NEW DELHI: The Goa Police on Thursday registered a murder case against the two associates of BJP leader Sonali Phogat, who died in Goa earlier this week. The two people booked by Anjuna Police had accompanied Phogat to Goa. Earlier today, Phogat’s autopsy was conducted at a state-run hospital after her family members gave consent … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will attend the counter-terrorism drills hosted by India under the ambit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in October, despite a chill in bilateral ties, a media report said on Saturday. While Pakistani and Indian military contingents have taken part in counter-terrorism exercises together, this will be the first time that Pakistan will … Read more
NEW DELHI: A group of 30 eminent seers and scholars has prepared the first draft of a “constitution” for a “Hindu Rashtra” first proposed at the Dharma Sansad in Prayagraj in February. The 32-page draft is to be presented at the next Dharma Sansad during Magh Mela 2023 in Prayagraj. The draft details provisions in … Read more
NEW DELHI: The news of Nitish Kumar’s desertion of the BJP-backed coalition government in Bihar provided a source of happiness to Congress but did not trigger the jubilation that the recruitment of a new ally would have ordinarily generated. Congress readily supported the coming together of JD(U) and RJD since chances to deliver a snub … Read more
GHAZIABAD: Lugging a large suitcase, a 32-year-old woman had begun walking in the direction of the railway station on Monday night. But the only transport she found was a vehicle with a police patrol team that stopped by, concerned for her safety and insistent she take a ride with them. She tried her best to … Read more
RAIPUR: A village in Chhattisgarh’s Balod district has banned liquor and drawn up ‘rules’ to impose a fine of Rs 51,000 on anyone selling or buying liquor in their area. The people of Ghumka village, around 10km from the Balod district headquarters and 90km from Raipur, say their decision to clamp down on liquor was … Read more
NEW DELHI: India has strongly objected to the recent airspace violations and breach of confidence-building measures by China during a special round of military talks between the two countries, while their soldiers and heavy weapon systems continue to be ranged against each other along the frontier in east Ladakh since May 2020. The Indian military … Read more
Breaking another glass ceiling in the armed forces, an all-women naval crew carried out the first independent operational maritime reconnaissance and surveillance mission in the North Arabian Sea onboard a Dornier-228 patrol aircraft. The Navy said the “historic” mission flown from its frontline INAS 314 air squadron in Porbandar was captained by Lt Commander Aanchal … Read more
NEW DELHI/ KOLKATA: A Bengal CID team armed with a warrant to search the Chanakyapuri home of a communications professional allegedly linked to the cash-haul case involving three arrested Jharkhand Congress MLAs was Wednesday prevented by Delhi Police from executing the court order on “technical” grounds. Another CID team visiting Guwahati to collect CCTV footage … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Centre has constituted a task force to monitor the emerging monkeypox situation in the country even as Kerala confirmed the first death in the country from the disease and Delhi reported its second case, a Nigerian national with no recent history of travel abroad. Meanwhile, another suspected case emerged in Rajasthan. The … Read more