The Delhi High Court is scheduled to pass on Monday an order on the bail plea of AAP leader Manish Sisodia, arrested for his alleged role in the money-laundering case relating to alleged irregularities in the city government’s excise policy.As per a cause list uploaded on the court’s website this morning, Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma […]
An “unidentified flying object” was reportedly seen over the prime minister’s residence here in central Delhi on Monday morning, police said.However, police have not found anything suspicious. A PCR call was received around 5 am that a drone-like object was seen flying over the prime minister’s residence, police said.However, police and other security agencies did […]
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has moved a petition before Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar, seeking disqualification of Ajit Pawar and eight other MLAs who have taken oath as ministers in the Eknath Shinde-led government.Jitendra Awhad, whom the NCP has appointed leader of opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly after Ajit Pawar joined the ruling alliance, […]
Marking a vertical split in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), its senior leader Ajit Pawar joined the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government as deputy chief minister on Sunday. The presence of NCP president Sharad Pawar and party’s working president Supriya Sule at the Opposition meeting in Patna had irked Ajit Pawar and his supporters, sources said. […]
In what seemed to be a scene out of a Bollywood potboiler, two gangsters—Vishal Pandit and his accomplice Raunak—opened fire on their rival, Rajan, who was being released after 17 days of judicial custody from jail in Bijnor.However, Raunak accidentally shot Vishal, killing him on the spot. The incident happened on Saturday evening. According to […]
A temple and a mazaar were removed amid heavy police deployment in northeast Delhi’s Bhajanpura Chowk Sunday morning to pave the way for the construction of a flyover, police said.They said the decision to remove the two structures was taken at a “religious committee” meeting a few days ago and a proper dialogue was held […]
As many as 88 people have lost their lives in road accidents in the last six months on Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra, including 25 on Saturday as a private bus caught fire after hitting a divider, an official said.Road hypnosis is cited as one of the major causes of accidents on the six-lane wide access-controlled […]
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, for the first time, has breached into the top 150 rankings of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2023, released on Tuesday.IIT Bombay was ranked 149 among top universities of the world. This is the highest ranking attained by IIT Bombay in the global rankings of universities. Last […]
Senior IPS officer Ajay Bhatnagar has been appointed Special Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), according to a Personnel Ministry order.Bhatnagar, a 1989 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Jharkhand cadre, is currently Additional Director in the federal probe agency. He has been appointed to the post till the date of his […]
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty hit their record high levels in early trade on Wednesday amid a rally in the US markets and fresh foreign fund inflows.Buying in market heavyweight stocks like Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank also added to the positive momentum. Tech Mahindra, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, HCL Technologies, Power Grid […]