NEW DELHI: Five Shaurya Chakras were conferred on CRPF bravehearts and 209 police officers honoured with gallantry medals on the eve of Independence Day for their acts of valour.The five Shaurya Chakra awardees were part of CRPF’s 201 CoBRA battalion and were recognised for displaying extraordinary courage during an engagement with Naxalites on January 30,…
NEW DELHI: Colonel Manpreet Singh and deputy superintendent of J&K Police Humayun Muzzammil Bhat, who laid down their lives while battling terrorists in a fierce encounter in Anantnag district of J&K last September, and two others have been awarded Kirti Chakra, the nation’s second-highest gallantry medal during peacetime, on Independence Day.The other Kirti Chakra awardees…
MUMBAI: Amid speculation that some Congress MLAs cross-voted in the recently held MLC polls-the party is yet to take action over that-two party MLAs, Hiraman Khoskar (Igatpuri) and Jitesh Antapurkar (Deglur), met CM Eknath Shinde late Tuesday, fuelling the buzz that they could join Shiv Sena. Khoskar had met Shinde last month, too. Antapurkar met…
RAIPUR: A 15-year-old girl was chased and beaten to death by a 19-year-old who had a score to settle with her father in Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district Tuesday. Vicky was waiting for the girl at her school, said police. As she stepped out, he intercepted her and passed lewd comments, to which she objected. When he…
NEW DELHI: In a financial bonanza for mineral-rich states, Supreme Court on Wednesday asked public sector undertakings and private entities engaged in mining activities, as well as those using mineral produce as raw material, to pay arrears of royalty and tax on mineral-bearing land to states from 2005 in a staggered manner over the next…
A major chaos broke out at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital after a group of miscreants broke barricades and manhandled the protesting doctors, damaging hospital property at the emergency building. The vandalism took place as the ‘Reclaim the nights’ protest rallies seeking justice for the brutal rape and murder of a young PGT…
NEW DELHI: Thousands of women have come on the streets of West Bengal as part of “Reclaim the night” midnight protest in response to the brutal rape and murder of an on-duty doctor inside a Kolkata hospital last week.The “Women, Reclaim the Night” call, initiated on social media by ordinary citizens, students, homemakers, and office…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally passed an order to move cases filed against Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin over his remarks on ‘Sanatana Dharma‘ out of the state, Live Law reported. It also exempted him from personally appearing before the courts in the case.“You can’t be in State of Tamil Nadu, you…
Nasa is pushing the boundaries of space communication by testing laser technology that could enable live broadcasts from the moon during future Artemis missions. Instead of relying on traditional radio waves, this new method uses laser beams to transmit data and video between Earth and astronauts on the moon.Nasa is working on a new way…
NEW DELHI: Star Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat‘s wait for a ‘positive’ outcome from her appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), against her disqualification at the Paris Olympics, has finally ended after the sports’ top court dismissed it on Wednesday. Earlier on Tuesday, the CAS deferred its decision for the third time, pushing…
