NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain petitions filed by two convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape and murder case seeking interim bail and also challenging the apex court’s order setting aside the remission granted to them and nine other convicts in the case.Radheyshyam Bhagwandas and Rajubhai Babulal, undergoing life imprisonment, challenged…
HYDERABAD: After wading through a stream in spate, climbing hills, and trekking 16km for over five hours, Allem Appaiah, district medical and health officer (DMHO) of Mulugu in Telangana, reached a remote hamlet in Wajedu mandal to deliver medicines, mosquito nets, and provisions to 11 tribal families.The reason Appaiah undertook the arduous journey was not…
NEW DELHI: The Army has pumped in another 3,000 soldiers into the Jammu region to tackle the surge in terrorism south of the Pir Panjal range, even as General Upendra Dwivedi is also slated to visit the area to review the operational situation on Saturday.“A brigade headquarters, three infantry battalions and some teams of the…
A major fire broke out on a container cargo merchant vessel approximately 102 nautical miles southwest of Goa. Two Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ships arrived from Goa, actively engaging in firefighting efforts. Visuals depicted enormous flames engulfing the container ship, with ICG ships continuously dousing the flames with water. The ICG is conducted this operation…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs announced on Friday that it was in contact with approximately 50 Indians who want to be relieved from the Russian Army after Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the matter with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his recent visit to Moscow.“Prime Minister Modi raised this matter with President Putin…
NEW DELHI: Pune court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest to Dilip Khedkar, father of controversial probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar.Pune’s session court has granted relief to Dilip Khedkar till July 25 in a case where he is accused of threatening a person with a gun over a land dispute.Earlier in the day, the…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday strongly opposed the police advisory to display the names of eatery owners along the Kanwar Yatra route in Uttar Pradesh and accused it of being against the Constitution.In a social media post on X, Priyanka said, “Creating division in society on the basis of caste and…
NEW DELHI: The UP police order directing eateries on Kanwar Yatra route to display names of owners and workers has divided the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), with several key allies of the BJP opposing the move and calling it “discriminatory”. This even as Haridwar police has taken a cue from their Muzaffarnagar counterparts and…
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday made a fresh claim about the Muslim community, saying it will become majority in the state by 2041.Substantiating his claims, the Assam CM said the Muslim population in the state is growing around 30 per cent every decade, which is nearly double the Hindu population…
New Delhi on Friday reacted to US ambassador to India Eric Garcetti‘s recent remark that there is no such thing as strategic autonomy in times of conflict, and said that the US ambassador is entitled to his opinion. “India, like many other countries, values its strategic autonomy. The US Ambassador is entitled to his opinion….
