Bengaluru (Karnataka): Union Home Minister Amit Shah has stated that former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the third time as part of an investigation into an alleged insurance scam.
New Delhi/IBNS: Saudi Arabia has safely evacuated 91stranded foreign nationals—66 from friendly countries, including India, the Saudi foreign ministry in a statement on Saturday.
New Delhi: Addressing the gathering on day two at the Global Buddhist Summit 2023 in New Delhi, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Friday called for a focus on wisdom and compassion as he highlighted the situation in Tibet by giving his own example and stressed upon looking at the current situation from a broader perspective.
Slain gangster politician Atiq Ahmed’s lawyer Khan Shoulat Hanif has been accused of criminal conspiracy in relation to the Umesh Pal murder case, media reports said.
Salem/TamilNadu: A group of engineering students at Sona College of Technology have developed a technique to convert discarded Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from hospitals, which usually contributes to landfill waste, into bricks that are more durable and do not require cement.
New Delhi/IBNS: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy successfully conducted a maiden flight trial of a sea-based endo-atmospheric interceptor missile off the coast of Odisha in the Bay of Bengal on Friday.
New Delhi: Australian Minister for Housing, Michael Sukkar, on Friday said that his country has zero tolerance towards violence and such activities as the vandalism of Hindu temples and some Khalistanis activities.
New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik sat on a sit-in protest along with his supporters at a police station in New Delhi on Saturday following a tiff with the Delhi Police, media reports said.
Silvasassa: A man was arrested in Silvassa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli after a video went viral on social media showing him allegedly using the Tricolour to clean chicken, media reports said.
Kolkata: Violence engulfed West Bengal’s Kaliaganj on Saturday after a tribal girl was allegedly raped and murdered, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday vacated his office residence in New Delhi days after his disqualification as a Member of Parliament even as the Congress leader reiterated his resolve to speak out truth for whatever it costs him.
Imphal/IBNS: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh inaugurated the fifth edition of the state-level HUN Thadou Cultural Festival, which will be held for two days at Thomas Ground in Kangpokpi district.
Kollam, UNI/IBNS: The leak of the Intelligence report on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Kerala is a serious security lapse, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan alleged here on Saturday even as the Kerala police and central agencies began an investigation into a letter threatening a suicide bomb attack on the PM during his upcoming visit to the state on April 24-25.
Balaghat/UNI: Two Maoist women - carrying bounties of Rs 14 lakh each - were neutralised and a hitherto-unspecified number of rebels injured by the Madhya Pradesh Police's Hawk Force during an encounter in the wee hours of Saturday.
Chennai/UNI: The Independent Enquiry Committee set up by the Management of Kalakshetra Foundation to probe sexual harassment charges, today announced that it has set up a secure online portal to enable students to register their complaints of sexual harassment.
Changlang district has been selected for the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration-2022 for its initiative, New Age Learning Centre (NALC), in the category of ‘innovation-district’.
New Delhi/Georgetown (Guyana)/UNI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is visiting Guyana, co-chaired the Fourth India-CARICOM Ministerial Meeting in Georgetown on wide-ranging cooperation between India and the Caribbean Community in the fields of trade and economy, agriculture and food security among other issues.
Jalgaon/UNI: Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray UBT senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday denied any rift in the opposition MVA and exuded confidence that the coalition would come to power in Maharashtra after the Assembly election next year.
Kolkata/UNI: Alleging that some forces were trying to dismember the country, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday asserted that she would never allow the country to be divided.
New Delhi/UNI: The Congress on Saturday expelled its Youth Wing chief of Assam unit, Angkita Dutta for allegedly indulging in "anti-party" activities.
Srinagar/UNI: Barring the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, Eid prayers were offered everywhere in huge numbers across Kashmir.
New Delhi/IBNS: Visuals showing Muslim people offering namaz and hugging each other came from across the country including the national capital Delhi as India is celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr on Saturday.
Dimapur/Nagaland: A disability leadership workshop was held at Tourist Lodge in Dimapur on April 13, organized by the Nagaland State Disability Forum (NSDF) in collaboration with the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (SCPD).
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra State Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday extended greetings on the occasion of 'Akshay Tritiya' which is one of the three and a half Muhurtas and the festival of 'Eid-ul-Fitr'.
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik for an inquiry related to his statement that he was offered a bribe of Rs 300 crore to approve two files during his tenure in J&K between August 23, 2018, and October 30, 2019.
Chennai/IBNS: A student was found dead in a hostel room at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras on Friday, reports said.
Kolkata/UNI: Within four days of the Calcutta High Court order for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry, a team of the probe agency Friday raided the house of Trinamool Congress legislator Tapas Saha in connection with the cash-for-jobs scandal in the education sector in West Bengal.
Chandigarh/IBNS: An active bomb was discovered in the parking lot of Gurdwara Sri Darbar Sahib located in Tarn Taran, Punjab, media reports said, adding that the police have reached the location and are currently investigating the matter.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high-level meeting to review the security situation in Sudan via video-conferencing, and directed the preparation of contingency evacuation plans for the over 3,000 Indian nationals living there.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to eight people who were convicted in the 2002 Godhra train burning case, media reports said.
