Rishra violence: Police prevent fact-finding team from reaching troubled pockets

Kolkata (IANS) The members of a fact-finding team from Delhi, who have come to review the situation at Rishra in Hooghly district where clashes broke out over Ram Navami processions on April 2, were on Saturday stopped by the police from reaching…

Kerala train fire: Accused Shahrukh Saifi sent to 14-day judicial custody

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) Shahrukh Saifi -- prime suspect in the Kerala train fire case which claimed three lives -- was sent to 14-day judicial custody on Friday.

Accused of setting fellow passengers ablaze on a moving train, 24-year-old Saifi…

Govt exploring possibilities of investing in lithium mines in Argentina, Australia

New Delhi (IANS) With requirement for lithium rising manifolds, the Central government is exploring the possibilities of investing in mines abroad, especially in Argentina and Australia.

According to top sources, the joint venture company of…

Fake PMO official arrested in J&K to be brought to Gujarat

Ahmedabad (IANS) Conman Kiran Patel, who was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir last month for posing as a top official in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), is likely to be brought to Ahmedabad on Friday night, an official said.

A team of Ahmedabad…

HAL hands over 100th Su-30 MKI ROH aircraft to IAF

Nashik/Bengaluru (IANS) Union Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane on Friday inaugurated the third LCA production line and also handed over the 100th Sukhoi-30 MKI ROH aircraft to Air Vice Marshal Sarin at HAL's Nashik Division.

The Signal…

Akali Dal exposes Rs 200-crore liquor scam in Punjab

Chandigarh (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday exposed a Rs 200-crore liquor scam in the Excise Department in Punjab and demanded a CBI probe into the fraud and arrest of all guilty on the same pattern as followed in Delhi.

Exposing…

'Tender apology, be more responsible': SC to lawyer claiming attack on migrant workers in TN

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday asked lawyer Prashant Kumar Umrao, accused of spreading false information about attacks on migrant labourers from Bihar in Tamil Nadu, to tender an apology and told him to be more responsible.

Umrao's…

Suspect who set passengers ablaze on Kerala train taken into custody from Maha's Ratnagiri

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) Three days after a man set ablaze passengers on a moving train, a special team of the Kerala Police with the help of Maharashtra Police is reported to have taken him into custody, sources said on Wednesday.

The suspect,…

India condemns OIC's statement on Ram Navami violence, terms it 'communal'

New Delhi (IANS) India has condemned the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC)'s statement on the recent clashes between two groups during the Ram Navami processions in some parts of the country.

MEA Spokesperson A. Arindam Bagchi…

At 4,435, India sees highest one-day rise in Covid cases since September 2022

New Delhi (IANS) India on Wednesday reported 4,435 new Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day jump since September 2022, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Affairs.

The number of active cases stands at 23,091, the data showed.