Fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Wednesday appealed to various Indian banks to accept his offer to pay back 100 per cent of the principal loan amount he owes to them, days ahead of a UK court's decision on his plea not to extradite him to India.
“The state government has not issued any direction regarding Hampi Utsav. However, I would direct the authorities to celebrate the Utsav in a simple manner if people want”, said Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
A shallow and powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific islands of New Caledonia Wednesday, US seismologists said, triggering a tsunami warning for the area.
Amid a political furore over killing of a police inspector and a man in Bulandshahr in a case of mob violence, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath on Tuesday night ordered a thorough probe and directions were issued for strict action against those involved in the alleged cow slaughter, said to be the trigger for the brutal incident, a senior official said.
India's heaviest satellite GSAT-11, that would boost broadband services in the country, was successfully launched by an Arianespace rocket from the French Guiana in the early hours of Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.
“Let the BJP people meet another hundred people and lure our MLAs with hundreds of crores. We will not worry about it”, said Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar.
A Jodhpur-bound SpiceJet plane, carrying 60 passengers, made an emergency landing at the airport here Tuesday, reportedly after smoke was detected in the baggage compartment, a source said. The airline was operating a Q-400 aircraft.
Names of chief ministers of Punjab and Karnataka -- Captain Amarinder Singh and H D Kumraswamy -- along with a former chief minister found mention in the list of 4,122 criminal cases pending against serving and ex-legislators that was submitted before the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
As a conversation between a notorious criminal Talaki Rafeeq of Manjeshwar in Kerala who has involved in various cases, and CCB constable Chandra on financial matter has gone viral in social media, Mangaluru Police Commissioner has ordered departmental enquiry against the constable.
The Senior Civil Court has disqualified the election of Kodagu zilla panchayat Bhagamandala seat member Kavitha Prabhakar elected on BJP ticket. Devangadi Thilak Subraya who contested against Kavitha Prabhakar, was declared as winning candidate.
