New Delhi, 4/10: NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakravarty, arrested in a case filed under the anti-terror law UAPA following allegations the portal received money for pro-China propaganda, were sent to seven days of police remand, officials said. Police on Tuesday searched for more than 30 locations, questioned several journalists in connection…
Sikkim, 4/10: Twenty Army personnel are missing in North Sikkim following a flash flood caused by a lake burst in the Chungthang area in North Sikkim. Due to a sudden cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim, a flash flood occurred in the Teesta River in Lachen valley, defence sources said. The release of water…
Beijing, 3/10: Neeraj Chopra would seek to defend his gold medal and end the season on a high when he takes the field for the much-anticipated men’s javelin throw event here on Wednesday. It could just be a cakewalk for India’s greatest athlete as his nearest competitor and world silver medallist Arshad Nadeem has pulled…
Beijing, 3/9: India’s Parul Chaudhary displayed tenacity and tremendous temperament to clinch a gold medal in the women’s 5000m at the Asian Games here on Tuesday. The 28-year-old stayed in the top two before stepping up in the final moments to pip Japan’s Ririka Hironaka for the top position with a timing of 15:14.75. Mohammed…
New Delhi, 3/10:Four earthquakes, the strongest being of magnitude 6.2, jolted Nepal in quick succession with tremors reverberating through parts of north India including Delhi-NCR, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said on Tuesday. An NCS official said the first quake of magnitude 4.6 struck west Nepal at a depth of 10 kilometre at 2:25…
New Delhi 3/10: The Supreme Court has posted the hearing of former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s plea seeking to quash the FIR registered against him in the skill development scam case on October 9. The apex court also asked Andhra Pradesh government to place before it the entire compilation of documents that had been filed…
Bhubaneswar, 3/10:Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik today laid the foundation for Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre at NISER Campus in Jatani near Bhubaneswar. This State-of-the-Art facility and research centre will be a global standard Cancer Care, Research and Innovation centre. It will be a 200-Bedded cancer hospital and will be fully commissioned by…
New Delhi, 3/10:India has told Canada to withdraw around 40 diplomats by October 10, Financial Times reported. The publication, citing people familiar with the matter, said that the Narendra Modi government has threatened to revoke diplomatic immunity of diplomats who remain beyond the set date. The move marks an escalation of tensions that has been…
Kashmir, 3/10: Two army personnel were injured in a gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said on Tuesday. The encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists on Monday evening following a cordon and search operation in a forest area of the district, they said. A joint team of the army…
Beijing, 2/10: India’s Parul Chaudhary and Priti secured silver and bronze medals respectively in the women’s 3000m steeplechase, unheralded Ancy Sojan made a grand entry on the big stage with a long jump silver, while the 4x400m mixed relay team got a fortuitous upgrade to second spot due to ‘lane infringement’, on an eventful day…
