AHMEDABAD — The Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad in a joint operation with the Indian Coast Guard seized 40 kg heroin worth Rs 200 crore from a Pakistani fishing boat in the Arabian Sea off the Gujarat coast on Wednesday, a senior ATS official said. Six Pakistani crew members of the boat were also apprehended, he […]
NEW DELHI — The Centre on Monday said over 67,000 cattle have died since the outbreak of the lumpy skin disease in July, prompting a massive effort to vaccinate cattle in over eight states with most cases of the disease. Speaking to PTI, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department Secretary Jatindra Nath Swain said states are […]
NEW DELHI — “We don’t want the Supreme Court to be ‘tareekh pe tareekh’ court,” Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud said on Friday, trenchantly deprecating the practice of lawyers seeking repeated adjournments. A bench of Justice Chandrachud and Hima Kohli got annoyed when a lawyer sought time to argue a matter and said he […]
NEW DELHI — Reacting to the Supreme Court order granting bail to Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, his wife Raihana expressed her happiness over the verdict, saying the the top court has realised the hollowness of the case against him. Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Raihana said: “I express my gratitude towards the Supreme Court. He […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested in October 2020 while on his way to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh where a Dalit woman had died after allegedly being gang-raped. A bench headed by Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit directed Kappan to remain in Delhi for the […]
LUCKNOW — Facebook has sent an SOS to the social media centre at DGP headquarters in Lucknow about a NEET aspirant in Lucknow ending life by consuming poisonous substance and helped cops reach the scene and save his life. This was a part of an agreement between the Uttar Pradesh Police and the social networking […]
NEW DELHI — Rajasthan’s Tanishka bagged the top rank in medical entrance exam NEET, the results of which were declared on Wednesday by the National Testing Agency. Delhi’s Vatsa Ashish Batra and Hrishikesh Nagbhushan Gangule from Karnataka bagged the second and third positions respectively. The maximum number of candidates who qualified the exam are from […]
NEW DELHI — The National Testing Agency (NTA) declared the results of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) 2022. CLICK HERE TO CHECK YOUR RESULT
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday said the state and the Central governments cannot provide security to private hospitals and nursing homes, which operate like business enterprises, during the hearing of a plea seeking directions to provide security to doctors and healthcare workers, vulnerable to attacks by patients’ relatives and others. A bench […]
LUCKNOW — The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has questioned the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to survey unrecognised madrasas in the state. The AIMPLB has termed it a part of the “targeting” of the institutions by the BJP-ruled states. Qasim Rasool Ilyas, executive member of the AIMPLB, said, “Madrasas are being targeted in […]