KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress’s Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy on Tuesday told Calcutta high court he had deleted the contentious posts on X that had prompted Kolkata Police to summon him for spreading misinformation, adding that he had spoken to the cops about this. The state told the HC that no coercive action would be…
JAMMU: A joint team of security forces unearthed an underground terrorist hideout in the dense forests of Sagrawat in J&K’s Rajouri district Tuesday evening and seized ammunition and other items, police said.“Based on intelligence inputs, a police team from Darhal PS, along with personnel from SoG, CRPF and the Army’s Rashtriya Rifles launched a cordon-and-search…
J&K’s Kishtwar district administration on Tuesday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old Hindu girl by a member of another community in Marwah area on Saturday, after protests by locals over the incident escalated following alleged police high-handedness.Kishtwar SSP Abdul Qayoom said an FIR had been registered under the Pocso…
NEW DELHI: India and Japan will crank up their defence-industrial collaboration for cutting-edge technologies, which includes the “Unicorn” stealth antenna system for warships, as well as enhance military interoperability through combat exercises and cooperation in space and cyber domains, with an eye firmly on China’s aggressive moves in the Indo-Pacific region.The Japanese Unicorn or ‘unified…
NEW DELHI: A two-seater training aircraft enroute to Saraikela from Jameshedpur went missing mid-air on Tuesday. According to the officials, a search operation has been launched and neighbouring districts have also been informed.The aircraft took off from the Sonari aerodrome in Jamshedpur around 11 am.‘The aircraft was last located near Nimdih in Seraikela-Kharsawan district,’ East…
NEW DELHI: The Union Public Service Commission’s (UPSC) move to cancel advertisement for 45 lateral entry jobs in mid-level government posts on Tuesday is the first indication that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third straight term in office is more of NDA 3.0 – a coalition government in which allies play a crucial role rather than…
NEW DELHI: The security forces on Tuesday busted underground terrorist hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri. The forces said that a large amount of daily use items including cooking gas, blankets and utensils were recovered. Further, the security forces also uncovered a cave-like hideout in the Balotha area of Basantgarh in Udhampur district as part…
NEW DELHI: An Uttar Pradesh court on Tuesday ordered the police to arrest Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh along with Samajwadi Party leader Anoop Sanda and four others for missing hearing in a 2001 protest case.“The court has directed the police to arrest all the accused and produce them in the court by August…
NEW DELHI: The sexual assault of two four-year-old girls by the janitor of a reputed school has led to a huge public outrage in Maharashtra’s Thane district.Protests erupted at Badlapur railway station on Tuesday leading to the suspension of local trains and the blockage of tracks. A call for Badlapur bandh has been given by…
NEW DELHI: In the run up to assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress on Tuesday said that it was ready to form alliance with anyone who opposed the Bhartiya Janta Party’s policies, accusing the saffron party of destroying the “communal fabric” of the Union territory.“The stand of Congress (on pre-poll alliance) is crystal clear….
