New Delhi: The Indian Navy, on Tuesday, said it carried out another successful anti-piracy operation by rescuing Pakistani crew members from a fishing vessel hijacked by Somali pirates off the East coast of Somalia. “Having thwarted the piracy attempt on FV (fishing vessel) Iman, the warship has carried out another successful anti-piracy op off the…
Chandigarh: BJP candidate Manoj Sonkar on Tuesday defeated AAP’s Kuldeep Kumar to win the post of mayor in the Chandigarh mayoral polls. The polls, being held following the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, assumes significance with opposition INDIA bloc members Congress and AAP joining hands to contest the elections. As part of…
Alappuzha: A Kerala court on Tuesday sentenced to death 14 persons associated with the now-banned Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) in connection with the murder of BJP OBC wing leader Ranjith Sreenivasan in this district in December 2021. The sentence was pronounced by Mavelikkara Additional District Judge V G Sreedevi. The prosecution had…
Bhubaneshwar: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday expressed apprehension that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections would be the last opportunity for the people to save democracy, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi might prefer dictatorship in case his party wins the upcoming polls. He also urged people to keep away from the BJP and its ideologue…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi alleged it was tragic that ‘deserving poor villagers’ of Nagapattinam district in the state were not able to get the benefit of the PM Awas Yojana due to ‘administrative apathy.’ Ravi, who visited Nagappattinam district in the Cauvery delta region of the state on January 28, alleged in…
New Delhi/Ranchi: An Enforcement Directorate team on Monday visited the Delhi residence of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to question him in connection with a money laundering investigation in an alleged land fraud case and camped there for over 13 hours. Official sources claimed Soren was “missing” and could not be contacted by the federal…
New Delhi: Union Minister of State Shantanu Thakur has said that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will be implemented across the country in a week. “Today I am giving a guarantee that CAA will be implemented in Bengal and other states of India in the next seven days,” Thakur said while addressing a public gathering…
Hyderabad: Six members of a family, including two children, died in a road accident in Nalgonda district of Telangana, police said on Monday. The mishap occurred when the family members were returning to their village in the district in a car late Sunday night after a visit to temples in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Tragedy struck…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the Andhra Pradesh government’s plea challenging the anticipatory bail granted to TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu in the Amaravati Inner Ring Road (IRR) scam case. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta dismissed the state’s appeal challenging the high court’s January 10 order giving relief to…
New Delhi: The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is likely to gain around six seats in the Rajya Sabha after the February 27 elections to fill up 56 vacancies, with the JD(U) and the NCP faction led by Ajit Pawar having joined the ruling coalition. The Election Commission on Monday announced elections to the 56…
