India has successfully conducted another test of indigenous man-portable anti-tank guided missile (MP-ATGM), which has a strike range of 2.5km strike, with DRDO saying the weapon system is now ready for final user trials by the Army. The fire-and-forget MP-ATGM, which is equipped with day/night and top attack capabilities to penetrate modern armour-protected tanks, has…
CHANDRAPUR: A person died and 80 other devotees allegedly suffered food poisoning after partaking ‘mahaprasad’ at a Kali Mata temple during navratri puja in Majri in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur on Saturday. Six are critical, police said.Only those who consumed ‘boondi’ have food poisoning symptoms including diarrhea & vomiting, sources said.The affected individuals, including 30 women and…
LUCKNOW: Ravi Atri, mastermind in the UP police constable paper leak case, had established two sophisticated computer laboratories in Sikkim’s capital city Gangtok to manipulate online exams, police said.UP STF on April 10 arrested Atri, the brains behind the leak of offline exam papers, including those for the UP police constable exam in 2023, AIIMS…
DEHRADUN: A 30-year-old former security guard with a private agency who was running a fraudulent call centre which had duped people across the country on pretext of offering loans under the PM Mudra Loan scheme (PMMLS), was on Saturday nabbed by the Uttarakhand police special task force (STF) and state cyber cell from a temple…
The recent escalation in tensions, particularly following Iran’s drone offensive, is causing concern among finance ministers and central bank chiefs. The primary impact is expected on oil prices, which surged to $92.2 a barrel, posing risks to global economic stability. In India, while pump prices may not immediately rise due to elections, increased oil prices…
Seven, including 3 women & 2 children from UP’s Meerut, died in car-truck collision on Churu-Salasar highway. Car on LPG cylinder caught fire, spreading flames to truck with cotton. Eyewitness saw victims shouting for help. Source link
Government plans to eliminate hoardings at NH toll plazas mentioning VIPs to reduce VIP culture. This includes amending NH Fee Rules and considering international toll practices highlighted by Kandhal. Source link
NEW DELHI: While silent on legal guarantee to procurement of crops at minimum support price (MSP), BJP‘s manifesto on Sunday talked of the party’s promise of continuing to increase MSP from “time to time”.The party promised to “further incentivise” crop diversification to make agriculture “sustainable and remunerative” – a pitch it had made to protesting…
MANDVA/BENGALURU: Congress launched a scathing attack on Karnataka JD(S) president HD Kumaraswamy who said during a roadshow at Tumakuru on Saturday that rural women are “losing their way” because of govt’s guarantee schemes. The former CM had to make a hasty retreat after protests against the remark.Kumaraswamy said, “This govt (state) in the last election…
BHUBANESWAR: This election season, most bail applications moved in several lower courts in Odisha have a common, yet unusual prayer from undertrial prisoners – “My Lord, my client may kindly be considered for bail to enable him to cast his vote“. Though the number of such petitions and whether bail was granted on the ground…
