MUMBAI: Actor Salman Khan was the primary target of the gang that shot NCP politician Baba Siddique on October 12, said the police chargesheet submitted on Monday.The chargesheet claimed that Siddique’s murder was executed as part of a fallback plan after an initial attempt to eliminate Khan failed because of the security cover around the…
CHENNAI: In yet another faceoff between the M K Stalin govt and Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan, governor R N Ravi Monday walked out of the state assembly within three minutes of entering the House, and without reading the customary address, in protest of the national anthem not being played at the start of the first…
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: “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…
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…
NEW DELHI: As he received outgoing US NSA Jake Sullivan for what was his last in-person engagement with the Biden administration, PM Narendra Modi said the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership has scaled new heights, including in the areas of technology, defence, space, biotechnology and artificial intelligence.In a post on microblogging site X after the…
NEW DELHI: Amid increasing Afghanistan-Pakistan tensions over Pakistani airstrikes targeting civilians, India expressed solidarity with the Taliban regime in Kabul as it condemned any attack on innocent civilians and said Pakistan is in the habit of blaming neighbours for its internal failures.The govt said in a statement it had noted the media reports on airstrikes…
