The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday attached the properties of a terror funding case accused Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, a Kashmiri businessman, in the Handwara town of Kupwara district, an official said. Watali was arrested by the NIA in 2017 under various sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in […]
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Democratisation of tech important tool to bridge data divide: PM Modi at G20 Ministers’ meet in Varanasi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday emphasised that digitalisation has brought about a revolutionary change in India and while highlighting the issue of the growing data divide he pointed out that high-quality data is critical for meaningful policy-making, efficient resource allocation, and effective public service delivery. Delivering a special video […]
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Assam: Police seize 780 bottles of Codeine Phosphate syrup in Karimganj, 1 held
Assam’s Karimganj Police seized 780 bottles of Codeine Phosphate syrup at the Churaibari area along the Assam-Tripura border, said the police. According to the police, a truck bearing registration number TR-01AT-1612 was intercepted by the police team at the Churaibari watch post on Sunday night. “The police team then seized 780 bottles of […]
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BSF shoots down another Pak drone near International Border in Punjab
The Border Security Force (BSF) has shot down another Pakistani drone near the International Border in Punjab’s Amritsar. The BSF troops recovered the drone on Monday morning following a search operation that was launched on the outskirt of Shaidpur Kalan village in Amritsar. During the search, the BSF said, at about 7.20 am, a […]
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Kerala: Boy, 11, dies in suspected stray dog attack in Kannur
An eleven-year-old boy was found dead in a suspected case of a stray dog attack in Muzhappilangad town in the district, police said. According to the Edakkad police, the boy, Nihal, went out of his house on Sunday evening and when he did not return, the family and the locals […]
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Chhattisgarh: Three men drown in lake in Raipur
Three youths who went to take a bath in the Blue Water lake in Raipur have died due to drowning, police said. The incident took place around 6 pm on Sunday. All the deceased belonged to Birgaon village, a senior police officer said. They went to take a bath in the Blue […]
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Punjab: BSF recovers Pakistani drone in Amritsar
The Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a Pakistani drone on the outskirts of Shaidpur Kalan village in Punjab’s Amritsar district on Monday, said an official statement. “Based on specific intelligence inputs, 01 Pakistani drone, in broken condition has been recovered by alert troops of BSF in Amritsar”, an official statement […]
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Delhi: LG office slams Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj over remarks on Yamuna’s cleaning
Slamming Delhi Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj’s remarks on the cleaning of the Yamuna River, LG House officials said that it was only after the Delhi government’s “inaction” that the National Green Tribunal (NGT) constituted a high-level committee chaired by LG VK Saxena. This comes after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Saurabh […]
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UP: Harassed by police, UPSC aspirant ends life in Lucknow
A UPSC aspirant died by suicide allegedly after being harassed by three policemen in Uttar Pradesh’s capital, Lucknow, the police said on Sunday. According to officials, the victim, identified as Ashish Kumar, was preparing for the UPSC examination in Lucknow. They said that in the suicide note, Ashish accused three police officers of “harassment” […]
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MP: Three including principal arrested in Damoh school row
In a major development in the Ganga Jamna School row in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district, three persons including the school principal have been arrested by police, officials said on Sunday. According to the police, Ganga Jamna School in MP’s Damoh hit the headlines after purported posters of the school went viral on […]
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Punjab: Armed robbers loot Rs 7 cr from cash management firm’s office in Ludhiana
A group of armed robbers reportedly looted around Rs 7 crore from the office of a cash management firm in Punjab’s Ludhiana on Sunday, the police said. According to the police, the incident occurred around 1.30 am near Rajguru Nagar in Punjab’s Ludhiana City. Ludhiana Commissioner of Police, Mandeep Singh Sidhu said that […]