Mumbai: An Indian Air Force aircraft with 246 Indians evacuated from war-torn Sudan landed in Mumbai on Thursday. The plane, which took off from Jeddah around 11 am IST, landed here around 3.30 pm, an official said. “Our efforts to swiftly send Indians back home from Jeddah is paying. 246 Indians will be in Mumbai soon,…
New Delhi: Observing that technology has increasingly enmeshed with the systems of dispute resolution, the Supreme Court has directed district courts to digitise all records of criminal trials and civil suits. A bench of Justices Krishna Murari and Sanjay Karol noted that the E-committee of the Supreme Court had issued an SOP for digital preservation on…
Dantewada: Amid cries and loud chanting of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’, wreaths were laid on Thursday at the mortal remains of 10 police personnel and a civilian driver who died in a blast carried out by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district. Women, children and other family members of the deceased were seen crying while women…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday advanced the hearing on the bail plea of Vijay Nair, businessman and Aam Aadmi Party’s communication in-charge arrested in a money laundering case related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, but remarked that it amounted to putting pressure on the court. While the matter was earlier…
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remark that the grand old party cannot give true guarantees, saying the people of Karnataka will guarantee the end of the “BJP’s 40 per cent Commission Sarkara” on May 10 and all the promises of the Congress will be implemented….
New Delhi: The security situation in Sudan remains very complex and highly volatile and India’s efforts have been to ensure safety of Indian nationals, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said on Thursday. At a media briefing, he said India has been in touch with all the concerned sides in Sudan with a focus on taking out Indians…
Badal (Pb): NCP leader Sharad Pawar, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief Harjinder Singh Dhami were among those who paid their last respects to SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal here on Thursday. The Akali stalwart will be cremated at the family’s agriculture land where a raised platform has been…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered an NIA investigation into the violence in Shibpur in Howrah district during Ram Navami celebrations. Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, a division bench presided by Acting Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam directed for the transfer of investigation to the National…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed the Union Cabinet’s approval to the National Medical Devices Policy 2023, saying it will boost the health sector and further efforts to make India a leader in making as well as exporting medical devices. He also said the cabinet decision approving establishment of 157 new nursing…
New Delhi: “It was like we were on a deathbed,” recalled a relieved Sukhvinder Singh from Haryana as he arrived at the Delhi airport from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday night after being evacuated from strife-torn Sudan. In his mid-40s, the engineer was among the first batch of 360 Indian nationals who returned home under India’s…
