The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Indian Navy have seized over 760 kg narcotics, including hashish, methamphetamine and heroin, worth about Rs 2,000 crore in the international market, from the high seas off Gujarat coast, officials said on Saturday. The joint operation was carried out in the Arabian Sea off the Gujarat coast, leading […]
With a drop in daily Covid-19 cases, the Election Commission (EC) on Saturday announced relaxations in campaigning rules for political parties ahead of the second phase of Assembly elections in five states. According to the new guidelines, pad yatra (foot march), consisting not more than the permitted number of persons as per State Disaster Management […]
Veteran industrialist Rahul Bajaj, synonymous with Bajaj Auto, died today in Pune. He was 83.A statement from the Bajaj Group said that the industrialist died in the “presence of his closest family members”.The industry veteran was not keeping well for some time and died at 14:30 hours this afternoon, said an official. He will be […]
In its biggest bank fraud case, the CBI has booked ABG Shipyard Ltd and its then Chairman and Managing Director Rishi Kamlesh Agarwal along with others for allegedly cheating a consortium of banks led by State Bank of India of over Rs 22,842 crore, officials said Saturday. Besides Agarwal, the agency has also named the […]
Desperate efforts were under way to retrieve the body of a woman from under the debris of a partially collapsed 18-floor apartment block with rescuers gingerly navigating their way amid fears that the entire tower was unstable and at risk, officials said on Saturday, day three after the incident. Rescuers have to be careful not […]
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal blasted Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami for promising to implement Union Civil Code in the state if Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retains power after the assembly elections. Sibal asked Dhami to not “embarrass your party and yourself” with announcements about implementing the Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand if BJP […]
Implementing Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand at the earliest will boost equal rights for everyone in the state, chief minister Pushkar S Dhami said today. As soon as the new BJP government is formed, it will form a committee to prepare a draft of UCC in the state, he told news agency ANI. This UCC […]
After the United States and Pakistan waded in the Karnataka hijab row, the ministry of external affairs on Saturday said that “motivated comments” on India’s internal issues are not welcome. The ministry said in a statement that the matter regarding dress code is under judicial examination and the issues are resolved through its constitutional framework […]
India registered 50,407 cases of coronavirus and 804 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union health ministry data showed on Saturday morning. The daily positivity rate continues its downward path with 13 per cent or nearly 8,000 less cases than yesterday. With the new numbers, the country’s total caseload has been pushed to 42,586,544, […]
The current situation at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) has arisen due to the disregard of written agreements by China not to mass soldiers at the border, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday. Speaking at a joint press conference along with his Australian counterpart Marise Payne, Jaishankar said when a large country […]