As part of an inquiry into an alleged Rs 1,392 crore bank loan scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) searched many premises connected to a metal fabricating firm and its proprietors, Rao Dan Singh, the Haryana Congress MLA. The operation was led by the central agency’s Gurugram headquarters and targeted around fifteen locations in Delhi, Jamshedpur, […]
Four Indian Army soldiers, including an officer, were killed in a fierce encounter with terrorists in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. Given that this is the second major attack in the Jammu region in just over a week, concerns are raised about the likelihood that terrorism may resurface in the previously […]
Panchkula Police have arrested two individuals, including an IT expert, for allegedly duping a resident of Rs 9.68 crore in a cybercrime case with international connections. The mastermind behind the scam, Jatin Jindal, was identified as a B.Sc. IT graduate from Patiala. Police also apprehended his accomplice, Mushtaq Mohammad, a resident of Ghanaur in the […]
In a fresh blow to trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar, a video has emerged showing her mother, Manorama Khedkar, threatening a group of farmers with a gun. This incident adds to the string of controversies Puja faces, raising questions about her conduct and the Khedkar family’s land dealings. The video, which went viral recently, shows […]
In the latest development, Arvind Kejriwal has been given a temporary release on the contentious city alcohol policy corruption charges, from the Supreme Court. However, he will serve jail term until the Central Bureau of Investigation conclude another probe on him. Judges Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta oversaw the case where Mr. Kejriwal, who has […]
Puja Khedkar, a probationary IAS officer in Maharashtra, has been transferred from her post in Pune to Washim following allegations of misusing her position. Khedkar, who secured a respectable All India Rank of 821 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination, was initially posted as an assistant collector in Pune. The controversy surrounding Khedkar arose after […]
In a landmark decision, the Indian government has permitted a woman IRS officer, M. Anusuya, to officially change her name to M. Anukathir Surya and her gender from female to male. This marks the first known instance of a sex change within the Indian Civil Services. M. Anukathir Surya, currently serving as a Joint Commissioner […]
At least 18 people were killed in a horrifying tragedy that occurred along the Lucknow-Agra Expressway in the Unnao region of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday morning. A double-decker bus heading from Motihari, Bihar, to Delhi, collided violently and catastrophically with a milk truck. The bus was pulverized in the crash,” according to District Magistrate of […]
Five Indian Army personnel died on Monday afternoon while six of their colleagues sustained various degrees of injury during an attack by armed militants on a military convoy in the isolated Machedi sector of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir. The attack occurred around 150 km from Kathua while the Army vehicles were on a […]
The Satara police’s probe into the case of Kashmira Sandip Pawar, who is suspected of impersonating a national advisor for the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and scamming several individuals, has been seriously called into question by the Bombay High Court (HC). The Satara district’s Superintendent of Police was directed by the HC to appear in […]