NEW DELHI: Akhil Bhartiya Sant Samiti, which claims to represent 18.5 lakh pujaris and 12 lakh saints, moved Supreme Court in support of petitioners seeking scrapping of Places of Worship Act.The petitioner, an organisation of 127 sects of Sanatan Dharma, sought impleadment in pending cases filed by BJP’s Ashwini Upadhyay, Subramanian Swamy and other Hindu…
RAIPUR: The IED triggered Monday, killing eight constables and a driver, was planted long ago, authorities said, with grass growing on the wires connected to it.“It was probably a command IED, one that is triggered manually by Maoists with a switch wired to the bomb,” Dantewada DIG Kamlochan Kashyap said. The blast was triggered near…
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh police‘s counter-insurgency force District Reserve Guard (DRG) lost eight constables and a driver when Maoists targeted their vehicle by setting off an IED weighing almost 70kg in Bastar region‘s Bijapur district Monday afternoon.This was the deadliest Maoist attack since April 2023 when a similar IED explosion claimed the lives of 10 security personnel…
NEW DELHI: In contempt proceedings, SC generally acts tough but on Monday was “hoping and praying” for resolution of the stalemate over hospitalisation of farmer Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on a fast-unto-death in support of protesting farmers’ demand for legal guarantee of MSP.Punjab govt, whose chief secretary and DGP are facing contempt petition for…
RAIPUR: “The DRG men were returning to neighbouring Dantewada district in a Scorpio when the IED blast was triggered near Ambeli-Karkeli villages,” Bastar range IG P Sundarraj said. The impact was such that a chunk of the road hit the windscreen of the following vehicle. Another IED attack. Another homecoming team blown apart. And the…
NEW DELHI: Pointing to how aspirational India now wants to accomplish more in less time and people wish to take long-distance journeys swiftly, PM Narendra Modi Monday said this has led to more demand for high-speed trains. He said the day is not far when the first bullet train starts operating in India.Speaking after virtually…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah Monday paid obeisance and sought blessings at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib on the occasion of Parkash Purab (that marks the birth centenary) of the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh.In a post on X, Shah said, “On the occasion of Parkash Purab of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, an epitome…
NAGPUR: Bombay high court on Monday took suo motu cognizance of tourists cornering a tigress and her five cubs in Umred-Pauni-Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary near Gothangaon Gate, ordering principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF) to submit a detailed affidavit by Wednesday, outlining actions taken and preventive measures.In the viral videos of the December 31 incident, safari…
BHOPAL: The body of an accident victim was left on the road for hours on Sunday night as police from Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh squabbled over jurisdiction. Even the pleas of the family went unheeded as MP cops allegedly insisted it wasn’t their responsibility. The accident happened in Chhatarpur district, and MP police eventually…
RAIPUR: After a two-day chase, Bastar police arrested Suresh Chandrakar – prime accused in the murder of Bijapur journalist Mukesh Chandrakar – from Hyderabad late Sunday night. SIT brought Suresh 400km by road to Bijapur on Monday.This takes the number of arrests in the case to four. Suresh’s brothers Dinesh and Ritesh, along with supervisor…
