Bengaluru: A first-time flyer from Rajasthan has been arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport here on charges of smoking ‘Beedi’ on the Bengaluru-bound Akasa Air flight, police said on Wednesday. The 56-year-old from Marwar region had boarded the plane at Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Midair, he went to the lavatory and smoked, police said. They added…
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena (UBT) will hold its first executive meeting since the split in the original Shiv Sena in Mumbai on June 18, a party source said on Wednesday. Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray will speak at the meeting which will be held in Worli area, he said. The decision was taken at a meeting…
Noida: A drug manufacturing laboratory set up by foreign nationals inside a three-storey house in Greater Noida has been busted, police said on Wednesday. Nine people of African origin have been arrested and 46 kg of methametaphine (MDMA) estimated to be worth Rs 200 crore in the international market has been seized, Gautam Buddh Nagar Police…
Patna: Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor Wednesday cautioned the Congress against “mistaking” the victory in Karnataka assembly polls as a precursor to its performance in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. His statement shared by ‘Jan Suraaj’, a political campaign launched by the IPAC founder in his home state of Bihar, pointed out that despite the Congress winning…
Bhaderwah/Jammu: Tourists in large numbers have begun to make a beeline for the snow-filled meadowlands of Jammu and Kashmir’s Bhaderwah Valley, rekindling hope among business people here that it would boost the local economy which is still dealing with the aftereffects of the Covid pandemic. Unseasonal snowfall over the past few days has spread a wonderful…
Thiruvananthapuram: The LDF government in Kerala on Wednesday approved an ordinance that provides for stringent punishment, including imprisonment of up to seven years and a maximum fine of Rs 5 lakh for those found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to doctors, medical students, and others working in the health services sector in the state. The…
Kishtwar/Jammu: The Special Investigative Unit (SIU) of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday raided five terrorists’ houses in Kishtwar district in connection with a terror support and terror funding case, a senior official said. The houses belonged to terrorists who are operating from Pakistan and are engaged in revival of terrorism in the region, he…
New Delhi: CBI has arrested a freelance journalist and a former Navy commander for allegedly collecting sensitive information related to defence matters illegally and passing them on to foreign intelligence agencies, officials said on Wednesday. Following an FIR against Vivek Raghuvanshi, CBI on Tuesday conducted searches on premises linked to the freelance journalist, listed as…
Srinagar: The planned phased withdrawal of the Army from certain areas of the Jammu region has been shelved “indefinitely” in view of terror attacks being orchestrated from across the border, officials said here. They said the government had planned to reduce the footprints of Rashtriya Rifles, a counter-insurgency force of the Army, in the Jammu…
Kolkata, May 16 (PTI) An explosion at an illegal firecracker unit located in Egra in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal killed five people and critically injured seven others on Tuesday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said. The impact of the explosion “was so massive” that the factory, which was being run from a residential building,…
