In a relief to the Airports Authority of India, the Supreme Court on Tuesday modified its order and allowed AAI to increase the airport traffic in the Agra airfield and construct a new terminal in Agra. A bench headed by justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul passed the direction while hearing an […]
Court grants bail to Ashutosh, says his role started after commission of offence in Kanjhawala death case
Delhi’s Rohini court on Tuesday granted bail to Ashutosh Bhardwaj, an accused in the Kanjhawala hit and drag case. The court while granting bail, said his role started after the commission of the offence. Additional Sessions Judge Sushil Bagla Dagar allowed the bail plea of Ashutosh Bhardwaj on furnishing bail […]
Timeline of events that led to Abdul Rehman Makki’s UN ‘Global terrorist’ designation
India’s relentless efforts to list Pakistan-based terrorists have paid off as Lashkar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) deputy chief Abdul Rehman Makki has finally been listed as a ‘global terrorist’. India had made listings of Pakistan-based terrorists a top priority of its United Nations tenure during 2021-22, according to the sources. A total of five names were […]
JP Nadda to be BJP president till June 2024: Amit Shah
JP Nadda’s term as the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been extended till June 2024, informed Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the National Executive Meeting on Tuesday. “The tenure of JP Nadda as national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party has been extended till June […]
Governance reforms by Centre provide enabling environment for working women: Jitendra Singh
Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said the governance reforms introduced by the central government provide an enabling environment for working women. Briefing about several measures undertaken by the Union Ministry of Personnel, which is the nodal ministry for personnel management, Singh said, the Department of Personnel and Training has taken concerted efforts […]
Passenger opens emergency exit on flight, DGCA orders probe
A passenger on an Indigo flight created a scare and panic among fellow passengers when he opened the emergency door on December 10, 2022. The flight was on its way from Chennai to Trivandrum. In yet another incident of misconduct, the passenger opened an emergency door creating a scare among passengers on IndiGo 6E flight 6E-7339 from Chennai to Trivandrum […]
DGCI approves market authorisation of Serum Institute’s Covovax as booster dose
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved the market authorisation of Serum Institute of India’s (SII) COVID-19 vaccine Covovax as a heterologous booster dose. This vaccine can be taken as a booster dose by people who have already taken two doses of Covishield or Covaxin. Earlier, the DCGI approved Covovax for […]
Maharashtra: 18-year-old house-help dies by suicide in Powai
An 18-year-old house-help died by suicide after jumping off a building in the Hiranandani area of Powai on Tuesday. The incident took place at 8:30 am in the morning when the woman jumped from the 21st floor of the building. The reason for the suicide is still unknown but the Powai police […]
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Police say security breach as man hugs Rahul Gandhi in Punjab
A security breach emerged at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra when an unknown man came out of the crowd and embraced Rahul in Tanda in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district. Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed at Jhingar Khurd village of Hoshiarpur’s Tanda in Punjab on Tuesday. During the yatra, an unknown man […]
Dawood Ibrahim lied about divorce, remarried Pakistani woman: Haseena Parkar’s son tells NIA
Alishah Parkar, son of Haseena Parkar, and Dawood Ibrahim’s nephew, has made sensational claims before the National Investigation Agency stating that the fugitive underworld gangster has remarried a Pakistani Pathan woman while still being married to his first wife Maizabin. Alishah laid down the family tree of Dawood Ibrahim and […]
J-K: Two terrorists killed in Encounter in Budgam
Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in J&K’s Budgam. J&K Police and Army cordoned off the area in after gunshots were heard to nab the terrorists. “On specific input, the joint area domination party of Army & Police tried to stop one suspected vehicle, terrorists fired and in retaliation two terrorists were killed. Arms/ammunition recovered […]
Chhatttisgarh: Leopard kills man in Manendragarh
A leopard has killed a man in a farm adjacent to a forest near compartment 1341 of Kunwari beat of Janakpur forest range under Manendragarh forest division, a forest official said. The incident is said to have occurred around 5 pm on Sunday. The man who died was identified as Ramdavan. On […]
41 percent rape cases in Rajasthan false; Madhya Pradesh has most cases: Raj DGP
In a shocking revelation, Rajasthan Director General of Police (DGP) Umesh Mishra on Monday said that 41 percent of rape cases registered in the state are false. “It is noteworthy that out of the total cases of rape registered in our state, 41 per cent are found to be false, while at […]
Delhi Police busts terror plot, hunt on for 4 more suspects
Ahead of Republic Day, Delhi Police is hunting for four other terror suspects, besides the two who were arrested last week from the Jahangirpuri area in the national capital, sources said on Tuesday. According to the Delhi Police Special Cell sources, the terror suspects recieved weapons from Pakistan through the […]
Maharastra signs MoUs worth Rs 45,900 cr on WEF day 1
Maharashtra has bagged investments worth around Rs 45,900 crore on the first day of the Annual Conference of World Economic Forum underway in Davos, Switzerland, said state Industries Minister Uday Samant. This investment is likely to create direct employment for at least 10,000 people in the state, said Samant on […]