RAIPUR: A Maoist was killed in a gunfight with security forces in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar Saturday. This takes Maoist death toll in Chhattisgarh this year to 141, eight this month.Police said an encounter took place in Tumar Gatta and Singavaram villages in Jagargunda when a team of District Reserve Guard was out on…
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress Saturday binned a “in-house judicial enquiry report” released by Raj Bhavan and termed the exoneration of Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose from molestation charges levelled by an ex-Raj Bhavan staff as “garbage”.Raj Bhavan released the report on X, incidentally a day after SC agreed to hear a plea by the survivor,…
JAIPUR: Rajasthan govt has called for a CBI inquiry into production of fake Aadhaar cards, following alarming allegations that animal irises and toe prints were being used in place of human biometrics in Sanchore and other districts bordering Pakistan.State parliamentary affairs minister Jogaram Patel said Saturday that govt will launch an statewide campaign, forming search…
AHMEDABAD: A student from Gujarat aced the NEET-UG with an impressive 705 out of 720. But here’s a puzzling twist: she flunked her Class 12 science boards, held by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB).The NEET-UG results were declared centre- and city-wise on Saturday. Soon, the student’s NEET and HSC science results…
LUCKNOW: A preliminary probe into the Thursday’s derailment of Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express (15904) conducted by a six-member team of railway officials has found cloth pieces were used with at least 72 elastic rail clips to fasten the rail track. The team blamed the engineering department for the derailment. One member of the panel, however, disagreed with…
Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi took a dig at Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Saturday.Recalling their separation in 2001 when Manjhi formed his own party, and Nitish expressed doubts about his ability to lead it successfully, he said, “I want to thank Nitish Kumar ji, when we separated in 2015 and formed the party he…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, said on Saturday that they, in close collaboration with Cambodian authorities, have successfully rescued 14 Indian nationals from fraudulent job offers in the state that lured them into cyber crime.Sharing a post on X , the Indian Embassy in Cambodia said: “Indian Embassy in Cambodia in…
NEW DELHI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat‘s “superman” remark has fed ammunition to the opposition INDIA bloc as it was NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday who took a dig, saying “sensible people” should take note of Bhagwant’s statement. “Someone started calling self a god and now people from the BJP and RSS are talking…
NEW DELHI: A Jindal Group company sent a senior executive on administrative leave following allegations of molestation by a female passenger on a flight and a third-party investigation has been initiated. Meanwhile, Vulcan Green Steel, the steel arm of Vulcan Green, which is part of the Naveen Jindal-led Group of companies, expressed deep concern over…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party’s Somnath Bharti moved Delhi high court challenging the election of Bhartiya Janata Party MP Bansuri Swaraj.Bharti has moved to the court challenging the election on grounds of alleged corrupt practices. Swaraj won the 2024 Lok Sabha elections 2024 from New Delhi constituency defeating Bharti. The BJP had given ticket to…
