Major fire breaks out in Mumbai furniture godown
Mumbai/UNI: A major fire broke out in a furniture godown located in Mumbai's suburban Jogeshwari, officials said.
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INS Sahyadri exercises with Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force ship JS Suzutsuki
New Delhi: Continuing with the conduct of Maritime Partnership Exercises (MPX) with Friendly Foreign Countries, INS Sahyadri exercised with Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) ship JS Suzutsuki, an Akizuki Class Destroyer in the Arabian Sea on 11 March 2023.
Jammu and Kashmir: NIA conducts search in Srinagar in ISIS Kerala module case
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency on Monday conducted a search in Srinagar in connection with ISIS Kerala module case, officials said.
Assam Rifles bust PLA's extortion racket
Imphal: Keithelmanbi Battalion, under the aegis of HQ IGAR (South), busted PLA extortion racket by apprehending three PLA cadres with a considerable amount of war-like stores.
SSB, Royal Bhutan officials attend sensitisation workshops on transboundary wildlife crime, trade
Guwahati: Over 70 men in uniform, including officials from the Royal Bhutan Government, participated in two back-to-back sensitisation workshops on Preventing Wildlife Crime and Illegal Wildlife Trade, organised by the country's key border guarding force, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), in two BoP on India-Bhutan border.
Maharashtra: Maoist Downfall
On March 9, 2023, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres shot dead a tribal youth, Sainath Narote (26), at Mardhur village in the Bhamragarh Taluka (administrative division) in Gadchiroli District. The Maoists picked him up from his house on the suspicion that he was a Police informant and shot him dead.
Arunachal Pradesh now passes bill to strengthen traditional village councils
Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh assembly on Thursday passed a bill that will aim at strengthening traditional village councils and fast-track the justice delivery mechanism.
Arunachal Pradesh: Corridor Insurgencies
On March 9, 2023, a militant of the Niki Sumi-led faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K-NS), Jangwang Tangjang, surrendered before Security Forces (SFs) in the Tirap District of Arunachal Pradesh.
EAM S Jaishankar meets visiting Singapore Trade Minister
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday held talks with visiting Singapore Trade Minister Gan Kim Yong and discussed taking forward the India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable process.
Supreme Court to hear Torrent's plea on Mar 20
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on March 20, Torrent's plea against the NCLAT order allowing a second round of auctions.
Uttar Pradesh: Two killed, 2 others injured in bike collision
Jalaun/UNI: Two youths were killed and two others were injured when two motorcycles collided in the Konch area of Jalaun district here in Uttar Pradesh, police sources said here on Monday.
Kashmir: LeT hideout busted, war like stores recovered in Anantnag
Srinagar/UNI: Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday busted a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant hideout and recovered war-like stores including arms and ammunition in Anantnag district.
Haryana: Jalandhar girl raped in Kaithal
Kaithal: After striking up a friendship over phone, a jeweler from Siwan took a Jalandhar girl to a hotel here in Haryana and raped her, police said.
Election Commission has to pass ‘Agni Pariksha’ after every election: CEC Rajiv Kumar
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar today said that the Election Commission of India has to pass through trial by fire even though the electorate trusts the election results.
FIR registered against US citizen of Indian origin for 'smoking' in flight
Mumbai: The city police has registered a FIR (first information report) against a US citizen of Indian origin for allegedly smoking in the aircraft toilet, misbehaving with flight crew and attempting to yank open the door mid-air.
Silicon Valley Bank collapse: Minister Rajiv Chandrasekhar to meet Indian Startups
New Delhi: Union Minister for Electronics and Technology Rajiv Chandrasekhar on Sunday said that he will meet with Indian Startups to understand the impact on them due to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and how the government can help them.
Kashmir's padwomen:Eves breaking taboos, manufacturing sanitary napkins
Srinagar: A women's Self Help Group has fought against all taboos to manufacture and distribute sanitary napkins under a NABARD-aided project in Narupora village of Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said.
Maharashtra: Six killed in road accident
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Six people, including four women and a girl hailing from Chatrapati Sambhajinagar district, were killed and seven others were injured in a road accident in Maharashtra's Buldhana district on Sunday, officials said.
Nepal's envoy to India appreciates relationship shared between armies of neighbouring nations
New Delhi: Nepal's envoy to India Shankar Prasad Sharma has appreciated the relationship between the armies of the two countries on the 260th Nepali Army Day celebration here.
Australian PM Anthony Albanese praises Narendra Modi for taking extraordinary efforts to make his delegation feel welcome
Ahmedabad: Australian PM Anthony Albanese on Saturday praised his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for making all efforts to make his delegates feel welcome in the country.
'Congress dreaming of digging my grave while I'm busy building Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway': PM Modi jabs Congress in Karnataka rally
Mandya (Karnataka): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took a jibe at Congress, saying Congress is dreaming of digging his grave while he is busy dreaming of Karnataka’s development as he pitched for a double-engine government in the poll-bound southern state.
Pakistan does not want peace in Jammu and Kashmir: DGP Dilbag Singh
Srinagar: Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh on Sunday said that Pakistan does not want peace to prevail in Jammu and Kashmir.
UP: Five of a family charred to death, one injured as hut catches fire
Kanpur/UNI: Five members of a family were charred to death and one more was injured when a hut caught fire under mysterious circumstances in the Rura area of Kanpur Dehat district here in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, police sources said.
PM Modi holds mega roadshow in poll-bound Karnataka's Mandya; to inaugurate mega projects
Bengaluru/IBNS: In a bid to fight the anti-incumbency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday held a roadshow in Mandya - a region which has been the stronghold of its rival Janata Dal (Secular) or JDS ahead of the election due later this year.
Bhagwant Mann govt cracks down on Punjab 'gun culture', cancels 800 licences
New Delhi/IBNS: In a major crackdown on the so-called 'gun culture' in Punjab, the Bhagwant Mann government Sunday cancelled the licences of 813 guns in the state.
PM Modi to inaugurate Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway in poll-bound Karnataka
Bengaluru/IBNS: With the Karnataka Assembly elections two months away, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a roadshow in the JD(S)-Congress stronghold of the Mandya district of the state on Sunday.
Nitish Kumar rules out any change in Bihar alliance
Patna/UNI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ruled out any change in the alliance and said that there is no need to worry about the same.
NIA nabs two in Madhya Pradesh in 2021 case
Seoni (MP)/UNI: In a joint operation with Madhya Pradesh Police, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took two suspects into custody on Saturday.
'Unfortunate': Japanese woman assaulted at Delhi's Holi event reacts
New Delhi: A Japanese woman was manhandled by a group of men in a Holi gathering in Delhi’s Paharganj area. The horrifying incident came to light after she posted a video of the men smearing colour on her despite her discomfort and one of them even smashed an egg on her head.
Delhi liquor scam: ED questions BRS leader K Kavitha for 9 hrs; summoned again on Mar 16
New Delhi: After being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for over nine hours in the Delhi liquor policy case, K. Kavitha, leader of Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) and daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, departed from the ED office in New Delhi, media reports said.