KOLKATA: Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani today applauded the low-cost jute based sanitary napkin developed by Indian Jute Industries Research Association (IJIRA) here and asked the body to help promote women entrepreneurship. ”The jute-based sanitary napkins are natural and do not have many chemical interventions compared to normal napkins available. I want IJIRA to make … Read more
Mumbai: Farooq Takla, a close aide of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, had acted as a mediator between two warring gutkha barons – Rasiklal Dhariwal and JM Joshi – and helped them settle a dispute. According to reports, Farooq Takla, who acted as a mediator between the two gutkha barons on behalf of Dawood Ibrahim, was … Read more
Jabalpur: Another instance of statue vandalism or defacing has cropped up. This time from Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur. A white statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was smeared with red colour on Friday morning. Taking note of the offence, local administration and police have initiated the preliminary investigation. Several incidents of statue vandalism has been reported … Read more
Udaipur : Chittorgarh police on Thursday arrested Kishan (20) so Mangilal Lohar who had abducted and raped a 5 year old kid a day back in Bhadesar town of Chittorgarh district. The accused lived in the same colony and was in habit of molesting little girls in the neighbour good, though never any police complaint had … Read more
BENGALURU: Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Vishwanath Shetty was on Wednesday stabbed in his office in Bengaluru. He was reportedly stabbed thrice by a man who came to his office. Soon after the attack, he arrested by the Vidhana Soudha police. Justice Shetty was rushed to the Mallya hospital where he has been kept in the intensive care unit … Read more
More than two and a half days after superstar Sridevi’s body was found in a bathtub in her hotel room in Dubai, the UAE authorities closed the case and released the body to be taken to India. The body, which was then embalmed, took off in a private chartered flight belonging to ADAG from Dubai … Read more
Exit polls on Tuesday predicted a massive expansion of BJP’s footprint in the northeast with wins for its alliances in Tripura and Nagaland. In Meghalaya, NPP founded by former Speaker P A Sangma is projected to lead in a hung House unseating ruling Congress. Wins in Tripura and Nagaland would be a big plus for … Read more
