People of State will not believe Modi poll promises: Kerala CM Vijayan

People of State will not believe Modi poll promises: Kerala CM Vijayan

Thursday, 18 April 2024 | PTI | Palakkad (Kerala)

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said that the people of the state won’t believe the heap of promises showered upon them by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the recent election rallies. He accused the BJP government at the Centre of implementing RSS’ agenda in the country and also hit...

INS Talwar seizes 940 kg of contraband narcotics: Navy

Wednesday, 17 April 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Indian Naval ship INS Talwar, mission deployed in Western Arabian Sea for Maritime Security Operations as part of Combined Task Force(CTF)150 led Focussed Operation Crimson Barracuda successfully apprehended a suspicious dhow on April 13 and seized 940 kg of contraband narcotics, navy said here on Tuesday. Giving details, officials said the...

Extra judicial confession loses significance in absence of substantive evidence: SC

Wednesday, 17 April 2024 | PTI | New Delhi

Extrajudicial confession by its very nature is a “weak piece” of evidence and it may be used as a corroborative piece of evidence in tandem with substantive evidence, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday while acquitting a man who was convicted in a 1998 murder case. The apex court allowed an...

Viral hepatitis second leading infectious cause of death worldwide, says WHO

Wednesday, 17 April 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

With 1.3 million deaths annually, viral hepatitis stands as the second leading infectious cause of death worldwide, trailing only tuberculosis. Hepatitis B is responsible for 83 per cent of these deaths, with hepatitis C accounting for the remaining 17 per cent, according to the World Health Organization’s 2024 Global Hepatitis...

President expresses happiness at 60 per cent IES officers in 2022, 2023 batches being women

Wednesday, 17 April 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday expressed happiness that more than 60 per cent of the Indian Economic Service (IES) officers from the 2022 and 2023 batches were women and urged them to champion initiatives that foster the holistic empowerment of women across the States while ensuring inclusive development of the...

Court upheld Centre decision to dissolve Maulana Azad Education Foundation

Wednesday, 17 April 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday upheld the Centre’s decision to dissolve the Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF), which was set up in 1989 for promoting education among educationally backward minorities, holding there was no impropriety or irregularity in arriving at it. A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan dismissed...

West Asia: Airlines told to make risk assessment for flights

Wednesday, 17 April 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, the Ministry of Civil Aviation  has asked airlines to carry out their own risk assessment on international flight operations.  Air India, Vistara, IndiGo and various international airlines have opted for alternative flight paths to the West and are avoiding the Iranian airspace against...

BJP releases fresh list of seven more candidates for Lok Sabha polls

Wednesday, 17 April 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

The BJP on Tuesday released the 12th list of seven more candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, fielding Udayanraje Bhosale, a descendant of Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji, from Satara in Maharashtra and Abhijit Das Bobby as  the candidate for the Diamond Harbour constituency in West Bengal. The BJP dropped Union...

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