Five coaches of passenger train gutted in fire in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar, no casualty
Mumbai, October 16 (Press Ki Taquat) Five coaches of a diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) passenger train were gutted in a fire that broke out near Narayandoh station in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district on Monday afternoon, but no casualties were reported, Railway officials said. The fire incident took place when the train (No. 01402) was heading to […]
Israeli strikes on Gaza intensify as humanitarian crisis deepens
Gaza/Jerusalem/Cairo, October 16 (Press Ki Taquat) Israeli forces kept up their bombardment of Gaza on Monday after diplomatic efforts to arrange a ceasefire to allow foreign passport holders to leave and aid to be brought into the besieged Palestinian enclave failed. Residents of Hamas-ruled Gaza said overnight air strikes were the heaviest yet as the […]
A Japanese court rules it’s unconstitutional to require surgery for a change of gender on documents
Tokyo, October 13(Press Ki Taquat) A court in central Japan ruled Thursday that it is unconstitutional to require a transgender person to undergo surgery to remove their current reproductive organs in order for them to receive documentation under their new gender. The verdict in Shizuoka family court upholds a transgender plaintiff’s request to change their […]
Teacher dead after knife attack in France school
Paris, October 13(Press Ki Taquat) A teacher was killed and two other people were seriously injured following a knife attack at a school in France on Friday, authorities said. According to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, the attack occurred at the Gambetta high school in the northern city of Arras, the BBC reports. The authorities said […]
Court sends AAP’s Sanjay Singh to judicial custody till October 27 in Delhi excise policy case
New Delhi, October 13 (Press Ki Taquat) A Delhi court on Friday sent AAP leader Sanjay Singh, arrested in a money-laundering case related to the alleged Delhi excise scam, to judicial custody till October 27. Special Judge MK Nagpal sent Singh to jail after the probe agency produced him before the court on expiry of […]
Foreigners among 13 hostages held in Gaza killed in Israeli airstrikes, claims Hamas
Jerusalem/Gaza, October 13 (Press Ki Taquat) The Al-Qassam Brigades, military wing of the Hamas militant group, on Friday said Israeli airstrikes in Gaza in the past 24 hours have killed 13 hostages. Without mentioning the nationalities of the victims, the armed wing said “13 prisoners, including foreigners” were killed in five locations targeted by Israeli […]
Jada Pinkett reveals she and Will Smith living ‘completely separate lives’ since 2016
Washington: American actor Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed that she and her husband Will Smith have been living completely separate lives since 2016, People reported. Pinkett Smith’s revelation comes ahead of the release of her new memoir ‘Worthy’. The pair had got married in 1997 but live separately now and they do not plan to […]
National Gopal Ratna Awards will be presented on the occasion of National Milk Day on 26th November.
Chandigarh, October 04 (Press Ki Taquat)– The Union Ministry of Animal Husbandry and Dairying has invited online nominations for the National Gopal Ratna Award. Interested cattle farmers can send online applications till October 15. These awards will be presented on the occasion of National Milk Day on 26th November. Giving detailed information in this regard, […]
Punjab and Haryana High Court grants interim bail to Manpreet Badal
Chandigarh, October 03 The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday granted interim bail to former Punjab finance minister Manpreet Badal in connection with alleged irregularities in the purchase of a property in Bathinda. His counsel Arshdeep Singh Cheema said the bench of Justice Vikas Bahl granted interim bail to Badal, who is now with […]
Governments will have to talk to each other and see how they take it forward: Jaishankar on India-Canada row
Washington, September 30 (Press ki Taquat) The governments of India and Canada will have to talk to each other and see how they resolve their differences over the death of a Khalistani separatist, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, asserting that the larger issue of “permissiveness” must be flagged and addressed. During an interaction […]