A pipe-like object was thrown near Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during an outdoor speech, news agency Reuters reported. Fumio Kishida was evacuated, Japanese media said. An explosion-like sound was heard at the scene, public broadcaster NHK reported. Fumio Kishida took cover at the site of the explosion site and remained safe, it added. One […]
Amid the continuing tensions with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Eastern Ladakh, the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) jointly conducted an exercise in the eastern sector to validate plans for carrying out a strategic airlift of special forces.The exercise witnessed IAF planes and helicopters […]
Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad and an accomplice, both wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case, were killed in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Police in Jhansi on Thursday, officials said.“Asad and Ghulam were wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case of Prayagraj and were carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh each. They […]
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday registered a case against BBC India for alleged foreign exchange violation, officials said. This is not the first time that the UK-headquartered broadcaster came under an Indian agency investigation. In February this year, the BBC offices in India were searched as part of an investigation by the income tax authorities. […]
A firing incident killed four persons at the Bathinda military station in Punjab early on Wednesday, the Indian Army said, adding that a search operation was ongoing. Prima facie it’s a case of fratricide killing with no evidence of a terror attack. Sources in the Amry headquarters revealed that the perpetrator is apparently alive and […]
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 […]