Threats by no means reduced at borders with China: Army chief

New Delhi (IANS) While there has been partial disengagement, threat has by no means reduced at the northern borders with China, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Manoj Mukund Naravane, said on Wednesday as he stressed upon the fact that force…

Battle for UP: BJP to replace number of sitting MLAs

Lucknow (IANS) The BJP plans to counter the anti-incumbency factor in Uttar Pradesh by replacing over 100 sitting legislators for the Assembly elections slated to begin next month.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other state leaders are…

Fake currency racket, NIA files second supplementary charge sheet

New Delhi (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday said that they have filed second supplementary charge sheet against one Sohrab Hussain in connection with a counterfeit Indian currency racket case.

He was allegedly pumping…

'Taking PM's security breach very seriously': Supreme Court sets up panel headed by ex-SC judge

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to set up a panel, headed by a former apex court judge, to probe the Prime Minister Narendra Modi security breach in Punjab last week.

After a detailed hearing in the matter, a bench headed…

Covid surge: SC accepts plea to revive limitation extension orders

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to extend the limitation period of filing cases across judicial and quasi-judicial fora in the country.

A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana will issue a detailed order later in the…

NIA files charge sheet against 4 Bangladeshis, 1 Indian in UAPA case

New Delhi (IANS) The National Investigation Agency on Monday said that it has filed charge sheet against five alleged terrorists including 4 Bangladeshi nationals in connection with the Unlawful Activity Prevention Act.

The NIA said they chargesheeted…

Jairam Ramesh pushes for online Parliamentary committee meetings

New Delhi (IANS) In the wake of the rise in Covid cases in the national capital, the meetings of several Parliamentary committees have been cancelled after over 400 Parliament staff tested positive for Covid-19 during random testing.

Congress…

BJP projected to win Uttar Pradesh with simple majority

New Delhi (IANS) The BJP-led alliance in Uttar Pradesh is projected to win 229 seats in the Assembly elections scheduled to be held in seven phases from February 10 to March 7, as per the ABP-CVOTER Battle for the States survey. The counting of votes…

Uncertainty clouds over Western Ghats as Kasturirangan Committee draft gets delayed

New Delhi (IANS) Even after a decade of the Gadgil report and the subsequently appointed High-Level Working Group Dr. K. Kasturirangan Committee report for remedial steps for protection of ecology of the Western Ghats, implementation of the report…

ECI to announce poll schedule for 5 states

New Delhi (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) will announce the dates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur at 3.30 p.m. on Saturday.

Besides the poll schedule, Covid-19 protocols…