Fire erupts in Japan nuke plant

Tokyo (IANS) A fire broke out at an idled nuclear power plant in Japan's Niigata prefecture on Tuesday, and was quickly extinguished, local media said.

The fire was detected just after 11 a.m. at the No. 5 reactor building at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa…

No one responsible for Deoghar ropeway accident, says probe report

Ranchi (IANS) The ropeway accident that left three persons dead at Trikut Hill in Jharkhand's Deoghar district completed one year on April 10. The report submitted by the committee that was formed by the state government to investigate the incident…

'Don't mess around with my authority': CJI Chandrachud warns lawyer

New Delhi (IANS) A bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud everyday usually hears around 100 cases on an average seeking urgent listing before the benches of the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice's court is often packed with lawyers,…

Centre says normal monsoon expected this year

New Delhi (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said that the country will witness normal rainfall during the monsoon season, adding that there are 67 per cent chances of normal to above-normal rainfall this year.

Secretary…

Maha: Lightning bolts, drowning claim 14 lives in 48 hours

Mumbai (IANS) As unseasonal rains and hailstorms lashed different parts of Maharashtra, at least 13 persons were killed in lightning-related incidents and one due to drowning, across the state in the past 48 hours, officials said here on Monday.

RTI reply: 'No commonly delineated' LAC between India-China

Mumbai (IANS) As India and China with increasing frequency grunt and growl at each over their territorial rights, an RTI reply has said that there is actually no 'Line of Actual Control' between the world's two most populous nations.

TN's Villupuram tense as Dalits barred from entering state govt-controlled temple

Chennai (IANS) Tamil Nadu's Villupuram was tense on Monday after caste Hindus did not let Dalit community members enter the local Shri Dharmaraja Draupati Amman Temple at Melpathi village.

The temple, interestingly, is controlled by the…

Fugitive Amritpal's aide Papalpreet arrested in Punjab

Chandigarh (IANS) Papalpreet Singh, a close aide of fugitive 'Waris Punjab De' chief and self-styled radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh, was arrested in Punjab's Hoshiarpur village on Monday.

The Punjab government confirmed his…

'Serious doubts on motive of petitioners': Gujarat to SC on fake encounters

New Delhi (IANS) The Gujarat government on Monday told the Supreme Court that there were serious doubts about the locus and motive of the petitioners in a matter connected with the alleged fake encounter cases in the state, between 2002 and 2006.

US bases Indian students helping people in Jharkhand

Ranchi: Shresht Rawat is a student of Upper St. Clair High School, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, studying in 10th Grade and enrolled in International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP). For his MYP Project, last year Shresht decided to help people…