File picture of Sikh pilgrims visiting the shrine of their spiritual leader Guru Nanak Dev, at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, Pakistan. | Photo Credit: AP The Kartarpur corridor at Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district was shut for the day, a senior official said on Wednesday (May 7, 2025). The development came after … Read more
UK officials are checking for any possible cases of Lassa fever after a traveller to England, who has since returned to Nigeria, is known to have been infected. The virus does not spread easily between people, and the overall risk to the public is very low, experts advise. Anyone yet to be contacted by the … Read more
Israeli authorities rescued 10 Indians labourers from a village in West Bank on Thursday (March 6, 2025) night. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Telugu associations in Israel which have gathered preliminary information on the Indian labourers who were traced and rescued by the Israeli authorities from a village in West Bank on Thursday (March 6, … Read more
Southern Railway authorities were recently caught off guard by a sudden increase in positive breathalyser results among loco pilots during mandatory tests before start of duty. However, subsequent blood tests at the chemical examiner’s laboratory revealed that alcohol content in almost all blood samples was nearly zero. This has forced the Southern Railway, Thiruvananthapuram, to … Read more
At the forefront: Junior doctors, nurses, and students protest against the rape-murder of a woman doctor in Kolkata. | Photo Credit: File Photo Several doctors in West Bengal have alleged that they are being targeted by authorities for speaking out against them during protests demanding justice for a postgraduate trainee doctor who was raped and … Read more
A view of Delhi High Court. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Delhi High Court on March 28 rejected petitions by the Congress challenging the initiation of tax reassessment proceedings against it for a period of four years by tax authorities. A Bench of Justices Yashwant Varma and Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav said the pleas … Read more
India on Saturday said it was working with the French government for an early resolution of the situation after a Nicaragua-bound flight carrying 303 people, mostly Indians, was detained by French authorities during a technical halt at an airport near Paris over suspected “human trafficking”. The plane that took off from Dubai in the United … Read more
The panel was constituted by the Principal Bench of the tribunal after it took suo motu cognizance of The Hindu report titled ‘India’s sinking islands’ published on March 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: K.K. MUSTAFAH The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has decided to issue notices to the Coastal Zone Management Authorities (CZMAs) in the coastal … Read more
Manmadha Kamadahanam ritual being organised on Srisailam temple premises on Sunday evening. | Photo Credit: U. SUBRAMANYAM As a preparatory exercise for the Ugadi mahotsavams to be organised from March 19 to 23 at the Bhramarambha Mallikarjunaswamy temple here, the temple authorities on Sunday held a coordination meeting with the Karnataka devotees at Rabkavi Banhatti … Read more
Scrap dealers attending a meeting called by authorities in Coimbatore on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The recent car blast in Coimbatore has made authorities dust off provisions of the Tamil Nadu Scrap Merchants and Dealers in Second-Hand Property and Owners of Automobile Workshops and Tinker Shops (Regulation, Control and Licensing) Act, 1985. Scrap … Read more