Justice (Rtd.) S Abdul Nazeer was sworn in as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh on Friday. The Chief Justice of Hyderabad High Court, Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, administered the oath of office to the new Governor at a function held at Raj Bhavan on Friday. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, his wife YS Bharati Reddy, […]
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ED gets Sukesh Chandrashekhar’s remand extention in money-laundering case
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday got a three-day extension of businessman Sukesh Chandrashekhar’s remand in a money laundering case in which he was arrested recently and was sent to a nine-day custody of the central agency earlier. The ED alleged that it needs to know about payments to Deepak Ramdani and some jail officials. […]
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Adani-Hindenburg row: SC says it won’t issue media gag on short-selller report
The Supreme Court on Friday clarified that it will not issue any injunction against the media for reporting on the Hindenburg report against the Adani Group. A bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said it is not going to issue any injunction to the media for reporting on the […]
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Govt working towards making domestic, international markets accessible to farmers: PM Modi
Emphasizing on Centre’s thrust on the agriculture sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the government working towards making domestic and international markets accessible to the farmers. Prime Minister addressed the post-budget webinar on ‘Agriculture and Cooperatives’ on Friday. It is the second of a series of 12 post-budget […]
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Chhattisgarh: 2 charred to death after trucks collide head-on in Korba
Two truck drivers were charred to death after their vehicles collided head-on in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district, police said on Friday. “The accident took place at Urga-Risdi Bypass on Thursday night,” said assistant sub inspector (ASI) of Civil Lines police station, Imran Khan. “After learning about the accident, our homeguards rushed […]
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Delhi: Alert citizens nab mobile snatcher, hand him over to police
Alert citizens nabbed a mobile snatcher and handed him over to police after he tried to flee with the loot in Ashok Vihar area of Delhi, the police said on Friday. According to police, the accused, identified as Shoaib (22), a resident of Wazirpur village, snatched a mobile phone from a resident […]
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Delhi HC directs AAP to remove defamatory post against BJP’s Shyam Jaju
Delhi High court, in an interim order, directed several Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders to remove defamatory post against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shyam Jaju and his son Sandesh Jaju made against them in press conferences. The court while passing the interim order stated that a prima facie case […]
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Bihar: IGIMS Patna doctors retrieve mobile phone from prisoner’s stomach
Doctors at Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) were able to successfully retrieve a mobile phone from the stomach of a prisoner who had swallowed it on Saturday for fear of being caught during a police raid in Gopalganj prison. Once the prisoner was rushed to the hospital it […]
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Rajasthan police arrest mastermind of teacher recruitment exam paper leak case
Bhupendra Saran, the prime accused in the 2nd grade government teacher recruitment exam question paper leak case has been arrested from Bengaluru, Rajasthan Police said on Friday. Bhupendra Saran, the main accused was brought to Udaipur after he was arrested by Rajasthan police from Bengaluru airport yesterday. The team of […]
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Kerala: Principal sacked for locking up students in chamber in Kasaragod
The principal of Government College in Kasaragod was removed from her post after she locked up students in her chamber. Kerala’s Higher Education Minister R Bindu said in a statement that the principal, M Rema has been removed on the basis of the complaint filed by students. The incident took […]
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Punjab: Day after clashes with members of radical outfit, heavy force deployment outside Ajnala PS
There was heavy deployment of personnel outside Amritsar’s Ajnala police station on Friday, the day after the chief of suspected pro-Khalistan outfit ‘Waris Punjab De’, Amritpal Singh, staged a massive protest on the premises along with his followers, demanding the release of his close aide, Lovepreet Toofan. On Thursday, after talks with the ‘Waris Punjab De’ […]
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Unsustainable debt levels threatening financial viability of many countries: PM Modi at G20 meet
Highlighting the unsustainable debt levels affecting the viability of many countries and the erosion of trust in international financial institutions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged the leading economies and monetary systems of the world to bring back stability, confidence and growth to the global economy. Prime Minister Narendra […]
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Northeast punishing Congress for its sins: PM Modi in Nagaland
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attacked the previous Congress governments stating that they considered all states in the Northeast as ATMs and added that the entire region is now “punishing” the grand old party for its “sins”. The Prime Minister also lauded the work done by the BJP government […]
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Countdown of NDA govt has begun: Sachin Pilot
Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Friday said that the party will emerge stronger after the 85th Plenary Session beginning today in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur and added that the countdown of the NDA government at the Centre has begun with the meeting. “A new message will go across to the members of […]