrity of Manipur, urging prompt action against Congress MP P. Chidambaram. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Manipur Congress on Wednesday (November 20, 2024) urged the party’s president, Mallikarjun Kharge, to take action against senior leader P. Chidambaram for his controversial post on … Read more
BBC Cassandra Wardle is one of hundreds of women part of the group action against Johnson & Johnson Hundreds of women in the UK are planning to take on one of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies over alleged links between talc and cancer. Diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2021, Cassandra Wardle is one of the … Read more
A senior coroner has warned that more babies could die unless “action is taken”, following the deaths of three infants who had received contaminated feed while being cared for in hospital. Three-month-old Aviva Otte died in January 2014 after being given contaminated feed at St Thomas’ Hospital, south London. In June that year, one-month-old Oscar … Read more
Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation (APFDC) Chairman and former Minister Sujay Krishna Rangarao said that an action plan would be prepared very soon to improve the forest cover in the State. Mr. Rangarao, who was given the post recently, said that the corporation would put special efforts to improve the income sources for the tribals … Read more
MARK MARLOW/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock This is the first time pharmacists have voted to take action in their history Pharmacy owners in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have voted in favour of cutting opening hours and stopping home deliveries for the first time, in a protest over government funding. The National Pharmacy Association (NPA), which ran the ballot, … Read more
