Urmi Mukherjee

Kolkata

Senior Online Editor at The Federal

Editor-writer by profession, traveller-photographer by passion

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Khamenei names possible successors amid Israel-Iran conflict: Report

1 week ago | thefederal.com | Urmi Mukherjee

With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not ruling out the possibility of his military targeting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and as the Israeli Air Force continues to pound targets, including nuclear facilities, across Iran, Khamenei has reportedly proposed the names of three clerics as his successor to the country’s Assembly of Experts tasked with selecting the new Supreme Leader.
Haryana: Woman claimed to be ‘missing’ found dead in pit; father-in-law held

1 week ago | thefederal.com | Urmi Mukherjee

Nearly two months after she was allegedly murdered and buried by her father-in-law, the body of a 24-year-old woman was found in a pit in front of her home adjoining her marital home in Faridabad, Haryana. The deceased, identified as Tanu Singh, who hailed from the Firozabad district in Uttar Pradesh, had been married to Arun Singh, a resident of Roshan Nagar in Faridabad, for nearly two years.
Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan will ‘never be restored’: Amit Shah

1 week ago | thefederal.com | Urmi Mukherjee

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has firmly declared that the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) between India and Pakistan "will never be restored". In an interview with The Times of India, Shah said that while unilateral withdrawal is not allowed under international law, India had exercised its right to put the pact in abeyance.
Bihar govt increases old-age, widow pension by Rs 700 per month

1 week ago | thefederal.com | Urmi Mukherjee

Patna, Jun 21 (PTI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said his government has decided to increase the pensions of senior citizens, widows and people with disability by Rs 700 per month. The beneficiaries will get enhanced pensions of Rs 1,100 from July, he said. "I am happy to inform you that under the Social Security Pension Scheme, all the elderly, disabled and widowed women will now get a pension of Rs 1,100, instead of Rs 400 every month.
ED withdraws summons to senior lawyers after SC advocate body writes to CJI

1 week ago | thefederal.com | Urmi Mukherjee

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday (June 20) withdrew its summons issued against senior Supreme Court lawyers Arvind Datar and Pratap Venugopal. The summons pertained to an investigation involving the Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) granted by Care Health Insurance to former Religare Enterprises Chairperson Rashmi Saluja.
Which age groups practise yoga most? Millennials and Gen X, says study

1 week ago | thefederal.com | Urmi Mukherjee

New Delhi, Jun 21 (PTI) A new study finds that 74 per cent of millennials include yoga in their daily wellness routines, making them the leading age group in regular practice, closely followed by Gen X at 70 per cent.
Karnataka: Landslide disrupts train services in Dakshina Kannada

1 week ago | thefederal.com | Urmi Mukherjee

Mangaluru, Jun 21(PTI) Train services in the critical Sakleshpur–Subrahmanya Road section in Karnataka were disrupted in the early hours of Saturday following a landslide between Edakumari and Shiribagilu stations in Dakshina Kannada district, officials said. Boulders from the hill slipped and fell onto the railway track used by cargo trains, causing delays in scheduled services, they said.
After Ahmedabad crash, several Air India flights hit by snags, delays

1 week ago | thefederal.com | Urmi Mukherjee

Since the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on June 12 left 274 people dead, including 33 on the ground, the airline has been plagued with snags, delays, and returns. And an overwhelming number of these incidents have been involved with Boeing planes. The crash of the Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 has put the Tata group concern, as well as the controversy-riddled Boeing, under immense pressure. The London-bound plane crashed within moments of take-off from Ahmedabad, killing 241 of the 242 on board.
Andhra vs Karnataka: Why Totapuri mango has sparked an inter-state feud

1 week ago | thefederal.com | Urmi Mukherjee

The Totapuri mango has triggered an unexpected inter-state feud, with Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district clamping a ban on its entry from the neighbouring Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah shooting off a letter to his Andhra counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu, requesting him to lift it.
Video shows Bengaluru Rapido biker assaulting female passenger amid spat

1 week ago | thefederal.com | Urmi Mukherjee

The alleged incident reportedly took place near a footwear showroom in Jayanagar three days ago. The woman, who reportedly works at a jewellery store, reportedly refused to lodge a complaint initially though the police later convinced her to do so. A Rapido bike taxi driver in Bengaluru has been caught on video slapping a woman customer with such force that she falls on the road two feet away. The assault apparently stemmed from the women’s refusal to pay the fare as the biker was driving rashly.