DGMOs speak over hotline after India, Pak exchange fire
AMN / New Delhi India today conveyed to Pakistan that its Army reserved the right to retaliate appropriately to any incident leading to loss of life of its troop. The…
Calcutta HC allows Durga idol immersion on all days, including Muharram
AMN / KOLKATA The Calcutta High Court today allowed immersion of Durga idols on all days from Vijayadashami on the 30th of this month, including on Muharram, and directed the…
CBI registers FIR against former Orissa HC Judge, 5 others in corruption case
AMN / NEW DELHI The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered an FIR against former Orissa High Court Judge I M Quddusi and five others in an alleged corruption case.…
Centre to make North East, a hub of Biotechnology
By Utpal Borpujari / New Delhi The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) government of India has launched three major programmes with a view to making the North East region a hub…
Sikh boy wins right for turban in Australian School
photo supplied AMN / MELBOURNE Sidhak, a five-year-old Sikh boy in Australia won a case against a school that prohibited him of wearing a Patka, or children’s turban, a traditional…
State Needs, and not century old accord could be basis of sharing Cauvery water, Karnataka tells SC
AMN / New Delhi Karnataka on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that nearly a century old 1924 agreement between the erstwhile British province of Madras and the princely State of…
Karnataka can’t have liberty to use Cauvery water, TN tells SC
AMN / New Delhi Tamil Nadu on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that Karnataka can’t have liberty to the use of its share of Cauvery water as it would alter…
Sri Lankan Navy apprehends 8 Indian fishermen
AMN Sri Lankan Navy apprehended 8 Indian fishermen from Pudukottai Tamil Nadu and detained two fishing boats early today. The fishermen were arrested when they were fishing near Neduntheevu islands.…
Dawood Ibrahim brother Kaskar sent to 8-day police custody
AMN / Iqbal Kaskar, the brother of fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim and two others arrested by Thane Anti-Extortion Cell have been sent to police custody for eight days by Thane…
18 disqualified AIADMK MLAs move Madras HC
AMN / CHENNAI The 18 AIADMK dissident MLAs who were disqualified yesterday by the Tamil Nadu speaker have approached the Madras High Court seeking to nullify their disqualification. On behalf…