US forces at Iraq’s Ain al-Asad air base come under rocket attack
Iraq, 20/1: In a major development, Attackers fired multiple rockets at US forces at Iraq’s Ain al-Asad air base on Saturday, two security sources and one government source said.
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Will stop free movement of people at Myanmar border, says Amit Shah
Guwahati, 20/1: Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the government will end the free movement of people at the India-Myanmar border, and fence it completely so that it can be protected like the country’s boundary with Bangladesh. Shah made the announcement while addressing the passing out parade of the first batch of the five…
Israeli strike on Damascus kills Iranian Guards official
Damascus, 20/1: An Israeli missile strike on Syria’s capital Damascus on Saturday killed a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and wounded others, a security source in the regional pro-Syria alliance told Reuters. Syrian state media said a likely Israeli attack had targeted a building in the Mazzeh neighbourhood of Damascus, without giving further details. Other…
Nitish Kumar reconstitutes JD(U)’s team of national office-bearers, K C Tyagi made political advisor
Patna, 20/1: Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar on Saturday announced a new team of the party’s national office-bearers, relieving several Lok Sabha MPs of their organisational positions and elevating K C Tyagi as political advisor. Rajya Sabha MP Bashistha Narain Singh has been made vice president, replacing Mangani Lal Mandal…
Security beefed up ahead of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s questioning by ED
Ranchi, 20/1: Security has been beefed up around the Chief Minister’s house and zonal office of the Enforcement Directorate here on Saturday, ahead of the scheduled questioning of CM Hemant Soren by the federal agency sleuths in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam. Senior Superintendent of Police, Ranchi, Chandan Kumar Sinha…
Congress’ Nyay Yatra resumes from Assam’s Boginadi
Boginadi, 20/1: Congress’ ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ resumed its Assam leg on the third day in the state on Saturday with Rahul Gandhi, who is leading the march setting off from Boginadi in Lakhimpur district. As the entourage started with Gandhi’s bus in the front, the leader was greeted by bystanders along the road. This…
PM Modi following coconut water-only diet, sleeping on floor ahead of Ram temple consecration ceremony
New Delhi, 19/1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is observing a special ritual prior to the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya. According to NDTV reports, he is sleeping on the ground, drinking only coconut water, and closely adhering to the ‘Yam rules” during this period. A particular ‘sattvic’ diet that forbids the…
SC Collegium recommends Karnataka HC Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale’s elevation as apex court judge
New Delhi, 19/1: The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Friday recommended the elevation of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale as a top court judge. In a meeting held on Friday, the collegium, also comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose, took…
First look of Ram Lalla’s idol inside Ayodhya temple revealed
Ayodhya, 19/1: The first image of the Ram Lalla idol became public on Friday, three days before the ‘pran pratishtha’ ceremony on January 22. The statue carved in black stone has its eyes covered with a yellow cloth and is adorned with a garland of roses, Sharad Sharma, an office-bearer of the Vishva Hindu Parishad…
Mahua Moitra vacates govt bungalow
Kolkata, 19/1: Former TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Friday vacated her government accommodation here, her lawyer said. The Directorate of Estates (DoE) had in the morning sent a team to get the official bungalow vacated and the area around it was barricaded, an official said. House number 9B on Telegraph Lane occupied by Mahua Moitra…