New Delhi, Mar 27 : Senior IPS officer Sadanand Vasant Date has been appointed as the Director General of the National Investigation Agency NIA on Wednesday. The 1990-batch Indian Police Service officer is currently serving as Chief of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). In a statement, the Ministry of Personnel said the Appointments Committee of...
Jagdalpur, Mar 27: Six Naxals were killed in a clash with the police, including four men and two women, on Wednesday morning in Bastar, Chhattisgarh. They recovered a large quantity of explosives from the scene, police said. Deputy Inspector General of Police, South Bastar Range, Kamalochan Kashyap, said that since the recent killing of...
Mumbai, Mar 26: In view of polling will be held in five phases in 48 Lok Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra, workers, officials and employees will get a one-day paid leave on the polling day to exercise their right to vote, said a government circular here on Tuesday. According to the order, workers, officials and employees...
Shimla, Mar 26: The BJP National Election Committee announced to allot tickets to all the six disqualified Congress MLAs of Himachal Pradesh Assembly for the by-election. Releasing the list of six candidates for the bye-election BJP President Rajiv Bindal said that the party decided to allot tickets to Sudhir Sharma from Dharmshala, Ravi Thakur...
Kolkata, Mar 26 : At least six activists were injured when the ruling TMC and main opposition BJP supporters clashed at Kumirmari under Gosaba block in election-bound West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas, police said on Tuesday. Official sources said the Coastal Police of the Sundarbans were investigating the reasons as to why the clashes...
New Delhi, Mar 26 : Delhi Police on Tuesday asked Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) protestors to clear the Patel Chowk Metro station within 5 minutes, announcing that Section 144 has been imposed in the area as they don’t have permission to hold protests. “Section 144 has been imposed; there is no permission for protests, and...
Bengaluru, Mar 26 : BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla on Tuesday strongly condemned Karnataka Minister and Congress leader S Tangadagi’s remarks, accusing him of promoting a “politics of threat”. He also called for action from other prominent leaders within the Congress party, including Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, and Priyanka Vadra against Tangadagi for his unparliamentary...
New Delhi, Mar 26 : Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal has issued a second order for its government’s health department to be in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), AAP Leader Saurabh Bhardwaj said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference here, Delhi Health Minister Bhardwaj said, “CM Arvind...
Lucknow, Mar 25: The Uttar Pradesh government lead by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath completed its 7-year tenure on Monday. On this occasion, the CM expressed his gratitude to the people of the state by posting on social media platform X. He has written that his government is working with commitment to fulfil every dream...
Chennai, Mar 25: Police have registered cases against ruling DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Minister Anitha r.Radhakrishnan for allegedly making some derogatory renarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Police sources said cases were registered against the Minister following a complaint from BJP Thoothukudi district President R.Chitranganthan for his remarks against...
New Delhi, Mar 24 : The opposition alliance on Sunday announced that it will hold a mega rally on March 31 at Ramlila Maidan here in protest against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Convener Arvind Kejriwal in excise policy case by Enforcement Directorate (ED). Addressing a joint press conference...
New Delhi, Mar 23: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday rejected as “ludicrous” China’s oft-repeated claims on Arunachal Pradesh, days after Beijing made certain critical comments on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the northeastern state. He maintained that Arunachal Pradesh is part of India and not because some other country says it is...
New Delhi, Mar 23: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday moved the Delhi High Court to challenge his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and six days of remand in the money laundering case related to the alleged liquor policy scam case. Kejriwal was arrested by ED on March 21 at around 9 PM...
New Delhi, Mar 23: The Government of India on Saturday took strong objection to certain remarks made by the German Foreign Ministry in relation to the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and conveyed its protest by summoning the German Deputy Chief of Mission to the External Affairs Ministry. “We see such remarks as...
New Delhi, Mar 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday condemned the terrorist attack in the capital city of Russia, Moscow, and said, “India stands in solidarity with the government and the people of the Russian Federation in this hour of grief.” The incident took place on Friday night after a group of armed men...
New Delhi, Mar 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the coming five years will bring new energy to the India-Bhutan relationship. “To fulfil your goals, India stands with you for BB—Brand Bhutan and Bhutan Believe,” Prime Minister Modi said while addressing the gathering at Tendrelthang Festival Ground in Bhutan. Prime Minister Modi...
Lucknow, Mar 22: Congress on Friday termed the electoral bonds as the biggest electoral funding scam in the country and alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hatched an opaque scheme to collect black money in a white manner, which has become a unique example of misuse of government power. Talking to the reporters, the party’s...
New Delhi, Mar 22: A multi-party delegation on Friday met the Election Commission of India (ECI) at Nirvachan Sadan here to lodge complaint against the ‘blatant and illegal use of central agencies by the government to target opposition parties’. The delegation, comprising KC Venugopal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi of Congress, Derek O Brian and Mohd...
Bengaluru, Mar 22: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) marked a significant achievement with the successful execution of a landing mission for its Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) named “Pushpak” from the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) in Karnataka’s Chalakere on Friday. Taking off at approximately 7 a.m. from the Chalakere Runway, this mission represented the RLV’s...
New Delhi, Mar 22: The Delhi Chief Minister’s (CM) legal team on Friday decided to withdraw the plea filed before the top court against his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Delhi excise policy case. Kejriwal’s counsel, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, told the top court that he would argue the case before the magistrate...
Agartala, Mar 22 : Eight parties of the INDIA bloc on Friday launched a joint campaign for two Lok Sabha seats of Tripura, and by-elections to Ramnagar Assembly constituency targeting to reach every booth of the state against BJP candidates, said senior Congress legislator and INDIA bloc convener Sudip Roy Barman. Terming the BJP-led...