New Delhi, 29/3: For the first time, India and Sri Lanka are set to sign an ambitious defence cooperation pact during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Colombo next week, in a significant move that comes nearly four decades after the IPKF’s intervention in the island nation. The two sides are also likely to firm…
Sukma, 29/1: At least 16 Naxalites were killed, and two security personnel sustained injuries in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on SaturdaThe gunfight broke out in the morning hours in a forest under the Kerlapal police station area where a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, an official said….
New Delhi, 29/1: India will send around 15 tonnes of relief materials in a military transport aircraft to earthquake-hit Myanmar on Saturday, sources said. The C130J aircraft of the Indian Air Force will shortly take off for Myanmar from the Hindon air force station, they said.
Chandigarh, 28/1: A local court in Punjab’s Mohali on Friday convicted self-styled Christian preacher Bajinder Singh in a 2018 sexual harassment case. The court will pronounce the quantum of sentence on April 1. Pastor Bajinder Singh had been booked on sections of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to sexual harassment, based on complaint filed by…
Chennai, 28/3: The Madras High Court on Friday granted interim anticipatory bail to comedian Kunal Kamra, who is facing the heat over his jokes on Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. The court granted Kamra the relief on the condition that he should execute a bond to the satisfaction of the judicial magistrate at Vanur…
New Delhi, 28/3: The Union Cabinet on Friday increased the Dearness Allowance (DA) by 2 percentage points effective from January 1 this year, benefitting nearly 1.15 crore central government employees and pensioners. The Union Cabinet has approved the release of an additional instalment of DA to central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners…
New Delhi, 28/3: Justice Yashwant Varma, embroiled in the cash discovery row, did not find a mention in the recently constituted committees of judges on the administrative side of the Delhi High Court. A spate of key events have followed the discovery of burnt wads of cash following a fire at the judge’s official Lutyen’s…
New Delhi, 28/3: Cash withdrawal from ATMs is set to be costlier from May 1, 2025 after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised interchange fees on ATM withdrawal. The change in the fees will affect the customers who frequently use ATMs for withdrawals, as per a Doordarshan. According to the report, the customers will…
Bangkok, 28/3: A strong earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, earthquake monitoring services said, which affected Bangkok as well with hundreds of people pouring out of buildings in the Thai capital in panic after the tremors. There was no immediate word from Myanmar on damage after the quake, which the United States Geological Survey (USGS)…
Mumbai, 28/3: Standup comedian Kunal Kamra on Friday approached the Madras High Court seeking transit anticipatory bail after an FIR was lodged against him over his remarks on Eknath Shinde in Mumbai.An urgent mentioning of the case was made before Justice Sunder Mohan today, as per LiveLaw. This comes after Mumbai police on Thursday asked…
