MUMBAI: Bombay HC on Wednesday granted bail to six accused for the murder of CPI leader Govind Pansare in 2015, including one convicted in the Narendra Dabholkar murder case. Justice Anil Kilor, passing six separate orders on individual pleas, cited incarceration of 5-6 years and the fact that there is “no end of the trial…
KOLKATA/HARINGHATA: An assistant professor of applied psychology at Bengal’s Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology has been sent on leave and ordered to face an inquiry over a set of viral videos showing her decked out as a bride and exchanging garlands with a first-year student during a purported “wedding psychodrama” inside a classroom.Payal…
JAMMU: While no new cases of the mystery illness — that has claimed 17 lives in Badhaal village in J&K’s Rajouri district since Dec 2024 — have been reported since Jan 24, the district administration is continuing with “intensive preventive care” for residents, with 87 Badhaal families comprising 364 members kept in isolation after being…
NEW DELHI: In a major boost for the indigenous Pinaka multi-launch artillery rocket systems, the PM-led cabinet committee on security on Wednesday cleared two major deals worth around Rs 10,200 crore for its lethal ammunition.The two deals are for high-explosive pre-fragmented rocket ammunition at a cost of about Rs 5,700 crore and area denial munitions…
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Police Wednesday raided 25 locations across Rajouri district in connection with a terror-related case and seized incriminating material including documents. Further investigation was underway, officials said.The case pertains to a terrorist network active in Rajouri. In connivance with proscribed terror outfits like Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba, the nexus has been working to…
Arvind Kejriwal (File photo) NEW DELHI: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday responded to the Election Commission over the allegations he made against BJP government in Haryana of ‘mixing poison in Yamuna water’. EC on Tuesday had served notice to Kejriwal, asking him to prove his claim to avoid legal troubles that could lead…
NEW DELHI: “Biological warfare“, “mass murder”, “water terrorism”, “genocide” … Is Arvind Kejriwal‘s “poisoned Delhi’s water” salvo against BJP’s Haryana government a sign of desperation or is it a calculated risk to alter the direction of Delhi campaign by deflecting attention from opposition’s relentless attacks over allegations of corruption against him and his Aam Aadmi…
NEW DELHI: The water dispute between Delhi and Haryana escalated on Wednesday as AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal claimed that Haryana Chief Minister Naib Singh Saini‘s act of drinking Yamuna water was deceptive, suggesting he “pretended” and “spat back the water”.This follows Kejriwal’s earlier assertion on Tuesday that Haryana administration had “poisoned” Delhi’s water supply, potentially…
Magnus Carlsen (Photo Credit: @FIDE_chess on X) NEW DELHI: World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen recently expressed criticism towards the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in response to an open letter from Jan Henric Beuttner, co-founder of Freestyle Chess, to FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky. Carlsen supported Beuttner’s stance with a brief message encouraging greatness, directly tagging FIDE…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday expressed grief over the stampede at the Triveni Sangam during the Maha Kumbh’s Mauni Amavasya ‘Amrit Snan’, which left at least 30 devotees dead and 60 injured.CM Yogi announced financial assistance of Rs 25 lakh each for the families of the deceased and ordered a…
