NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary, and urged everyone to purchase khadi and handicrafts products as a tribute to him. He also fondly remembered India’s second prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, whose birth anniversary also falls on October 2, noting that he is […]
NEW DELHI — A Jamia Millia Islamia student was shot at and injured by another student inside the Holy Family Hospital in southeast Delhi’s Jamia Nagar area Thursday evening, police said. Around 8.50 pm, information was received regarding a quarrel at Jamia Millia Islamia university library, they said. During inquiry, it was found that the […]
NEW DELHI — The government has ordered internet companies to block 67 pornographic websites following court orders and for violating the new IT rules that were issued in 2021. In an email sent to internet service providers, the Department of Telecom (DoT) has asked them to block 63 websites based on the order of a […]
NEW DELHI — The Government on Wednesday extended by three months its programme to provide free rations to the poor at a cost of over Rs 44,700 crore, as it looked to ease pain from high inflation and make political gains in the upcoming Gujarat election. The scheme to provide 5 kg of wheat and […]
NEW DELHI — The Government of India on Wednesday appointed Lt General Anil Chauhan (Retired) as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). In a statement, the ministry of defence said the retired Lt General will also function as Secretary to Government of India, Department of Military Affairs. “Govt of India appoints Lt General Anil […]
NEW DELHI — After two rounds of nationwide raids and arrest of over 240 leaders and functionaries of Popular Front Of India (PFI), the centre last evening imposed a ban on the outfit for five years. A government notification said PFI and its affiliate organisations or fronts have been declared “unlawful association” with immediate effect […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was conducting raids in over eight states and at multiple locations linked to the Popular Front of India (PFI) members on Tuesday. Sources said that more than 50 people have been detained and the arrests will depend on their questioning. Raids were going on in Aurangabad, Jalana, […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday said it will have its own “platform” to live-stream its proceedings and the use of YouTube for the purpose is temporary. A bench headed by Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit said this when former BJP leader K N Govindacharya’s counsel argued that the copyright of apex court […]
JAISALMER — Two youths from Jammu and Kashmir were apprehended from near the India-Pakistan international border in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district, police said on Saturday. The two were collecting donations in the prohibited area without permission, they said. After questioning, the youths were handed over to the Joint Investigation Committee. They be interrogated by security and […]
NEW DELHI — The CBI on Saturday carried out searches at 59 locations across 21 states and a Union Territory in an internationally coordinated law-enforcement crackdown on online circulation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), with officials here saying more than 50 suspects in the country are under the scanner. The raids, part of Operation […]