Getty Images Michael Gove outside the Covid Inquiry after giving evidence on Monday, 10 March. Michael Gove has told the Covid inquiry it was “ludicrous” to suggest he tried to force through a deal for a new ventilator made by the electronics giant Dyson without proper safety checks. Emails show a senior official at the … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer has denied lockdown rules were broken when he had voice coaching lessons during the Covid 19 lockdown. Leonie Miller was invited to coach the then-opposition leader on his response to Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, leading to accusations of a potential rule breach. Ms Miller qualified for keyworker status and also wore a … Read more
Tanzania has dismissed a World Health Organisation (WHO) report of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in the north-west of the country. On Tuesday, the global health agency said a total of nine suspected cases were reported over the last five days in the Kagera region, including eight deaths. But in a … Read more
A file photo of KIADB land in Mysuru | Photo Credit: SRIRAM MA Minister for Industries and Infrastructure Development M. B. Patil informed the Legislative Council that there was no violation in the allotment of civic amenity sites by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB). He was responding to an allegation by member C. … Read more
The BJD which was in power in Odisha from 2000 till June 2024, on Friday, said the allegations that state government officials took bribes from the Adani Group for the supply of renewable energy to the state from the central pool, are “false and not based on fact”. Adani, India’s second-richest man, and seven others, … Read more
A doctor who worked for former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed has denied carrying out sexual health tests on staff members. Multiple women have told the BBC Dr Ann Coxon carried out the medical checks while working for Fayed when he owned Harrods. One woman, known as Kate, said she told Dr Coxon it was … Read more
In a controversial development, six students, including one from a Scheduled Tribe community, were reportedly coerced by the Principal of St. Jude’s Higher Secondary School, a government-aided institution, at Vellarikundu here to take transfer certificates (TC) after failing in Plus One examinations. The school management and the Principal have been accused of hampering the higher … Read more
DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin addresses the media in Chennai on June 4, 2024 after his party-led coalition swept the Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu. | Photo Credit: R. Ragu In an emphatic display of electoral prowess, the DMK-led alliance bettered its performance, winning or establishing leads in all 39 … Read more
The Minister of State for External Affairs of India, Meenakshi Lekhi denies decalring Hamas a terrorist organisation. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Minister of State for External Affairs of India, Meenakshi Lekhi has denied signing any document that deems Hamas, a military organisation governing the Gaza Strip, a terrorist organisation in India or if … Read more
Two persons from a family of six, on their way home from a Chhath puja celebration, died on Monday morning after a man fired at them in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district. According to the police, the firing took place because he had been “refused permission” to marry a woman from the family. Four other family members … Read more