The death toll in Thursday’s ambush attack on two Army vehicles in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district has reached five. The incident happened amidst an anti-terrorist operation in the Dera Ki Gali area of Thanamandi. Two other soldiers were injured and have been admitted to a hospital. The bodies of the slain soldiers were mutilated, Army officials said. The attack happened on Thursday around 3:45 pm when two Army vehicles carrying troops to the operation site were ambushed by terrorists in Dera Ki Gali, also known as DKG. The Army vehicles were carrying soldiers to the site of a cordon-and-search…
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Delhi police detained Karnataka-based techie The Delhi Police has detained for questioning two more people in connection with the Parliament security breach case. One of them is a Karnataka-based techie, a close friend of accused Manoranjan D. The other hails from Uttar Pradesh, police sources said. A team of the Special Cell questioned the duo, who are suspected to be a part of the now-deleted Facebook page ‘Bhagat Singh Fan Club’. Sai Krishna Jagali, a techie and son of a retired deputy superintendent of police, was picked up from his house at Vidyagiri in the district headquarters town of Bagalkote…
In a huge political and legal blow to the ruling DMK, the Madras High Court on Thursday sentenced sitting higher education K Ponmudy and his wife Visalatchi to three years in jail and a Rs 50 lakh fine in a disproportionate assets case. The minister and his wife Visalatchi submitted their medical records to the court. They also informed the court that the case was very old and requested minimal punishment, claiming Ponmudy was 73 years old while his wife was 60 years old. Hearing their submission, the judge suspended the sentence for 30 days allowing the minister and his…
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav and his father and RJD chief Lalu Prasad for questioning in the railways land-for-jobs money laundering case probe, official sources said on Wednesday. While Tejashwi (34), has been asked to depose before the federal probe agency at its office in Delhi on December 22, Prasad (75), has been asked to appear next week on December 27 to record their statements under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED has once questioned Tejashwi for about eight hours in this case on April 11 but this is the first…
The Lok Sabha, on Wednesday, passed three bills to replace the colonial-era criminal laws by voice vote. The three redrafted bills —the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill—were introduced in the Lok Sabha by Union Home Minister Amit Shah last week. These bills will replace the Indian Penal Code-1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure Act-1898, and the Indian Evidence Act of 1872, respectively. Replying to a debate on the bills in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, Shah said the proposed laws were framed after comprehensive consultations and that he had gone through…
The star Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami is set to receive a prestigious Arjuna Award for his sensational performance in 2023. The experienced bowler was a leading wicket-taker in the recently concluded ICC ODI World Cup 2023 with 24 wickets in just seven innings and is the only cricketer among 26 athletes to receive an award in 2023. Arjuna Award, India’s second-highest sporting honour, is given for outstanding performance in Sports and Games. Shami enjoyed a sensational year as he spearheaded the Indian bowling attack during the team’s dominant road to the World Cup final. The 33-year-old right-arm pacer from Uttar Pradesh mainly…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal have proposed the name of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge as the prime ministerial candidate of the opposition INDIA bloc. The veteran leader, however, was not keen on accepting the offer and said it’s important to win first and everything else could be decided later. “I work for the downtrodden. Let’s win first, then we will see. I don’t seek anything,” Kharge said. Twenty-eight opposition leaders attended a crucial meeting in Delhi today to strategies for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, including a joint campaign and seat-sharing. Twelve parties supported…
The Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY), a unique initiative of the Government of India to promote financial security of young girls also instills a sense of empowerment and independence in young girls, setting them on a path towards a prosperous future. This scheme, launched under the “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” campaign, focuses on empowering families to secure their daughters’ future through a long-term savings plan. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana offers an attractive interest rate, currently set at 7.6%, which is compounded annually. This encourages parents and guardians to invest in their daughters’ future right from an early age. The account can be opened…
Several Opposition MPs including Shashi Tharoor (Congress), Farooq Abdullah (National Conference), Manish Tewari (Congress), Dimple Yadav (SP) and Supriya Sule (NCP) have been suspended from Lok Sabha for the rest of Winter Session for displaying placards and raising slogans, demanding a reply from the home minister over the December 13 Parliament security breach matter. In a major security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack last Wednesday, two men — Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D — jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour, released coloured smoke and shouted slogans, before being overpowered…
Delhi Airport achieved a historic milestone on November 28, recording its highest-ever single-day passenger traffic of 221,000, as per the latest data released by GMR Airports. The airport also marked its peak traffic in the first eight months of the financial year at 47.8 million, demonstrating a notable 15% increase compared to the same period between April and November 2022. In November alone, air passenger traffic experienced a commendable 7% surge, reaching 6.07 million compared to the previous year. However, in comparison to October, the growth in air passenger traffic remained steady. Notably, the data for the fiscal year 2023-24…