New Delhi: The Indian Army’s Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) ‘Prachand’ on Monday successfully carried out the firing of 70mm rockets in both day and night conditions, officials said. The firing was carried out at a firing range near Likabali in Assam, they said. “The inaugural firing of 70 mm rocket and 20mm turret guns of Light Combat…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case on November 2, official sources said on Monday. Kejriwal (55) has been issued the summons under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and according to the sources, the agency will record his statement once…
New Delhi: It is now incumbent on the part of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to tell the Supreme Court and people the whereabouts of Rs 338 crore in the excise case against former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, the BJP said on Monday, targeting AAP on the court’s observation that money transfer was tentatively established….
New Delhi/Panaji: The approach of ‘might is right’ has no place in maritime order and fair rules of engagement are crucial for fostering collaboration and ensuring that no single country dominates others, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday in remarks seen as an oblique reference to China’s aggressive muscle-flexing in the Indo-Pacific. In an…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday called for intergovernmental cooperation to share “actionable information” to crack down on the masterminds behind smuggling and illicit trade networks. She said the focus of enforcement agencies should be to nab the “brain” behind illegal trade, which would in turn act as a deterrence for such unlawful…
Madurai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday accused the Raj Bhavan of ‘spreading lie’ on the petrol bomb case. The Molotov cocktail was not hurled inside the Raj Bhavan but on the ‘road,’ outside the premises that houses Governor R N Ravi’s residence, he said. After paying respects at the memorial of…
Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday visited the train accident victims at the Vizianagaram Government General Hospital and enquired about their treatment and facilities. At least 14 persons died and 50 were injured when Palasa Passenger hit the Rayagada Passenger train from behind on the Howrah-Chennai line at Kantakapalli, about…
Hyderabad: BRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday said the state would remain peace-loving and secular as long as he is alive. Rao, who addressed an election rally at Jukkal, said BRS would continue to follow the principles of ‘Ganga-Jamuna Tehzeeb’ (term used for fusion of Hindu-Muslim cultures in the country)…
Hyderabad: Ruling BRS MP Kotha Prabhakar Reddy and party candidate from Dubbak assembly segment was stabbed while he was campaigning on Monday allegedly by an unidentified man in Siddipet district, police said. The MP from Medak Lok Sabha constituency suffered injuries in his stomach and has been shifted to a nearby hospital. His condition is said…
New Delhi: Observing that the sanctity of the 10th schedule of the Constitution should be maintained, the Supreme Court on Monday directed Maharashtra assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar to decide the cross-petitions filed by the rival factions of the Shiv Sena seeking disqualification of each other’s MLAs on or before December 31. A bench headed by Chief…
