A senior police officer was injured during a gunfight with alleged drug traffickers in Assam’s Goalpara district on Friday night, police said adding that two alleged drug traffickers have been arrested and a huge quantity of drugs were seized from their possession. A police official told ANI that the deputy […]
Chennai custodial death: Police offered Rs 1 lakh bribe to stay silent, alleges victim’s brother
Almost a week after 25-year old V Vignesh allegedly died in police custody at a police station in Tamil Nadu’s Chennai, his brother on Saturday accused the police of offering a bribe of Rs 1 lakh to his family to keep mum over the death. He further alleged that the […]
IPL 2022: RCB skipper Faf du Plessis wins toss, opts to bat against GT
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis on Saturday won the toss and opted to bat first in their Indian Premier League 2022 match against Gujarat Titans at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.’ This is for the first time GT and RCB clash against each other. GT is unshakeable at the top […]
Sri Lanka: Former Kegalle SSP remanded in Rambukkana shooting
A Sri Lankan Court has ordered the remand of former Kegalle Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), who was arrested for shooting at unarmed protesters in Rambukkana, local media reported. On Friday, Colombo Additional Magistrate Shalini Perera regarding the Rambukkana incident, ordered to remand the former SSP in charge of Kegalle […]
PM Modi calls for judicial system that can deliver ‘easy justice, speedy justice, and justice for all’
Stating that the country will complete its 100 years of independence by 2047, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed upon making the judicial system so capable that it can fulfill those aspirations that the country will have in 2047 and pitched for a judicial system that can deliver ‘easy justice, speedy […]
Sri Lanka to relax regulations over foreign earnings conversion control
Sri Lanka’s Central Bank has announced that they will remove the regulations that made the exporters convert their foreign currency earnings into rupees in the coming future. In recent months the central bank has imposed various regulations that forced the exporters to convert their US dollars within a period of […]
General Manoj Pande takes over as 29th Army Chief
General Manoj Pande on Saturday took over as the new Chief of Army Staff from General Manoj Mukund Naravane, who is superannuating today. He is the first officer from the Corps of Engineers to become the Chief of Army Staff. Gen Pande took over the charge from Gen Naravane in […]
Yogi Adityanath meets Amit Shah in Delhi
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Saturday. Taking to Twitter, HMO India said, “Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah.” The Chief Minister visited Delhi for the second time after taking oath as the […]
Punjab: 3 top police officials transferred after clashes in Patiala
Three top police officers in Punjab’s Patiala district were transferred on Saturday, a day after clashes broke out between two groups outside the Kali Mata temple here after which an 11-hour long curfew was imposed and mobile internet services temporarily suspended in the city. Chief Minister Bhagwat Mann in an […]
Chattisgarh CM: Centre must ensure coal availability with power plants
With the nation reeling under power crisis across the country, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that the Government of India should ensure the availability of sufficient amounts of coal with the power plants in the country. “It is the responsibility of the Government of India to make sure that […]
Punjab: PSPCL official says no coal shortage, power outage due to technical fault in two major thermal plants
Amid several states reeling under power crisis including Punjab, the Deputy Chief Engineer of the West circle, Ludhiana, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) Sanjeev Prabhakar on Friday said that the power outage in the state is not due to a shortage of coal but because of some technical fault […]
Uttarakhand: UP CM Yogi Adityanath will reach his native village Panchur on May 3
On May 3, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will reach Panchur in his native village Yamkeshwar. He is reaching the village for the first time after assuming the command of the Chief Minister in UP. All the preparations for his arrival have been started. Education and Health Minister Dr. Dhan […]
CJI NV Ramana : Legislature should pass bill with clarity of thought, foresight, people’s welfare in mind
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Saturday said that “ambiguities in legislations” add to existing legal issues, and if the legislature passes a law, with “clarity of thought, foresight and people’s welfare in mind”, the scope for litigation gets minimized, while revealing that India has “only 20 judges per 10 […]
Hindu bodies protest outside Kali Devi Temple in Patiala
On Saturday a protest demonstration was held outside the Shri Kali Devi Temple in Patiala, where two groups had clashed a day ago, after which the administration imposed a curfew in the area and temporarily shut down mobile internet services. Yograj Sharma, President of the Shiv Sena Hindustan, the group […]
Drug bust in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh: Four arrested accused sent to seven-day police remand
Four accused who were arrested in connection with the seizure of 50 kg heroin worth over Rs 100 crore from a residential flat in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh area on April 27, have been sent to seven-day police remand. Of these arrested accused, two are Afghan nationals and two are Indian […]