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New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) An Assam Police team on Tuesday reached the Delhi residence of Congress leader Pawan Khera for questioning and carried out a search in connection with a case linked to allegations made against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his family, officials said. Speaking with reporters outside the Congress leader's house, Assam police DCP Debojit Nath said that Khera was not found at his residence. However, he said that a search was carried out and electronic devices w ...Read More >
Thane, Apr 7 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday hoped that the Congress party will honour "public sentiment" and ensure an unopposed election in the Baramati assembly constituency by withdrawing its candidate against Deputy CM and NCP president Sunetra Pawar. The seat fell vacant after the death of Sunetra's husband and then Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on January 28. Polling is scheduled for April 23, and votes will be counted on May 4. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) An Assam Police team on Tuesday is at the Delhi residence of Congress leader Pawan Khera for questioning in connection with a case linked to allegations made against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his family, official sources said. The team formally informed Delhi Police upon arrival, following which a local police team joined and is assisting in the proceedings, the source said. ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Apr 7 (PTI) Nearly 50 people, including 40 security personnel, were injured in a clash with local tribals over the construction of a road to Sijimali bauxite mine in Odisha's Rayagada district on Tuesday, officials said. According to officials, the local tribals strongly opposed the road construction at Shagabari village under the Kashipur block of the district. The protesters allegedly hurled stones and attacked police and officials of the district administration with swords, axes ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated To Lam on his election as Vietnam president and said he was confident that under his leadership, the time-tested friendship between the two countries will continue to grow from strength to strength. Modi also said that he was looking forward to working closely together to further deepen India-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for the progress and prosperity of the people of the two countries and the region. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) In a significant procedural directive, the Supreme Court has said that "exceptionally urgent matters" that cannot wait for the listing process have to be mentioned only before the Chief Justice of India, even if he is busy presiding over a constitution bench. According to the usual practice, urgent matters are mentioned for listing and hearing before the seniormost judge of the apex court if the CJI is either unavailable or busy heading a constitution bench. ...Read More >
Srinagar, Apr 7 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir police has busted an interstate Lashkar-e-Taiba terror module and arrested five people, including Abdullah, alias Abu Hureira, who has been on the run for 16 years and was able to set up bases outside the union territory, officials said on Tuesday. Besides Abdullah, another Pakistani terrorist, Usman alias Khubaib, was also arrested in the major operation that involved police in Jammu and Kashmir as well as central agencies, they said. ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 7 (PTI) The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked judicial officers not to use AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot to write judgments and conduct legal research. A letter issued by the high court registrar-general on Monday to all district and sessions judges in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh stated that the Chief Justice has asked them "to direct the judicial officers working under your control not to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, including but not limited ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 33.3 degrees Celsius at Safdarjung, 1.8 degrees below normal, even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for thunderstorms and light rain over the next two days. Across monitoring stations, temperatures remained below the seasonal average. Palam recorded a maximum of 32.2 degrees Celsius, while Lodhi Road and Ayanagar reported around 33.0 degrees Celsius each. The Ridge station registered the highest max ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Apr 6 (PTI) The NIA on Monday formally requested the police to hand over the investigation into the blast in Bhubaneswar in January that left two persons dead, officials said. The central agency wrote to Police Commissioner S Dev Datta Singh seeking transfer of the case for a detailed probe into a possible terror angle behind the explosion that took place at Azad Nagar in the Airfield police station area on January 27, they said. ...Read More >
Jaipur, Apr 6 (PTI) Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said the delay in payment of dues to hospitals under the state government's health scheme has led to disruption of medical services and forced patients to bear heavy expenses. Gehlot said that payments worth around Rs 1,000 crore are pending, due to which private hospitals have started charging beneficiaries under the Rajasthan Government Health Scheme. ...Read More >
Pathanamthitta (Kerala), Apr 6 (PTI) Congress MP K Sudhakaran on Monday backed senior leader Ramesh Chennithala as the chief ministerial face if the UDF comes to power in the April 9 assembly polls and said he hopes Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan will not have to go into "political exile." Responding to a reporter's question on whether he preferred Chennithala as CM, Sudhakaran said leaders are entitled to express their views when a candidate for the post is being considered. "I have said t ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 6 (PTI) Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad on Monday termed the circulation of videos of women victims in the Ashok Kharat case as "extremely serious" and questioned how call detail records (CDR) related to the arrested self-styled godman reached a private individual. Speaking to reporters here, the Mumbai Congress president said the case has brought "shame to Maharashtra" and raised concerns over women's safety in the state. Kharat was arrested for rape on March 18. A probe h ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday exercised its plenary power to transfer cases related to gherao and attack on seven judicial officers engaged in Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Malda district to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said that the credibility of West Bengal bureaucracy is being lowered and politics is being brought into the secretariat and government offices. ...Read More >
Lucknow, Apr 6 (PTI) Bharti Airtel on Monday said it has deployed more than 4,300 new 5G sites across eastern Uttar Pradesh in the last 12 months, boosting its network presence in the region. The large-scale network expansion was undertaken across 48 districts of the UP East circle, covering 34 million people across urban centres, growth towns and remote rural villages. By adding an average of 12 new sites every day, Airtel has accelerated the rollout of high-speed connectivity, ensuring custom ...Read More >
