Despite a warning issued to him by the Congress, former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot sat on a daylong fast at the Shaheed Smarak here on Tuesday, demanding action in cases of alleged corruption related to the previous BJP government in the state led by Vasundhara Raje.Pilot reached the Shaheed Smarak, where his supporters […]
Khalistani separatist Amritpal Singh’s close aide Papalpreet Singh has been arrested by Punjab Police from Hoshiarpur, said police sources. Papalpreet has been arrested from Hoshiarpur in an operation conducted by Punjab Police and its counter-intelligence unit. Punjab Police investigation had revealed that Khalistani preacher Amritpal Singh and his aide Papalpreet Singh had been taking refuge […]
Those wanted by the law should submit to the process of law and the hard-earned peace in the state would not be allowed to be disturbed, Punjab Police chief Gaurav Yadav said Monday as Amritpal Singh continues to be on the run.Yadav visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar Monday. Speaking to reporters there, he said […]
Decreasing levels of immunity in our population may trigger new Covid waves and to tackle this, India needs a strong disease surveillance along with high vaccine coverage, WHO Regional Director, South-East Asia, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh has stressed.India is currently seeing a surge in Covid cases, to levels last seen during the Omicron wave in […]
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Saturday said he is not completely opposed to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the charges against the Adani group, but a Supreme Court committee will be more useful and effective.Talking to reporters, Pawar said if a JPC has 21 members, 15 will be from the […]
The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has approached the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for approval of twin-engine advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA) after the design of the fifth-generation stealth fighter has been frozen by the Aeronautical Development Authority. The first prototype of GE-414 powered AMCA is expected […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed the Centre’s telecast ban on Malayalam news channel MediaOne and pulled up the Ministry of Home Affairs for raising national security claims in “thin air” without facts.Observing that the State can’t impose unreasonable restrictions on press as it would have a chilling effect on press freedom, a bench headed […]
India said on Tuesday it rejected attempts by China to rename places in its eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. “Arunachal Pradesh is, has been and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India,” said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi in response to media reports on the Chinese Civil Aviation Ministry releasing the third […]
After clashes between two groups during the Ram Navami celebrations in parts of Bihar, the state police on Sunday said the situation in Nalanda’s Biharsharif was completely normal.The state police also advised people not to believe in rumours. Clashes were reported on March 31 in Nalanda’s Biharsharif and Sasaram in Rohtas district where Union Home […]