90th Air Force Day: IAF to put up grand show in Chandigarh
For the first time since it’s commencement, the Indian Air Force (IAF) will host its Air Force Day parade and fly-past in Chandigarh, and not in the Delhi NCR on Saturday. President Droupadi Murmu and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be gracing the ceremony, which is set to be held at Sukhna Lake and will […]
K’taka police on high alert after Hindus perform puja in Bidar Madrassa
Karnataka Police is on high alert as Muslim organisations have warned of protest on Friday after Hindu activists barged inside the historical Mahmud Gawan madrassa in Bidar and performed puja. The incident took place on Wednesday. Photos and videos of the incident have gone viral on social media. According to police, a group of Hindu […]
Failed missile launch triggers panic in South Korean city
SEOUL: A failed ballistic missile launch sparked panic in a usually quiet South Korean city after it crashed into the ground and triggered a huge fire, officials said on Wednesday. Security allies Seoul and Washington have staged multiple joint drills, including bombing runs and missile launches, in response to North Korea firing an intermediate-range ballistic […]
9 killed, 38 injured after tourist bus hits state transport bus in Kerala’s Palakkad
Nine people were killed and 38 others were injured after a tourist bus carrying students crashed into a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus at Mangalam near Vadakkenchery area of Palakkad, Kerala minister M B Rajesh said on Thursday. The horrific road accident occurred after the tourist bus rear-ended into the Karnataka State Road […]
Dussehra tragedy: 5 killed, 13 hurt on Bandra-Worli Sea Link in 5 vehicles accident
In a gruesome Dussehra tragedy, five persons were killed in a major road crash involving an ambulance and four cars on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, here on Wednesday. According to police officials, the incident occurred around 2.15 a.m. on the southern (Worli side) arm of the sea link. Besides the fatalities, another 13 persons, including […]
PM Modi to visit Himachal on Wednesday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, where he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of projects worth over Rs 3,650 crore. During his day-long visit, he will first inaugurate AIIMS Bilaspur, after that he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects and also address a public […]
Indonesia probes elite officers over stadium stampede
Elite Indonesian police officers were under investigation on Tuesday over a stadium stampede that killed 125 people including dozens of children in one of the deadliest disasters in football history. As public anger grew over the tragedy, police moved to punish those responsible for the crush in the city of Malang that witnesses say started when officers […]
Tejashwi Yadav dismisses speculations of CM Nitish contesting 2024 polls for PM post
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav dismissed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s desire to become Prime Minister and said that the veteran leader is focused on getting the opposition together for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. “He (CM Nitish Kumar) is the CM and we’re working under his guidance. The only agenda he has right now […]
Palestinian boy buried; US seeks probe into death
TUQU: A seven-year-old Palestinian boy who died on the sidelines of an Israeli army search in the occupied West Bank was buried on Friday, with Washington calling for a “thorough” investigation into his death. Rayan Yasser Suleiman’s body was wrapped in a keffiyeh chequered Palestinian headscarf, as hundreds of people took part in a funeral […]
ED conducts raid, freezes Rs 9.82 cr of 9 Chinese controlled firms in money laundering case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out searches and frozen account balances of Rs 9.82 crore of nine Chinese-controlled entities with respect to an investigation relating to the misuse of an App-based token named “HPZ” and other similar applications by several entities under money laundering probe, the agency said on Thursday. The action has been […]