NEW DELHI: Swatantra Bharadwaj, accused of assaulting the father of student activist Nishu Azad during a protest at Jantar Mantar, has been taken into custody, news agency PTI reported quoting Delhi Police.The development came hours after representatives of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), along with MPs Chandrashekhar Azad and Pappu Yadav, met officials at Parliament…
ECI rejects Patiala MP Dharamvira Gandhi’s claim NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday rejected Congress leader and Patiala MP Dharamvira Gandhi’s claim that his name and those of his family members were missing from Punjab’s draft electoral roll published on August 13.According to an ECI statement, the Lok Sabha member and…
The Prime Minister also highlighted the expanding role of Indian industry in the country’s space programme. He said the growing partnership with ISRO was helping strengthen the sector and broaden India’s capabilities. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) after the successful launch of the GSLV-F17 rocket…
ISRO’s GSLV-F17/EOS-05 mission successfully accomplished SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) successfully launched EOS-05, India’s first imaging satellite designed to operate from a geosynchronous orbit, aboard GSLV-F17 in the early hours of Friday.The 51.7-metre-tall, 420.5-tonne, three-stage rocket lifted off from the second launch pad at Sriharikota at 2.55am and placed the around 2,367kg Earth…
Border Security Force troops detained a Pakistani intruder JAMMU: Border Security Force troops detained a Pakistani intruder along the international border in Jammu’s Kanachak sector on Thursday morning. Officials said the suspect was currently being questioned.Around 8am, personnel of BSF’s 44Bn spotted the suspect in a forward area near a border outpost and took him…
Retired Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra visits Ayodhya after being appointed CEO of Ram temple trust LUCKNOW: Retired Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra, appointed as the first Chief Executive Officer of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, arrived in Ayodhya on Thursday for introductory meeting with members of the Trust and discuss about his new responsibility….
Consul General of India in Los Angeles Ambassador Dr. K. J. Srinivasa and Ambassador of India to Azerbaijan Abhay Kumar undertook a series of high-level engagements in Karnataka NEW DELHI: Consul General of India in Los Angeles Ambassador Dr K J Srinivasa and Ambassador of India to Azerbaijan Abhay Kumar held a series of high-level…
The matter came to light after Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit, Joshi’s friend, posted about it on X NEW DELHI: Former bureaucrat Ashish Joshi was questioned by the Delhi Police Special Cell and was allowed to leave after nine hours, PTI reported on Thursday.According to sources, Joshi, a former controller of communications in the Department of…
Bihar Police’s case against six accused in 2001 firing case rejected by Supreme Court NEW DELHI: Bihar police had proved its case before the trial court and Patna high court against six persons accused of firing indiscriminately to kill a man in broad daylight in 2001, but its evidence was trashed by the Supreme Court,…
Bombay HC directed CBI to file an FIR and probe the case thoroughly MUMBAI: Observing that the June 8, 2020, death of celebrity manager Disha Salian had “many glaring discrepancies” which necessitated proper and substantive investigation, Bombay HC directed CBI to file an FIR and probe the case thoroughly. No one is to be named…
