Islamabad, 9/3: Pakistani police used water cannons and fired tear gas to disperse supporters of the country’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on March 8, 2023, in the eastern city of Lahore. One activist of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party was killed. Two dozen Khan supporters were arrested for defying a government ban on holding…
Cochin, 9/3: An Air India Express flight cabin crew has been arrested by the Customs for allegedly smuggling over 1.4 kg gold through Cochin International Airport near here, official sources said on Thursday. The crew of Bahrain-Kozhikode-Kochi Air India Express flight was apprehended by the Customs sleuths, who recovered the gold that was…
Mumbai, 9/3: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who is also the state Finance Minister, on Thursday presented the Eknath Shinde-led government’s first Budget for the year 2023-24 in the state Assembly. Fadnavis started reading out the budgetary allocations in the Lower House of the state legislature at 2 pm. He read out the Budgetary…
Kyiv, 9/3: Russia unleashed a massive missile barrage on cities across Ukraine early Thursday, targeting energy infrastructure facilities, Ukrainian officials and media said. Air raid sirens wailed all over Ukraine, including the capital, Kyiv, in the first such missile attack in three weeks. Ukrainian media said air defense systems were activated in multiple…
Sukma, 9/3: An encounter took place between security personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Thursday morning, police officials said. No casualty was reported to security personnel but some Naxalites have sustained bullet injuries in the firefight, they added. “A joint team of the Special Task Force (STF) and 208th battalion of…
Mumbai, 9/3: Veteran actor and filmmaker Satish Kaushik – who essayed loveable characters like “Calendar” in Mr. India and “Pappu Pager” in Deewana Mastana – passed away in Mumbai on Thursday. Kausik was 66. He is survived by wife and daughter. Kaushik was an alumnus of National School of Drama, New Delhi…
Mumbai, 8/3: Capital markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday asked all investors to link their PAN with Aadhaar number by March-end for continual and smooth transactions in the securities market. Non-compliance with this directive would be considered non-KYC compliant, and there could be restrictions on securities and other transactions until the Permanent Account Number…
Ahmedabad, 8/3: The Adani Group has repaid a Rs 4,000 crore ($500 million) bridge loan due Thursday, according to people with knowledge of the matter, adding to a slew of other payments as the Indian conglomerate works to restore confidence in its financial health after a scathing short seller report. The money was released to…
Varkala, 8/2: Adventure tourism at Varkala beach turned a harrowing experience for a tourist from Tamil Nadu on Tuesday afternoon after she and her paragliding instructor got entangled on a more than 50-metre tall high-mast lamp pole and were left hanging from it for nearly two hours before being rescued. Three people were arrested on…
New Delhi 8/2: Rejecting the Aam Aadmi Party’s allegations as “unfounded”, the Delhi Prison authorities on Wednesday said former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia has been lodged in a ward of Central Jail No. 1 of Tihar where there are a minimum number of inmates and no gangsters. The response was issued by the jail…
