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Lucknow: A court here on Saturday sent four member of a suspected terror module, who were allegedly planning an attack on railway installations in Lucknow, to five days of police custody, officials said. Additional Director General (Law and Order) Amitabh Yash said the gang's main operative, Saqib alias "Devil", a resident of Meerut who worked as a barber, was introduced to Pakistan-based handlers through Aqib from Meerut via Instagram. Preliminary inputs suggest Aqib is residing in Dubai, whi ...Read More >
Manali: Four tourists were killed while 14 others suffered serious injuries when the tourist tempo traveller they were travelling in, skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district on Saturday night. According to the District Disaster Management Authority, 22 people were on board, including two children, and the vehicle was returning from Jalori Pass. Preliminary reports suggest that the tourist vehicle skidded off the road due to slippery conditions created by ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Saturday announced a significant policy regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the judicial system. Amid the growing influence of technology, the court clearly stated that AI will only remain a helpful tool, not a replacement for judges. The primary objective of the policy is to expedite court proceedings and make them more efficient. AI can now be used for tasks such as case allocation, statistical reporting, presentation preparation, judgment ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday said two persons have been arrested for allegedly obstructing Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Shashi Tharoor in Wandoor, Kerala. The poll panel said, "Strict action has been taken in the case involving Dr Shashi Tharoor, who was obstructed by miscreants in Wandoor, Kerala." The ECI confirmed that an FIR has been registered and two individuals have been apprehended. Tharoor, who represents the Thiruvananthapuram parliamentary cons ...Read More >
Motihari: Two more fatalities have been reported on Saturday in Motihari in the spurious liquor case, taking the toll to seven in the past three days. District Magistrate Saurabh Jorwal confirmed the deaths. The deceased have been identified as Chandu Kumar, Pramod Yadav, Parikshan Manjhi, Hiralal Bhagat, Lalkishor Rai, Sampat Sah, and Laddu Sah. On Thursday in Balganga village under Raghunathpur police station limits, two people died. Three more deaths were reported on Friday, followed by two ...Read More >
Kochi: DP World Cochin has welcomed MSC Ilaria, one of the largest container vessels to call at the International Container Transshipment Terminal, officials said on Saturday. In a statement, DP World said the vessel handled over 8,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) -- including import, export, and transshipment volumes -- the "highest ever achieved in a single vessel operation" at the terminal. The new record surpasses the previous milestone of over 6,000 TEUs handled by MSC Aurora. "The ...Read More >
Ernakulam: Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi alleged that an unholy political deal is taking place between Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was speaking at the UDF election campaign meeting held at the Fort Kochi Veli Ground. Rahul, son of former Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, accused the Chief Minister of mortgaging Kerala's interests before PM Modi in order to protect his family and children fr ...Read More >
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court has upheld a single-judge bench order cancelling the SI Recruitment-2021. However, the court struck down the portion of the earlier order in which adverse remarks were made against the then chairman and members of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission, and where the functioning of the commission was taken up suo motu. The division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Sangeeta Sharma passed the order while disposing of appeal ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the state government will distribute one LPG cylinder each to people free of cost during the Bihu and Durga Puja festivals. Addressing an election rally at Mahmora constituency in Charaideo district, Sarma, however, did not clarify whether the free gas cylinders will be distributed among all the people of Assam or to a certain section. "Going forward, we will distribute two free cylinders during Bihu and Durga Puja to the peopl ...Read More >
Mumbai: A spouse cannot be accused of abetting the suicide of his or her partner merely because there was marital discord between the two, the Bombay High Court has said while quashing a case lodged against a woman for abetting the suicide of her husband. The HC's Nagpur bench, in its order passed last week, held that matrimonial discord is common in domestic life and suicide cannot be attributed to any of the spouses merely because there was a matrimonial dispute. It added that there has to be ...Read More >
Jammu/Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Saturday passed a historic bill to establish and incorporate private universities in the Union Territory, fulfilling a long-standing demand of civil society and the education sector. The Jammu and Kashmir Private Universities Bill, 2026 (L.A. Bill No. 08 of 2026), published in the extraordinary issue of the Official Gazette, reads, "A bill to provide for the establishment and incorporation of private universities in the Union Territo ...Read More >
Jodhpur: The Rajasthan High Court has revised the epilogue of its recent judgment on transgender reservation, in which it made critical observations on the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, saying it took away their right to self-identify their gender. The bench comprising Justice Arun Monga and Justice Yogendra Kumar Purohit refused to delete the epilogue entirely but agreed that some paragraphs in it should not have been there. "The court has clarified and order ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Capitals rode on an aggressive 90 by Sameer Rizvi to stun five-time champions Mumbai Indians by 6 wickets in a league game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday. Rizvi, a right-handed batter, was the cynosure of eyes at the 'Kotla' as he took the Mumbai Indians attack to a task. Courtesy of his knock, the hosts chased a tricky target of 163 with 11 balls to spare. Put into bat, the Mumbai Indians managed to score only 162 ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Five individuals have been arrested in connection with the blast incident that occurred outside the Punjab BJP headquarters in Chandigarh, said Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav on Saturday. The Counter-Intelligence wing of Punjab Police, in a joint operation with Chandigarh Police, solved the Chandigarh grenade attack case, DGP Yadav. "Five persons involved in the incident have been arrested, and the two perpetrators involved in the attack have been identified," Yadav ...Read More >
Hyderabad: India's pharmaceutical exports stood at over USD 28 billion up to February in the last financial year, registering a growth of more than 5 per cent compared to the same period last year, a top official said on Saturday. K Raja Bhanu, Director General of the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil), said the sector, currently valued at around USD 60 billion, is projected to grow to USD 130 billion by 2030. "Despite global challenges, pharmaceutical exports have ...Read More >
