Ranchi, 21/4: Eight Naxals were killed in an encounter with CoBRA commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and police in Bokaro district of Jharkhand on Monday morning, official said. The exchange of fire started around 5.30 am in Lugu Hills of Lalpania area of the district
London, 20/4: Britain said on Sunday two of its fighter jets had intercepted Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea close to NATO alliance airspace in separate incidents on Tuesday and Thursday. The Typhoon fighters were scrambled to intercept a Russian Ilyushin Il-20M “Coot-A” intelligence aircraft on Tuesday, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said in a statement….
Mullanpur, 20/4: Opener Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal smashed half-centuries as Royal Challengers Bengaluru crushed Punjab Kings by seven wickets in their Indian Premier League clash here on Sunday. Chasing 158, Kohli (73 not out off 54 balls) and Padikkal (61 off 35 balls) shared a 103-run partnership, which formed the backbone of the massive…
Bengaluru, 20/4: Om Prakash, a former chief of the Karnataka police, was found dead in his home in HSR Layout, Southeast Bengaluru, on Sunday. Police are treating it as a suspicious death and have sent the body for post-mortem. A source from the HSR Layout police station confirmed the incident
Srinagar, 20/4: Over six months into his tenure as the first Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah is facing an increasingly uphill battle — one marked by constitutional constraints, political discontent, and the lingering legacy of August 2019. Abdullah returned to power in a historic UT-level election last year,…
Patna, 20/4: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will address a public rally in Bihar’s Buxar district on Sunday. Kharge was scheduled to address a meeting in Patna after the Buxar rally, but it has been cancelled, Bihar Congress spokesperson Rajesh Rathod said. “Kharge Ji will address a public rally at Dalsagar stadium in Buxar around 12.30…
New Delhi, 20/4: The BJP on Saturday disassociated itself with the criticism of the Supreme Court by its MPs Nishikant Dubey and Dinesh Sharma, with party president J P Nadda rejecting the comments as their personal views. He also affirmed the ruling party’s respect for the judiciary as an inseparable part of democracy. R
Kyiv, 19/4: Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, ordering his forces to end hostilities at 6 p.m. Moscow time (1500 GMT) on Saturday until the end of Sunday. Putin said he assumed Ukraine would follow Russia’s example, but told the chief of Russia’s general staff, Valery Gerasimov, to ready Russian…
Mumbai, 19/4: In a significant political development in Maharashtra, the Thackeray cousins – Uddhav and Raj have dropped hints of sinking their differences and working for the larger interests of the state. While Uddhav (64), a former Maharashtra Chief Minister now heads the Shiv Sena (UBT) after the Shiv Sena was split following Eknath Shinde’s…
Kochi, 19/4: The police on Saturday arrested Malayalam film actor Shine Tom Chacko in connection with a drug case. His arrest was recorded after about a four-hour-long interrogation in connection with an incident in which he allegedly fled from a hotel in Kochi during a narcotics raid. Police said that he was booked under Sections…