Dhaka/New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) Indian envoy Pranay Verma on Monday met Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and conveyed New Delhi's intent to pursue "positive", "constructive", and people-centric ties with Dhaka based on mutual interest. The meeting came as India and Bangladesh are making efforts to rebuild bilateral ties after Rahman became prime minister following his Bangladesh Nationalist Party's victory in February parliamentary polls. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) Delhiites woke up to a pleasant morning on Monday, with the minimum temperatures settling a few notches below the season's average. According to the India Meteorological Department, Lodhi Road recorded the lowest minimum temperature in the city at 16.6 degrees Celsius, 2.4 degrees notch below normal. Ayanagar followed closely at 16.7 degrees Celsius, a drop of 2.2 degrees Celsius, while Safdarjung, the city's base station, logged 17.7 degrees Celsius. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) India has said it dispatched a fresh consignment of relief materials to Afghanistan to support those affected by the recent floods and an earthquake. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Sunday said India is committed to extending humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people in this challenging time. "India stands in solidarity with the people of Afghanistan and remains committed to extending humanitarian assistance and support during this challengin ...Read More >
Patiala, Apr 5 (PTI) SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday attacked Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, warning that he and his officers will not be allowed to escape from the state after the 2027 Assembly elections and will be held accountable for their "corrupt actions." Addressing a gathering during a 'Punjab Bachao' rally here, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president said, "These corrupt persons think they can run abroad to Canada and Australia and other countries where they have stashed ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 5 (PTI) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday wrote to his Karnataka counterpart Siddaramaiah, seeking urgent intervention in the search for a young IT professional from the state who went missing during a trekking expedition in Kodagu district. In his letter, Vijayan expressed concern over the disappearance of G S Sharanya, who reportedly went missing while trekking in the Thadiyandamol hills on April 2. ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 5 (PTI) Maharashtra minister Uday Samant on Sunday responded to the CDR leak issue in the Ashok Kharat case by claiming a feeling was getting traction among people that political hurdles were being created for "a person from a common household", a reference to Deputy Chief Minister and his party leader Eknath Shinde. Activist Anjali Damania on Friday alleged that at least 17 calls were exchanged between Shinde and arrested self-styled godman Ashok Kharat during an unspecified period ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that both Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar are unlikely to respond to the party's recent questions concerning BJP's Puducherry President and Raj Bhavan constituency candidate VP Ramalingam and Latchiya Jananayaga Katchi (LJK) chief Jose Charles Martin hosting a Sri Lankan diplomat in Puducherry. Replying to Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera's post on X, R ...Read More >
Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu) Calling the DMK's election manifesto the "superstar of the 2026 polls", Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday asserted that while anyone can give promises, the public only trusts those made by his party. Addressing a massive public meeting of the Secular Progressive Alliance here, Stalin, who is also DMK president, launched a scathing attack on AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, accusing him of basing his campaign entirely on "slander and low-lev ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tributes to former deputy prime minister and stalwart Dalit leader Jagjivan Ram on his birth anniversary, saying his invaluable contribution to the nation will always be remembered. "I pay my humble tributes to former Deputy Prime Minister Babu Jagjivan Ram Ji on his birth anniversary. He dedicated his life to the cause of equality and social justice," Modi said. ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 5 (PTI) Senior West Bengal BJP leader and the party's candidate from Kharagpur Sadar constituency, Dilip Ghosh, has declared total assets of around Rs 2 crore, up from his net worth of Rs 1.82 crore divulged during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, which he had unsuccessfully contested from the Bardhaman-Durgapur seat. According to his poll affidavit, his movable assets currently stand at Rs 28.75 lakh, and cash in hand at around Rs 3.5 lakh. His wife, Rinku Majumdar, owns movable assets w ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Apr 4 (PTI) Dhruv Jurel beautifully merged aggression and discretion in his 42-ball 75 to guide Rajasthan Royals to a challenging 210 for 6 against Gujarat Titans after the opening pair of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi set up the platform in an IPL match here on Saturday. In the RR innings, Jaiswal looked like getting back into the groove with a 55 off 36 balls after 'Boy Wonder' Sooryavanshi smashed 18-ball 31 in an opening stand of 70 in just 6.2 overs. Jurel seemed set ...Read More >
Agartala, Apr 4 (PTI) Tipra Motha Party chief Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma on Saturday accused Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha of making "anti-Tiprasa" remarks, a day after Saha mocked his objective for a Greater Tipraland, which proposes incorporating parts of Bangladesh. Addressing a rally for the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) elections at Dasda in North Tripura district, Debbarma alleged that he had been humiliated by the CM in the run-up to the tribal counc ...Read More >
Jaipur, Apr 4 (PTI) 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 conservat ...Read More >
Jammu, Apr 4 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Saturday passed the Private Universities Bill that deals with the establishment and incorporation of private institutions in the Union Territory. The bill moved by Education Minister Sakeena Itoo reads, "A Bill to provide for the establishment and incorporation of private universities in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and to regulate their functioning, management, and academic standards for ensuring quality education and protecting ...Read More >
Chennai, Apr 4 (PTI) The Centre brought the FCRA Bill targeting the properties of Christians and there can be no obvious national interest in the intention to divest the minorities of their properties, DMK Rajya Sabha MP P Wilson claimed here on Saturday. The Centre's intention of introducing the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment (FCRA) Bill was to target Christians during Easter, causing them to apprehensive, the senior advocate further claimed. ...Read More >
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