NEW DELHI: Keen to engage women personnel in frontline, operational roles, the Central Industrial Security force (CISF) is set to induct the first-ever all-women commando team into its core operations. Likely to be deployed at airports and sensitive installations post-training, around 100 women CISF personnel will be imparted operational skills, such as physical fitness and…
NEW DELHI: India has conducted the maiden test of an indigenous integrated air defence weapon system (IADWS), which has a combination of two surface-to-air missiles and a laser-based anti-drone weapon to tackle incoming aerial threats.The IADWS, which is controlled by a centralised command and control centre, was tested by DRDO off the coast of Odisha…
NEW DELHI: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi is now headed for Algeria to boost the bilateral defence engagement with the country, as part of the ongoing overall outreach to Africa where China has made deep strategic inroads.General Dwivedi’s visit from Aug 25-28 aims at reinforcing defence and security engagement between India and Algeria, with a…
Thiruvananthapuram/Kozhikode: The resignation of Congress’ Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women, appears imminent, with the party distancing itself from him. Although no senior neta has directly asked him to step down, most have conveyed to the KPCC brass that his resignation was the only way to protect…
BHOPAL: A retired Madhya Pradesh cop was allegedly thrashed and robbed by his estranged wife and their two sons for refusing to share money from his retirement fund. They allegedly fled with his ATM card and cell phone.The alleged assault in Shivpuri district came to light after a video purportedly showing Pratipal Singh Yadav, 62,…
RAIPUR: Taunting a husband for being unemployed during a financially vulnerable period amounts to mental cruelty, Chhattisgarh high court has ruled while granting divorce to a 52-year-old lawyer from Durg.A division bench of Justice Rajani Dubey and Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad set aside an Oct 2023 family court judgment that had dismissed his petition. The…
NEW DELHI: An investigation by ED, assisted by the ministry of external affairs (MEA) and its foreign missions and embassies, has unearthed a massive NRI admission racket, in which private medical colleges were found offering admissions on about 18,000 reserved MBBS UG and PG seats under the quota by using forged documents of non-resident Indians.India’s…
NEW DELHI: Ukraine ambassador Oleksandr Polishchuk has said that India and Ukraine remain in touch about a possible visit by President Volodymyr Zelensky to India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had invited the president to visit India when he travelled to Kyiv last year and Zelensky had accepted the same.“In relation to the declaration about the…
GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma accused activist Harsh Mander, Congress, Jamaat-e-Islami-Hind, a senior advocate, and “people from Pakistan and Bangladesh” of attempting to destabilise the state.“Some people have been visiting different parts of the state since Saturday to spread unrest. Their movements are under strict watch to ensure they do not succeed the…
BENGALURU: Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths on Sunday brought Congress MLA K C Veerendra to Bengaluru for further investigation into a money laundering case linked to illegal betting, with sources saying that he will be also questioned in matters related to casinos in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Georgia linked to the politicians.According to the sources, the…