An earthquake of magnitude 3.6 on the Richter Scale hit 23 km South of Jorhat, Assam in the early hours of Saturday, according to the National Center for Seismology. The earthquake occurred today around 9 am (IST), Depth: 50 km, Location: 23 km South of Jorhat, Assam. Further details are awaited. (ANI)
Delhi Police produces Sukesh Chandrasekhar in Patiala House Court
The Delhi Police on Saturday produced conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar at Delhi’s Patiala House court in connection with a money laundering case. On March 10 also he was presented before a Delhi court in a money laundering case. Earlier on February 24, a Delhi court further granted three days’ remand of alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), recently […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar
Union Home Minister Amit Shah who is scheduled to attend the 49th dairy industry convention organised by the Indian Dairy Association in Gandhinagar arrived in the city on Saturday. Shah is on a two-day visit to Gujarat from Saturday and will attend various public events. The Home Minister will later […]
Man dies after falling from open lift in Delhi
A 29-year-old man died after falling from an open lift of a building in Delhi’s Kamla Market area on Friday, said the police. The deceased has been identified as Mukesh Raut. Upon receiving the information the police reached the spot and found that the injured person had been taken to Lok Nayak Jai […]
Power supply, distribution under control: Uttar Pradesh minister
Uttar Pradesh Energy minister AK Sharma has reassured that the power supply and its distribution are under control in the state amid reports of power outages and power cuts following protests by some of the State Electricity Department employees. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, the minister,”I want to assure the people of UP that […]
Union minister Reddy urges Telangana CM to expedite land acquisition of NH projects
Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and DoNER, G Kishan Reddy has written a letter to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao urging him to ensure that the pending land acquisition of national highway projects worth Rs 32,383 crore in the state is expedited. In his letter to the Chief Minister, G Kishan Reddy stated that to […]
Delhi: Two more accused held in Gokalpuri firing incident, firearms recovered
Two more persons have been arrested for allegedly firing on one person in Gokalpuri village in the national capital, said the police on Thursday. Earlier three accused involved in the incident were arrested. The police have identified the accused as Robin, Rohit, Arun, Rahul, Vishal Gandhi, Brahma and Lokesh. Detailing the incident […]
UP: 8 killed, 11 rescued after cold storage roof collapses in Sambhal
A total of eight people were killed while 11 have been rescued so far, after the roof of a potato cold storage collapsed in the Chandausi area of Sambhal in UP, informed officials. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams are carrying out rescue […]
Punjab: Minor girls run away from to meet jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in Bhatinda
Two minor girls ran away from home to meet jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi outside Bathinda Central Jail, informed officials. The minor girls, who were taking selfies outside the jail, were handed over to the District Child Protection Department by the jail administration. Child Protection Officer, Bathinda, Ravneet Kaur Sidhu said the girls were taking selfies outside Bathinda Central Jail and wanted […]
Congress insulted motherland, shouldn’t get single vote: Irani in Karnataka
Hitting out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his recent remarks in the United Kingdom, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday said the Wayanad MP defamed the nation on foreign soil. Addressing the BJP’s Vijaya Sankalpa Yatra at Hubli in poll-bound Karnataka, Irani said the Congress leader insulted his motherland […]
CM launches AI-driven traffic management at Merces junction in Goa
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has launched the Artificial Intelligence-driven security, Integrated Traffic Management and eChallan System at Merces junction. The AI could detect emergency vehicles such as ambulances and fire trucks and automatically clear the road, the CM told ANI. “Finally, this will also reduce toxic emissions within the state, as […]
Delhi HC directs film director Vivek Agnihotri to appear in person in contempt case
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed film director Vivek Agnihotri to appear in person on April 10 in a matter related to a tweet that he posted in 2018 about Justice S Muralidhar who had quashed the transit remand of activist Gautam Navlakha. The division bench comprising justices Sidharth […]
Arunachal Pradesh: Indian Army helicopter crashes near Mandala hills, search ops for pilots underway
An Indian Army Aviation Cheetah helicopter flying an operational sortie near Bomdila in Arunachal Pradesh crashed near the Mandala hills area of the state on Thursday, officals said. Defence Guwahati Public Relations Officer Lt col Mahendra Rawat said that the aircraft was reported to have lost contact with the Air Traffic Controller […]
Tamil Nadu: 2 dead in fire at Dharmapuri cracker firm’s godown
Two women were killed and one person injured after a fire broke out in the godown of a private cracker company near Nagarasampatti in Pennagaramof Tamil Nadu’s Dharmapuri District on Thursday. Fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the fire. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin announced a compensation of […]
MP protest over tribal woman’s death turns violent, 1 killed in police firing; CM Chouhan orders inquiry
An 18-year-old tribal man died after police resorted to aerial firing and tear gas shells to control a crowd of protestors in Dongargaon in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district, a police official said on Thursday. The deceased man has been identified as Bherulal (18). The crowd was protesting the death of a 22-year-old tribal woman who was found dead on […]