Kerala HC flags pesticide residual in Sabarimala 'aravana', orders stop of distribution

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) At the peak of the pilgrimage season to the famed Sabarimala temple, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday ordered the Travancore Devasom Board (TDB), which manages the shrine, to stop distribution of its 'aravana' (sweet)…

'There are democratically elected institutions', SC agrees to hear plea on Joshimath sinking

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a plea on January 16, seeking its intervention to declare the crisis in Uttarakhand's Joshimath as a national disaster.

A bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud declined…

Delhi L-G grants prosecution sanction against Shehla Rashid for tweets against Indian Army

New Delhi (IANS) Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena has granted prosecution sanction against Shehla Rashid Shora, former vice president of the JNU Students' Union and member of AISA, for her two tweets against the Indian Army.

The tweets…

Kolkata Police arrest 3rd IS man from MP's Khandwa

Kolkata (IANS) Based on the inputs from Mohammad Saddam and Syed Ahmed, the two Islamic State (IS) linkmen arrested from West Bengal's Howrah district on January 7, the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police arrested an important link of the…

No suspicious object found in Moscow-Goa flight

Jamnagar (IANS) After almost nine hours of detailed inspection, security agencies on Tuesday confirmed that no suspicious object has been found in Goa-bound Russia's Azur Airlines flight and termed the bomb threat email a "hoax call".

The…

Coimbatore car blast case: NIA likely to make more arrests

Chennai (IANS) National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the October 23 Coimbatore car blast case in which a 29-year-old youth was charred to death, is likely to arrest more people involved in the conspiracy.

The police had arrested…

50 detained for questioning in Rajouri terror attack

Jammu (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Police have detained around 50 people for questioning in the January 1 terror attack in Rajouri district.

Police sources said that these people belong to different parts of Rajouri district and were being questioned…

Suicide squad videos in devices of two arrested IS men from Bengal keep sleuths worried

Kolkata (IANS) Certain videos and still photographs relating to the activities of the suicide squad modules of terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS) have been recovered from the laptops and mobile phones of the two recently arrested IS activists, Mohammad…

ICICI Bank-Videocon scam: Bombay HC grants bail to Kochhar couple

Mumbai (IANS) In a relief, the Bombay High Court on Monday granted interim bail to former ICICI Bank honcho Chanda Kochhar and her businessman husband Deepak Kochhar who were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Videocon loan…

'Reshuffle of Union Cabinet likely this month'

New Delhi (IANS) The last cabinet reshuffle of Modi government 2.0 before the general elections in 2024 is likely soon and could be a major shakeup, while leaders from states going to elections could be given preference, sources said.

In 2023,…