Category: India News

Shooting down chopper on Feb 27 was ‘big mistake’, action against officers: IAF chief

New Delhi, Oct 4 : Air Chief Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria on Friday described as a “big mistake” the IAF shooting down its helicopter in Kashmir on February 27, when Indian and Pakistani forces were engaged in a dogfight, and said disciplinary action is being taken against officers held […]

Rain washes out Mumbai-Hyderabad match

Bengaluru, Oct 4 : The match between Mumbai and Hyderabad in the Elite Group A of the Vijay Hazare Trophy was abandoned because of inclement weather here on Friday. The game was scheduled to be played at Alur cricket stadium III, but was abandoned without a single ball being […]

144 juveniles were detained in J-K after Article 370 abrogation: Report

New Delhi, Oct 2 : The Juvenile Justice Committee of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has told the Supreme Court that 144 juveniles were detained in the state after the Centre abrogated provisions of Article 370, but 142 minors were later released. The committee, in its report filed […]

Shot putter Toor, 1500m runner Jinson crash out of World C’ships

Doha, Oct 4 : India’s Asian Games gold medallist duo of shot putter Tejinder Pal Singh Toor and 1500m runner Jinson Johnson crashed out of the World Athletics Championships after failing to qualify for the finals of their respective events. The 24-year-old Toor produced a season’s best effort of […]

Coal India offers high end pumps for Patna deluge

Kolkata, Oct 4 : Coal India Ltd (CIL) has rushed four heavy duty pumps to drain out water from low-lying inundated residential areas of Patna, a company official said on Friday. Two pumps with a pumping capacity of 1,000 gallons per minute and two others with a pumping capacity […]

DRI seizes 6.5 kg opium paste, two held

Kolkata, Oct 4 (PTI) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 6.5 kg of opium paste from two persons travelling in a bus near West Bengal’s Siliguri town, a DRI official said on Friday. Acting on a tip-off, DRI officials apprehended the two persons from a bus coming from […]

Plea in HC against new pet shop rules

New Delhi, Oct 4 : A plea has been moved in the Delhi High Court challenging the constitutionality of the dog breeding and marketing rules, including mandatory registration, framed under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) for running a pet shop. The petition, by an association of pet shop […]

Mahatma Gandhi’s portrait defaced in MP’s Rewa

Rewa (MP), Oct 3 : A portrait of Mahatma Gandhi was defaced at Bapu Bhawan in Laxmanbagh Sansthan here on Gandhi Jayanti by unidentified persons who wrote “deshdrohi” (traitor) over it and also stole an urn which was used for immersing his ashes, police said on Thursday. The incident […]

BJP fields Khadse’s daughter in Maha polls

New Delhi, Oct 4 : The BJP has fielded the daughter of its senior Maharashtra leader Eknath Khadse from his Muktainagar constituency as it released its fourth list of candidates for the state assembly polls. The decision to field Rohini Khadse indicates that the party has succeeded in placating […]

Sensex jumps over 250 pts ahead of RBI policy outcome

Mumbai, Oct 4 : Equity benchmark BSE Sensex jumped over 250 points in early trade on Friday, driven by gains in banking and financial stocks ahead of the Reserve Bank’s bi-monthly policy review. The 30-share index was trading 258.60 points, or 0.68 per cent, higher at 38,365.47. Similarly, the […]

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