Two DRI officials have been suspended following allegations of illegal detention, bribe demand and misconduct in a case of duty evasion involv-ing import of insecticides. The action was taken against senior intelligence officer Deepak Kumar and inspector Chetan Parikh. DRI had detained Shailesh Vyas on Sept 30 for nearly 10 hours at Kolkata airport without…
PM Modi, Mongolian President plant saplings under ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ initiative (Photo credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa jointly planted a sapling at Hyderabad House in a symbolic gesture of environmental conservation.Both PM Modi and President Ukhnaa aim to promote environmental sustainability and encourage citizens to…
NEW DELHI: The surrender by CPI(Maoist) politburo member Mallojula Venugopal alias Sonu along with senior and mid-level cadres is being seen as a sign of a vertical split in the Naxal outfit already grappling with an erosion in its leadership and armed strength as well as a rapidly-shrinking arc of influence.The split was evident when…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed sorrow over the loss of lives after a private bus traveling from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur caught fire.Twenty passengers died in the fire, and 16 others were critically injured, news agency PTI reported.“Distressed by the loss of lives due to a mishap in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. My thoughts…
NEW DELHI: Congress youth leaders expressed strong resentment over the selection of candidates for Bihar Assembly elections, demanding a higher representation of youth and not just “sons of leaders.” After Central Election Committee (CEC) meet chaired by party president Mallikarjun Kharge concluded on Tuesday, a number of workers came out dissatisfied, with one claiming that…
Director General Military Operations Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai (left), and A fighter jet takes off from INS Vikrant. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai, Director General Military Operations (DGMO) of the Army, said on Tuesday that the Indian Navy was fully prepared during Operation Sindoor and that any further hostilities by Pakistan could…
NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj on Tuesday nominated Chanchal Singh as its candidate from Raghopur for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, reported ANI.The announcement comes amid speculation that jan suraaj chief Prashant Kishor himself might contest from the RJD stronghold. Raghopur has long been associated with the Yadav family – represented over the years by Lalu…
Rajasthan fire tragedy: Bus travelling from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur catches fire (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: A private bus travelling from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur caught fire near Thaiyat village on Tuesday afternoon, injuring 10 and resulting in casualties too. According to news agency PTI, the bus was carrying 57 passengers when it departed from Jaisalmer.The…
National capital (File – agencies) NEW DELHI: The commission for air quality management (CAQM) in Delhi-NCR has imposed Stage-I of the graded response action plan (GRAP) after the air quality index (AQI) in the region dropped to 211, categorising it as ‘poor’, according to a statement released by the commission.The move which comes just days…
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released its first list of 71 candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, with key leaders including deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha among those named. Meanwhile, Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport witnessed a major emergency when a Qatar Airways flight reported a sudden…
