Mumbai, 14/12: Two Naxals including a senior leader involved in the 2019 Jambulkheda blast were killed in an encounter with police in eastern Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district on Thursday, an official said. Durgesh Watti, deputy commander of Kasansur Dalam (squad) who was one of the main conspirators of Jambulkheda blast in which 15 police personnel of…
New Delhi, 14/12: Rajya Sabha proceedings were on Thursday adjourned twice during the pre-lunch period amid protests by opposition MPs after TMC leader Derek O’Brien was suspended from the House for unruly behaviour and violating the directions of the Chair. Soon after the House met at noon, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar warned Derek O’Brien against disrupting…
Raipur, 14/12: The first cabinet meeting of the newly-formed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Chhattisgarh will take place on Thursday, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has said. Sai was sworn in as chief minister on Wednesday, while two party MLAs Arun Sao and Vijay Sharma took oath as deputy chief ministers. Prime Minister Narendra…
New Delhi, 14/12: Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani expressed her opposition to the idea of paid menstrual leaves for women as she answered a question by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) member Manoj Kumar Jha in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. As a menstruating woman, menstruation and the menstruation cycle are not…
New Delhi, 13/12: The Delhi Police suspects the involvement of two more people along with the four who have already been held in the Wednesday security breach of Parliament, sources said. All six were known to each other and were staying in a house in Gurugram, they claimed. Amol Shinde and Neelam — caught outside…
Raipur, 13/12: Chhattisgarh’s chief minister-designate and BJP leader Vishnu Deo Sai will take oath along with his cabinet colleagues on December 13 at a ceremony in Raipur in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries, it was announced on Monday. Besides Sai (59), who will be the BJP’s first tribal CM, his…
Washington DC, 12/12: India has requested the United States to share intelligence on Sikh separatists living there amid investigations into an accusation that an Indian official was linked to a plot to kill a Sikh separatist on American soil, an Indian official said on Tuesday. The request was made by the National Investigations Agency (NIA),…
New Delhi, 12/12: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday announced date sheet for class 10 and 12 board exams with the examination for both classes beginning from February 15. The class 10 exams will conclude on March 13 and the class 12 exams will end on April 2. “While preparing the date…
Sambalpur, 12/12: An infant was found stuck in an abandoned bore-well in Odisha’s Sambalpur district on Tuesday, prompting the state government to launch a rescue operation, officials said. The bore well at Laripali village in Rengali area is 15-20 feet deep and oxygen is being supplied into it. The baby, apparently newly born, has no…
Shriharikota, 12/12: After the historic success of its Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, ISRO is going full throttle with its plans to send Indian astronauts for the first time on the Moon by 2040. Four test pilots from the Indian Air Force have been selected as Astronaut-Designates for the mission, ISRO chief S Somanath has said.
