CHANDIGARH: On the first day of Operation Prahar-2, a drive against wanted criminals, the Punjab Police conducted statewide raids on Monday and arrested over 1,200 persons, an official said.The police conducted 2,760 raids at locations linked to wanted criminals, the police officer said.Notably, further intensifying the ongoing “Gangstran Te Vaar” (war on gangsters) campaign, on…
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma (File photo) NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said he was ready to be arrested after AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi filed a police complaint against him over a now-deleted Assam BJP’s controversial video.The BJP leader also said he didn’t know anything about the video, adding…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta, alongside health minister Pankaj Singh, inaugurated a series of advanced medical facilities at GB Pant Hospital on Monday. The new additions include a state-of-the-art 256-slice CT scanner, a modern cardiac catheterisation lab, and a dedicated neurointensive care unit, all designed to significantly enhance diagnostic and critical care capabilities…
CHANDIGARH: Police here on Monday used a water cannon on AAP workers who were trying to force their way through barricades to head towards the residence of Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa to protest his alleged objectionable remarks against cabinet minister Harbhajan Singh.Later, Aam Admi Party (AAP) leaders, including finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema, Cabinet…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Monday said pollution control requires sustained, year-round action, inaugurating six new Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring System (CAAQMS) stations to expand real-time tracking of air quality across the capital. She also flagged off 100 ‘Vayu Rakshak’ vehicles for stricter monitoring, and enforcement of pollution control norms. Addressing…
A view of the black Lamborghini that hits several people near the Rev 3, at Gwaltoli police station in Kanpur on Sunday. (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh tobacco baron KK Mishra’s son Shivam, who was allegedly behind the wheel of a Lamborghini that hit pedestrians and a motorcycle in Kanpur, was not driving the…
Unpublished book of ex-Army chief MM Naravane NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Monday registered an FIR over the circulation of an unpublished book of ex-Chief of Army Staff Gen Naravane on social media, cops told news agency PTI.A row was triggered over Naravane’s book after leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi…
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday criticized the BJP-led government and the RSS over comments by the Sangh chief advocating the Bharat Ratna for Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar, saying the party “would not hesitate to award the country’s highest civilian honour even to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin, Nathuram Godse.”Owaisi’s remarks came after RSS chief Mohan…
Sonam Wangchuk (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday informed the Supreme Court that detained climate activist Sonam Wangchuk is in “perfectly good” health and is receiving the “best possible treatment” from AIIMS, Jodhpur while in custody.Wangchuk has been lodged in a jail in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, since September last year in connection with his…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday extended the deadline for scrutiny of claims and objections under the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal and sought a personal affidavit from the state’s director general of police over allegations of threats, violence and obstruction faced by election officials during the exercise. A…