Jaipur: Animal rights body PETA India has urged Russian photographer Julia Buruleva to withdraw a commercial print featuring a captive elephant painted pink in Jaipur, or donate the proceeds to elephant conservation efforts in India, following the animal's death. In a letter, PETA India's Senior Director of Veterinary Affairs, Dr Mini Aravindan, said the print, reportedly being sold for over Rs 3 lakh, should either be taken down or its earnings directed towards recognised conservation initiati ...Read More >
Kochi: A court on Saturday granted three days' police custody of Malayalam director Ranjith, who was arrested in connection with an alleged sexual harassment incident on a film shooting set. Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate Selmath RM allowed the petition filed by the police seeking custody of Ranjith for three days, granting it until Monday evening. Ranjith was produced in the court from the Ernakulam sub-jail, where he had been lodged for the past three days. He also filed a bail petition ...Read More >
Chennai: Following discrepancies in the nomination papers filed by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader Vijay for the Perambur Assembly constituency, the party's legal team submitted a revised affidavit to the election registration officer (ERO) on Saturday. Vijay is contesting the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections from the Perambur and Trichy East constituencies. Accordingly, he filed nomination papers for the Perambur constituency on March 30 and for the Trichy East constituency on April 2. In t ...Read More >
Malda: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed the culprits behind the violence and gherao of judicial officers in Malda district's Mothabari have escaped, and investigators were harassing the innocent locals in the name of the NIA, the agency assigned to probe the case. Addressing an election rally at Manikchak in Malda, she urged the gathering not to approach judicial officers scrutinising 'under adjudication' cases post-SIR. Instead, submit applications before tribunal ...Read More >
New Delhi: The defence ministry has initiated the process for the indigenous design and development of a 1000-kg aerial bomb akin to Mk-84 for the IAF, aiming to boost India's 'Aatmanirbharta' in the sector, according to senior officials. The project is structured in two phases. The first involves design and development of six prototypes (live and inert), including associated tail units and equipment, they said. The second is the procurement phase, which will commence with the issuance of a com ...Read More >
New Delhi: In what the hospital claimed to be a global first, doctors at the RML Hospital have successfully performed a minimally invasive heart surgery on a 31-year-old woman suffering from a rare condition in which the internal organs were arranged in a mirror image of normal organ placement. The patient from Rajasthan suffered from Situs Inversus, a congenital anomaly, and presented with a complete mirror-image reversal of her internal organs, with the heart on the right side, liver on the l ...Read More >
Pathanamthitta: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday signalled what he termed the 'endgame' for the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala, asserting that the state is poised for a political shift as he addressed a massive National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rally in Tiruvalla, near here. Arriving in Kochi earlier in the day, Modi travelled to Tiruvalla via Changanassery, drawing large crowds along the route in what BJP leaders described as growing momentum for the NDA in central Kerala. Ope ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday remanded Al-Falah group chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui in 14 days of judicial custody, in connection with a money laundering case linked to the "fraudulent" acquisition of a Rs 45 crore worth land in Delhi. Siddiqui was produced before Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan on Saturday, at the conclusion of his ten-day ED custody granted on March 25. He has now been sent to judicial custody till April 17. On March 24, the ED arrested Siddiqui in ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said the Uniform Civil Code Bill and the amendment to the Disturbed Areas Act passed recently by the Gujarat assembly are unconstitutional. After a marathon debate of more than seven hours, the Gujarat assembly last week passed the UCC Bill that seeks to put in place a common legal framework to govern marriage, divorce, succession and live-in relationships irrespective of religion. It stipulates a seve ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday has warned that nuclear power plants and surrounding areas must never be targeted during conflicts, following an airstrike near Iran's Bushehr nuclear facility that left one person dead. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi expressed deep concern over the incident, stressing that even auxiliary buildings near nuclear plants may house critical safety equipment. He reiterated the need for maximum military restraint to pre ...Read More >
New Delhi: A child's right to education does not encompass the right to select a particular school for it, the Delhi High Court has held. A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said the Right to Education (RTE) Act was a beneficial legislation, enacted to achieve the objectives of social inclusion and ensuring that schools become a common space which was not differentiated by barriers of caste, ethnic group or caste lines. "However, such a right to education cannot be tr ...Read More >
Dehradun: Following an encounter, the police have arrested two more accused who were absconding in the murder case of retired Brigadier Mukesh Joshi in the Rajpur police station area, in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. One of the accused sustained a bullet injury in his leg and has been admitted to the hospital. A pistol, along with two empty cartridges and three live rounds, was recovered from his possession. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Pramendra Dobal and Superintendent of Police (SP) City P ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot has called for a comprehensive examination of the state government's recent decision to award only grades, not marks, for the third language in the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examination. The Governor's intervention follows a representation to the Lok Bhavan by the Association for Preservation of Local Languages, which highlighted apprehensions among teachers, parents and educationists about the policy's implications for the ove ...Read More >
Guwahati: Gilbertson Sangma, known as "Man of Golden Boots" for his legendary soccer skills, died of age-related ailments at his Guwahati residence. He was 71 and had been suffering from dementia. Born in 1955, Sanga studied up to Class 10 and joined the Assam Police as a constable in 1971. Soon, he established himself as an active sports enthusiast and continued playing soccer for the Assam Police football team and the state team, too. He was the captain of the Assam Police football team from ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: CPI(M) State Secretary M V Govindan Master has expressed strong confidence that the Left Democratic Front (LDF) will secure a historic third consecutive term in Kerala, asserting that there is no anti-incumbency sentiment against the government led by Pinarayi Vijayan. In an interview with ETV Bharat, Govindan said the LDF is poised for a decisive victory, driven by sustained development and effective governance, particularly during crises like the 2018 floods and the COVID- ...Read More >
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