New Delhi, 7/5: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Bihar government and others on the plea of slained IAS officer G Krishnaiah’s wife Uma Krishnaiah challenging premature release of Bihar politician Anand Mohan Singh from the prison. Singh’s release was allowed under a jail sentence remission order after the state government…
Sukma, 8/5: Two Naxalites, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with police in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday morning, an official said. A cache of explosives and an automatic weapon were recovered from the encounter site, he said. The gunfight took place in a forest near Danteshpuram village under Bheji police station limits…
Thiruvananthapuram, 8/5: The death toll in the boat mishap at Tanur in Malappuram district of Kerala on Sunday evening has reached 22. The deceased include seven children and women as well as many members of the same families. The condition of the four rescued was also stated to be serious. Search at…
New Delhi, 7/5: Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that 70 lakh Indians stuck abroad during the Covid pandemic were brought back, with the External Affairs ministry working in shifts, with each team working for eight hours like a factory. Around 4,000 people, including 11-12 per cent from Karnataka, were brought back…
Bangalore, 7/5: In a blistering attack on the Congress during his last campaign rally ahead of the May 10 Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the party of openly advocating for “separating” Karnataka from India. He alleged that the “disease” of the “tukde-tukde gang” had reached the Congress’s top level. When…
Chattisgarh, 7/5: A security guard of a residential building was arrested for allegedly tying a stray dog with wires and dragging it to death in Chhattisgarh’s Durg city, police said on SundayThe accused was arrested on Saturday under section 429 (killing or maiming animals) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and relevant provisions of the…
Mumbai, 7/5: Amid the ever-changing political situation in Maharashtra, BJP MLA Nitesh Rane on Sunday dropped a bomb on Sunday by claiming that Shiv Sena (UBT) head Uddhav Thackeray’s close aide Sanjay Raut would soon join the Sharad Pawar-led NCP. The Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP have dismissed the claim. Nitesh, an MLA from…
New Delhi, 7/5: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has given an application in Badaun court, for carrying out a survey of the Jama Masjid there. A lawyer on behalf of the ASI appeared before the court, agreeing to carry out the survey and also sought time for it. Mukesh Patel, state president…
Kashmir, 7/5: No fresh contact was established with holed up terrorists in the forested Kandi area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, where a massive search operation to track ultras entered the third day on Sunday, officials said. Five Army personnel and a terrorist, who is said to be part of the group that carried…
New Delhi, 7/5:The ongoing protest by wrestlers at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar is showing no signs of dying down amid various allegations levelled against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The wrestlers, who have been at the protest site since April 23, have accused Brij Bhushan of multiple incidents of sexual harassment and inappropriate touching and…
