CHATRA: Security forces recovered two cylinder bombs from Maoist-hit Kujram forest in Chatra district of Jharkhand on Friday during a joint operation in the area by district police and 190 Battalion of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), led by CRPF assistant commandant Manish Kumar.Commandant Manoj Kumar of the CRPF battalion said: “The ultras planted two…
CRPF and district police recover 2 bombs in Maoist-hit Kujram forest, Chatra, Jharkhand. Joint operation led by assistant commandant Manish Kumar. Commandant Manoj Kumar defused bombs targeting polling parties for Lok Sabha election disruption. Source link
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court instructed Uttar Gujarat Vij Co Ltd (UGVCL), a power distribution firm, to restore electricity within 48 hours to a bungalow that is home to two orphaned children. In Dec 2023, the firm cut off power supply to the house at the request of one Kiran Parikh, the registered owner of the…
CUTTACK: Being an undertrial prisoner (UTP) for nine years does not infringe the fundamental right to life and liberty, Orissa high court has held on a plea by a Maoist kingpin, Sabyasachi Panda.Panda (55) faces 131 cases, of which he has been acquitted in 89, his counsel BS Rayaguru pointed out as he sought his…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra has the highest number of registered voters in the age-group of 85 years and above – 13 lakh – in the country, according to data available till April 8.Uttar Pradesh comes next with 10.4 lakh registered voters, while Bihar has 6.6 lakh and Tamil Nadu has 6.1 lakh voters in the 85+ category….
VIJAYWADA: Andhra Pradesh chief minister and YSRCP president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy was injured in a stone pelting incident while campaigning in Vijayawada on Saturday night.Jagan was on his ‘Memantha Siddham’ bus yatra when someone in the crowd hurled stones at him, even as his followers were busy welcoming him with a huge garland…
PUNE: A Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI)-Pune study found the world-famous Olive Ridley turtle nesting ground at Gahirmatha Marine Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha has shifted a staggering 14km northwards over the last three decades owing to severe coastal erosion caused by climate change and human activities.The peer-reviewed study, published in leading scientific journal Marine Pollution…
NEW DELHI: Iran on Saturday launched an airborne attack toward Israel leading to a major escalation of the long-running conflict the two countries.“Iran launched UAVs from its territory towards the territory of the state of Israel,” Israel’s military spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a televised statement.“We are working in close cooperation with the United States…
NEW DELHI: Iran on Saturday launched an airborne attack toward Israel leading to a major escalation of the long-running conflict the two countries.“Iran launched UAVs from its territory towards the territory of the state of Israel,” Israel’s military spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a televised statement.“We are working in close cooperation with the United States…
KOLKATA: Abdul Matheen Taha and Mussavir Hussain Shazib – two fugitive suspects of the March 1 Bengaluru cafe blast who were arrested at Bengal’s seafront town Digha Friday – had kept changing phones, SIM cards and IDs to evade arrest but left behind the proverbial cookie crumb at a modest mobile repair shop in Kolkata’s…
