New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled the extension granted to Enforcement Directorate (ED) director Sanjay Kumar Mishra as illegal and ordered him to step down from the position by July 31.
Pakyong district in Sikkim, witnessed the ceremony for the North East Grid Natural Gas Pipeline Project took place on Friday. Organized by Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited (IGGL), the ceremony marked a significant milestone in the project's progress and was attended by Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya.
New Delhi/IBNS: A temporary staffer of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has been arrested for allegedly sharing details of G-20 meetings and other confidential information with an unidentified person in Pakistan.
New Delhi/IBNS: Hours after the Supreme Court held as illegal the third extension granted to the Enforcement Directorate chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra and curtailed his extended tenure, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday said is not important as whoever assumes this role will take note of the rampant corruption of a "cozy club of entitled dynasts who have an anti-development mindset".
Mechuka, a secluded town in Arunachal Pradesh's Shiyomi district renowned for its tourism sector, high-speed 4G services have finally arrived, opening up new horizons for the region.
New Delhi/IBNS: Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the benched chief of the country's Wrestling Federation and accused of sexually harassing female wrestlers, has refused to step down despite the chargesheet filed against him by the Delhi Police.
Bengaluru/IBNS: A former employee of a year-old tech company in Bengaluru killed the Managing Director and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the same after the accused barged into their office and attacked them with a sword, media reports said.
Srinagar/IBNS/UNI: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday expressed her apprehension over the Supreme Court’s decision to hold daily hearings of pleas challenging the abrogation of Article 370 “after remaining silent for four years.”
Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) is heading for a massive victory in all three-tier Panchayat elections as results are pouring in from several districts as the ruling party secured wins in 14,767 gram panchayat (GP) seats, followed by main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that clinched 3,344 seats, according to the State Election Commission on Tuesday.
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a Post Master posted at Post office Bargaon in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly accepting bribe from a Complainant.
Ghaziabad: Six members of a family, including two women and two children, were killed and two others injured when a school bus collided with an SUV in Crossing Republic area of Ghaziabad district here in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, a police officer said here.
New Delhi: Supreme Court in its order quashed the order granting third extension to ED director Sanjay Kumar Mishra, and ordered him time, till July 31, to relinquish office.
Jammu: Alert troops of Indian Army have successfully foiled a major infiltration bid along the Line of Control in the Naushera Sector over two nights in a deliberate and massive operation in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday cracked down once again on the newly-floated offshoots of proscribed Pakistan-backed militant outfits operating in Jammu and Kashmir and conducted raids at five locations in south Kashmir, officials said.
New Delhi: National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval said on Tuesday that India is leading the fight against those who are promoting terrorism and extremism around the world.
Kolkata/UNI: 'If winter comes, can spring be far behind?' This was the refrain from West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Tuesday on his return to the city after meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Monday.
New Delhi/UNI: Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to hear on a day-to-day basis from August 2 a batch of petitions challenging the Centre's August 5, 2019, decision to scrap special status under Article 370 of Jammu & Kashmir.
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal's Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress activists of making one last "desperate attempt" to "steal" the Panchayat elections by "obstructing" the agents and candidates of BJP and other opposition political parties from entering the counting halls.
Guntur: Seven people, including three women and a child, were killed and 15 others sustained injuries, four of them critically, when a rented Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) bus they were traveling in lost control and plunged into the Sagar Canal near Dharshi in Prakasam district on Monday midnight.
New Delhi: Abdulla Shahid, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives will be in India on an official visit on 11-12 July 2023.
Pratapgarh (UP)/IBNS/UNI: Twelve people were killed, and two others were injured when a tanker overturned on a tempo in the Leelapur area of Pratapgarh district here in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, a senior officer said.
Guwahati/IBNS: The Indian government has upgraded Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) in Assam from 'Schedule B' to 'Schedule A' category Central Public Sector Enterprises. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas made the official announcement on July 4, 2023.
New Delhi/IBNS: In a huge setback, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe against TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee in the alleged West Bengal teacher recruitment scam.
Bengaluru/IBNS/UNI: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday said former AICC President Sonia Gandhi will be attending leaders of opposition parties scheduled here on July 17 and 18.
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: A day before the crucial hearing on a batch of pleas challenging the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, the Central government on Monday defended its action in a fresh affidavit, and said that since 2019, the entire region has witnessed an unprecedented era of peace, progress and prosperity.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court Monday refused to pause the Centre's executive order controlling the bureaucrats posted in Delhi in response to a petition filed by Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party government, which had challenged the constitutional validity of the Centre's order.
Indian Tri services contingent on Saturday practiced in France for the Bastille Day parade on July 14, media reports said.
Pampore: A Jammu and Kashmir girl from Pulwama entered her name in the India Book of Records for making a colourful portrait of the traditional firepot ‘Kangri’.
The annual Urs of Sufi Saint Syed Peer Akbar Shah Khaleefa-e-Naqashbandi (RA) was celebrated in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal region with utmost religious fervour.
Research Assistant, Institute for Conflict Management
