JAMSHEDPUR: A dreaded Maoist carrying a bounty of Rs 10 lakh and involved in around 100 attacks, including a jailbreak and the murder of police officials, died from gunshot wounds sustained in an encounter with security forces during a combing operation in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district Sunday morning, reports B Sridhar.An SLR rifle and several…
NEW DELHI: Congress ON Sunday said Trai has rejected its application to send SMSes to its workers in Maharashtra to inform them about a documentary about how the Maharashtra 2024 elections were “stolen”, with the telecom regulatory authority reportedly telling the party the messages could not be sent as they were “protest content”.Congress data analytics…
BIJNOR: A district court in Bijnor has sentenced a 30-year-old man from Shahjahanpur to rigorous life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 40,000 on him for killing a taxi driver and stealing his car, reports Harveer Dabas.On Aug 7, 2022, Ramnarayan (in his early 40s), a taxi driver and a resident of Swami Nagar…
NEW DELHI: RSS on Friday backed Election Commission’s voter roll revision as a “transparent and impartial” exercise, endorsed the govt’s National Education Policy 2020 and Indian languages initiatives, and flagged infiltration in states like Bengal as a “serious concern” that must be addressed. It also expressed concern over forced religious conversions in the Northeast and…
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court has upheld a man’s 12-year jail term for raping a 10-year-old in 2017, saying the child’s testimony inspired confidence and was reliable, and the conviction could rest upon it alone. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri passed the order on Sept 3 while dismissing an appeal filed by the convict, Tonny. “The…
INDORE: Three workers died while another was hospitalised after a suspected gas leak at a lubricant-manufacturing factory in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district Sunday.The accident occurred around 8.30pm when employees of Sagarshri Lubricants Pvt Ltd in Pithampur’s Bagdun area entered a chamber for routine maintenance and were exposed to toxic fumes.DIG Nimesh Agrawal identified the deceased…
22-year-old man was stabbed to death after a violent clash broke out between two groups during a Ganesh immersion procession in Meerut on Saturday night. Police said four persons have been arrested so far and three special teams formed to investigate the matter. Source link
Jason Miller, head of lobbying firm SHW Partners hired by India, has met US President Trump and a few officials against the backdrop of tensions over Washington’s policy on trade and tariffs. Miller did not mention the purpose of his meeting with Trump and others, but posted several photos including one with the President on…
INDORE: A police station in-charge died while two of his colleagues are missing after their vehicle plunged into the swollen Kshipra river near Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh late Saturday while they were searching for a missing woman, reports Karishma Kotwal.Unhel police station chief Ashok Sharma, 58, was travelling with sub-inspector Madanlal Ninama, 56, and woman…
ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh-based anti-dam activist and lawyer Bhanu Tatak was stopped Sunday from boarding a flight to Dublin from Delhi after immigration authorities acted on a look out circular (LOC) linking her to two pending police cases in her native state, one for alleged criminal trespass and the other for defacement of a mural at…