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Singapore, Oct 11 (IANS) A 24-year-old drunk Tamil man has been fined SG$800 and sentenced to four weeks in jail for voluntarily causing hurt to a railway officer in Singapore, a media report said. Meenachisuntharam Pandiselvam refused to deboard a train and scuffled with a 55-year-old assistant station manager on January 16 this year at Punggol MRT Station, Channel News Asia reported. Pandiselvam, who had consumed two 180ml bottles of vodka, repeatedly slammed the victim’s head against the train door, leaving him concussed. The court heard that on the day of the incident at around 12.15 a.m., the victim saw…

Wellington, Oct 11 (IANS) The number of visitor arrivals from India to New Zealand reached a record high of 70,100 in August year, according to data released by the country’s statistical agency on Wednesday.According to Stats NZ, India is the fifth largest source of overseas visitors to New Zealand, behind Australia, the US, the UK and China.India’s ranking as a source has progressively risen from 19th in 2003, 10th in 2013, and 9th in 2019.“About 6 in 10 visitor arrivals from India came to visit friends and relatives in the August 2023 year, compared with 3 in 10 in 2003,”…

The recommendation for appointment of advocates Harinath Nunepally, Kiranmayee Mandava @ Kiranmayee Kanaparthy, Sumathi Jagadam and Nyapathy Vijay as judges was made on February 22 this year by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh in consultation with his two senior-most colleagues”The Chief Minister and the Governor of the State of Andhra Pradesh have concurred with the recommendation,” said SC Collegium.”For the purpose of assessing the merit and suitability of the above-named candidates for elevation to the High Court, we have scrutinised and evaluated the material placed on record including the observations made by the Department of…

The Congress also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP of not fulfilling its promises made to the people and said that this is the difference between the grand old party and the saffron party.Addressing a Press conference at the party headquarters here, Congress’ Chhattisgarh in-charge Kumari Selja said, “The poll bugle has been sounded. Dates have been announced and in Chhattisgarh polling will take place in two phases. Southern part of the state, which includes Bastar and Kanker, will go to polls in the first phase on November 7. After that on November 17, the polling in central…

The injured have been admitted to the community health centre in Rath and the condition of eight of them is said to be critical.After initial treatment, they have been referred to medical colleges in Orai and Jhansi for further care, said police.The incident took place on Wednesday when the devotees set out from Tola Village in Majhgawan to visit the Patharia Mata temple in Chhatarpur. The temple is known to attract a large number of pilgrims on Sundays and Wednesdays.The van was just a short distance from Girvar Village when the accident occurred. The driver lost control of the van…

The singer was pulled over last month by the California Highway Patrol after driving her white Mercedes on September 10. She was initially pulled over for speeding, going 61 mph in a 40 mph zone.Giving clarification, the singer’s attorney Mathew Rosengart told Page Six: “Britney at all times had a license and insurance; this is the functional equivalent of a parking ticket.”Spears’ freedom to drive her own car was reinstated only a few months before her controversial 13-year conservatorship was terminated in November 2021.In an explosive court testimony in June of that same year, she told Judge Brenda Penny: “All…

At close on Wednesday, Nifty was up 0.62 per cent or 121.5 points at 19,811.35, while Sensex settled at 66,473.05, up 394 points or 0.60 per cent.Volumes on the NSE kept improving day over day. The Small-cap index rose more than the Nifty even as the advance decline ratio remained high at 1.98:1.Global stocks edged higher on Wednesday, with investors cheered by Chinese stimulus hopes and a drop in bond yields, before the release of the latest Federal Reserve meeting minutes and US inflation figures, Jasani said.Rise in risk appetite followed by dovish comments from US Federal Reserve officials which…

The Chief Minister assailed these leaders for indulging in “theatricals to mislead” the people of the state. He said it is a well- known fact that ancestors of these leaders have “sown thorns” before Punjab and its younger generations by indulging in this “unpardonable crime” of constructing the SYL canal.Mann said for the sake of their “vested” interests these “selfish” political leaders had agreed, planned and executed the construction of the canal.The Chief Minister said everyone knows that former Union Minister Balram Jakhar (father of Sunil Jakhar) along with Capt Amarinder Singh accompanied the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to…

With a win, the Chilean 22nd seed, who is celebrating his 28th birthday booked a quarterfinal meeting with Carlos Alcaraz or Grigor Dimitrov. He outhit Schwartzman by 44 winners to 17 to claim his second win of the year against the Argentine and improve to 2-4 in the pair’s ATP Head-to-Head series.”I’m very happy to be able to come back after that second set. I was struggling a little bit. I tried to push myself. It’s very tough to play against Diego because of our history. Mentally he is so strong, a great competitor and he makes every ball. You…

The move, said Sebastien Crombez, trademark licensing trade and marketing manager, Technicolor SA Thomson France, is to let Indian users experience feature-rich, powerful laptops that will be launched in the country after a rigorous testing phase at homegrown manufacturer Super Plastronics Pvt. Ltd (SPPL), an exclusive brand licensee of Thomson in the country.“After the success of our exhaustive range of TVs and other product categories in India, we are very bullish on foraying into the Indian laptop market which has ample room to grow. I see a very positive government policy in place for companies to come and manufacture here.…