2 sailors killed as copter hangar door collapses at Kochi naval air station
Two senior sailors of the Naval Aviation Electrical branch were crushed to death when a door of a helicopter hangar at INS Garuda, naval air station at the Southern Naval Command, in Kochi, collapsed on them on Thursday morning.
Parliament Live | When instant triple talaq is outlawed in Muslim nations, why not in India, asks Ravi Shankar Prasad
The Winter session of Parliament opened on Thursday after a prolonged holiday for Christmas. Parliament proceedings for much of the session was washed out over a variety of issues, including the latest snooping row, the Rafale jet deal and Cauvery dam.
NIA gets 12-day custody of 10 of group inspired by IS
A Delhi court on Thursday allowed 12-day custodial interrogation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) of 10 people arrested on the suspicion of being members of a group inspired by IS (Islamic State). They were allegedly planning suicide attacks and serial blasts targeting politicians and government installations in Delhi and other parts of North India.
Transfusion of HIV infected blood: TN govt. to give ‘high quality’ treatment to pregnant woman
The transfusion of HIV-infected blood to a pregnant woman at the Sattur Government Hospital is “regrettable”, and “exclusive and high quality treatment” would be provided to the victim at the Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) in Madurai, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan has said.
BJP veteran Laxmi Kanta Chawla censures PM, Rly. Minister for “apathy towards common man”
Former Punjab Minister and BJP leader Laxmi Kanta Chawla has rapped Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal for the alleged apathy towards the common man and urged them to forget about the “bullet” train.
Projects worth ₹26,000 crore under way in Himachal Pradesh: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said development projects worth ₹26,000 crore were under way in various sectors in Himachal Pradesh.
Paper cups may be exempted from plastics ban in Tamil Nadu
Minister for Environment K. C. Karuppannan on Wednesday said that the government was considering the possibility of exempting paper cups from the plastic ban to be effected from January 1.
The best of Hindi cinema in 2018
In filmi parlance, 2018 could well have been a sequel to 2017 with superstars continuing to lose their shine and small films steadily making it bigger and bigger at the box office. However, if my pick of 2017 keeled overwhelmingly towards the indies and the alternative, 2018 has been more about those that have tried to go off-kilter within the broader conventions of mainstream film-making.
