Kerala government announces police transfers; T. Farash named Thiruvananthapuram DCP

Kerala government announces police transfers; T. Farash named Thiruvananthapuram DCP

The Kerala government has posted T. Farash as the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order), Thiruvananthapuram City.  He will replace the incumbent, Vijaya Bharath Reddy, who will become the new District Police Chief of Kasaragod.  Hemalatha, IPS, is the new District Police Chief, Ernakulam (Rural). She will replace the incumbent, Vaibhav Saxeena, who is … Read more

Doctors in end-of-life cases can be named, Supreme Court rules

Doctors in end-of-life cases can be named, Supreme Court rules

Jim Reed BBC News Reporting fromSupreme Court, London Pamela Tickell BBC News, North East and Cumbria BBC Parents of the deceased children heard doctors involved in their care could be named Doctors in two end-of-life cases can be named, the Supreme Court has ruled, after the parents of two children said they wanted to “tell … Read more

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra named in ED chargesheet on 2005-06 land transactions case

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra named in ED chargesheet on 2005-06 land transactions case

FIle photo of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her husband Robert Vadra. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Purchase of three plots of land in Haryana in 2005-06 by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra from a real estate agent is being probed along with a land deal made by his wife Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the … Read more

Stretch of highway in California named after slain Indian-origin police officer

Stretch of highway in California named after slain Indian-origin police officer

Signage proclaiming the “Corporal Ronil Singh Memorial Highway” stands at Highway 33 and Stuhr Road. | Photo Credit: PTI To honour a fallen national hero, a stretch of a highway in the US state of California has been named after 33-year-old Indian-origin police officer Ronil Singh who was shot and killed by an illegal immigrant … Read more

Bandra-Versova sealink to be named after Savarkar, says Maha CM; Fadnavis hails move

Bandra-Versova sealink to be named after Savarkar, says Maha CM; Fadnavis hails move

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde said the upcoming Bandra-Versova sea link will be named after Hindutva ideologue late V.D. Savarkar | file photo | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said the upcoming Bandra-Versova sea link in the western part of Mumbai will be named after Hindutva ideologue late V.D. Savarkar, while … Read more

India’s newest named frog is a dark cave dweller in Meghalaya

India’s newest named frog is a dark cave dweller in Meghalaya

The frog that was discovered from Siju cave in Meghalaya’s South Garo Hills district. | Photo Credit: PTI GUWAHATI The newest croaker recorded in India is a dark cave dweller, unlike most members of the Ranidae family belonging to Amolops, a genus of true frogs. Scientists from the Shillong and Pune units of the Zoological … Read more