Bengaluru, 21/5: MA Saleem, a 1993-batch IPS officer, is the new chief of Karnataka police. In a notification issued on Wednesday, the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR) placed Saleem in concurrent charge of the Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP) until further orders. He replaced Alok Mohan.
Patna, 21/5: All India Mahila Congress chief Alka Lamba on Wednesday announced that the women of Bihar will get a monthly stipend of Rs 2,500 if the Mahagathbandhan, of which her party is a constituent, comes to power in the state after the assembly polls . Lamba made the promise during a press conference here,…
Jaipur, 21/5: A 23-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly duping at least 25 men by getting married to them and later absconding with cash and valuables, the police said Wednesday. Anuradha, a resident of Shiv Nagar in Bhopal, was arrested by the Sawai Madhopur police on May 18. She was arrested in Bhopal, where…
Narayanpur, 21/5: More than 26 Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in the forests along the border of Narayanpur-Bijapur districts in Chhattisgarh, officials said on Wednesday. A ‘supporter’ of police was killed and a police jawan was injured in the gunfight, they said.
Guwahati, 21/5: Mizoram was on Tuesday declared as the first fully literate state under the Centre’s Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society (ULLAS) initiative. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Lalduhoma at a celebratory event held at the Mizoram University at Aizawl in the presence of Union Minister of State for Education, Jayant…
Bengaluru,21/5: The High Grounds police in Bengaluru have opened a case against the BJP’s IT cell chief, Amit Malviya, and television anchor Arnab Goswami over allegedly spreading false information about the Congress party having an office in Türkiye. Following a complaint by the Indian Youth Congress’s legal cell head, Shrikant Swaroop BN, the case was…
Bengaluru, 20/5: A Bengaluru court on Tuesday allowed the statutory bail applications moved by gold smuggling suspects Kannada actor Harshavardini Ranya alias Ranya Rao and Tarun Konduru Raju. Vishwanath Channabasappa Gowdar, Presiding Officer, Special Court for Economic Offences, stated that the two were entitled to default bail on executing a personal bond of Rs 2…
New Delhi,20/5: Upping the ante against Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on the Indo-Pak conflict, the BJP on Tuesday called the Congress leader “new age Mir Jafar” and asked if he was aiming for Nishan-e-Pakistan, the highest civilian award of the neighbouring countries by echoing Islamabad’s narrative. A day after Gandhi launched a fresh attack…
Sonipat, 20/5: A court here on Tuesday remanded in judicial custody till May 27 Ali Khan Mahmudabad, the head of Ashoka University’s political science department who was arrested for his social media posts related to Operation Sindoor, his lawyer said. One of Mahmudabad’s lawyers, Kapil Balyan, said that the associate professor was produced before a…
New Delhi, 20/5: Ahmedabad will host the Indian Premier League’s final on June 3 along with Qualifier 2 while Mullanpur will stage the first two play-off games this month, the BCCI announced on Tuesday. Considering the monsoon, the BCCI has also shifted the May 23 fixture between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Bengaluru…
