According to Sujoy Chakraborty of the Howrah Municipal Corporation, the three staff members were sitting on the roadside and reading a newspaper. Two victims died on the spot after the tree fell on them. The HWC will provide financial assistance to the families of the victims.
Senior journalist Rajat Sharma, who was jailed for 10 months during the Emergency, recalled the "dark night" when it was imposed and senior political leaders arrested, the struggles he endured and his attempts to keep up the flame of democracy and flow of information by bringing out a "cy
Vice President Dhankhar recalled the dissenting voice of Justice HR Khanna during that time, stating, "In the Supreme Court at the time, one judge, HR Khanna, had dissented. A leading newspaper in the US had remarked that if ever democracy returns to 'Bharat', a monument will surely be built
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday, while speaking about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new book 'The Emergency Diaries - Years that Forged a Leader', shared instances of PM covert operations while disguising himself as "sadhu, sardar, hippie incense stick seller and newspaper ven
After Australia's five-wicket defeat to South Africa in the World Test Championship (WTC) final, earlier in this month, former Australian veteran seamer Johnson used his column in The West Australian newspaper to question Aussie fast bowler Josh Hazlewood and spinner Nathan Lyon.
Lee Jae Myung, President of South Korea, has introduced a 30.5 trillion won (USD 22.1 billion) supplementary budget proposal aimed at revitalising Korea's flagging economy, reported the Korea Herald, a South Korean English-language daily newspaper, on June 19.
The statement released by the party reiterates the demands made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a newspaper article, urging the Election Commission to release the electoral rolls for the 2024 general and Maharashtra state assembly elections. The party has also raised the issue of an al
Sule stated that in a strong democracy, everyone has the right to express their opinion. While speaking to the reporters, Sule says, "After Rahul Gandhi wrote that, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis also wrote a long piece in the newspaper. In a strong democracy, everyone has the right to exp
IFFCO, a leading fertiliser player, has said that "misleading propaganda" is being made on social media, newspapers and some media channels about the products of the company following raids conducted at Kishangarh in Rajasthan on some fertilizer units and "no IFFCO fertilizer has been found
"The members of the delegation led by Kanimozhi held a constructive interaction with the editorial board of Kathimerini during which they conveyed India's 'new normal' policy on terrorism. They emphasised India's firm stance against terrorism in all its forms," posted India in Greece on X.
The London-based newspaper Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reports that Hamas sources have revealed to the paper that the terrorist group is facing an unprecedented economic crisis following the ongoing war.