Rajiv Kumar named new Chief Election Commissioner

New Delhi (IANS) Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has been appointed the new Chief Election Commissioner of India with effect from May 15, an official statement said on Wednesday.

According to the statement issued by the Ministry of Law and…

Indian-Americans plan to distance themselves from Indian govt on Ukraine war

Washington (IANS) Indian-Americans plan to issue a forceful denouncement of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in an attempt to shield themselves from the fallout of the Indian government's continued refusal to condemn the war, which has drawn widespread…

Bulldozers again roll in Delhi, Left protests

New Delhi (IANS) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Wednesday continued its drive to demolish illegal encroachments in several parts of the national capital, while left parties protested against the government accusing them of spreading a…

SC puts sedition law on hold, no new FIRs to be lodged till review is complete

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday put on hold the colonial-era penal provision of sedition and asked the Centre and state governments to refrain from registering any FIRs under the sedition provision, Section 124A of the Indian Penal…

Demolition drive underway at Delhi's Mangolpuri

New Delhi (IANS) The demolition drive against illegal encroachment is currently underway in the Mangolpuri area of the national capital on Tuesday.

JCB bulldozers have been employed to demolish all illegally constructed temporary structures.

Intel agencies on high alert after Mohali attack, gathering more evidence & info

New Delhi (IANS) The Central intelligence agencies have swung into action after the attack on Punjab Police's intelligence headquarters in Mohali and are collecting more information on this.

The Intelligence Bureau, Research and Analysis…

NIA raids Dawood men, hawala operators in Mumbai & Thane

Mumbai (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) swooped on more than a dozen locations in Mumbai linked with Pakistan-based mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar's associates, drug-peddlers and hawala operators, here on Monday.

NIA teams…

BSF shoots down Pakistani drone in Punjab, 10 kg heroin seized

Chandigarh (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) shot down a Pakistani drone close to the international border in Punjab's Amritsar early Monday and recovered nine yellow packets of contraband.

The weight of the heroin was found to be…

Western Railway overhead wire snaps, train services paralysed

Mumbai (IANS) Suburban and long distance train services were paralysed after an over-head electric (OHE) wire reportedly snapped near Borivali station here on Monday morning.

Thousands of commuters rushing to their work places were stuck as…

Illegal encroachment manually removed at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi

New Delhi (IANS) The illegal encroachment, an iron structure in front of a building, was manually removed by the people even as a JCB bulldozer stood by during the proposed demolition drive in the Shaheen Bagh area of the national capital on Monday.