Election Commsiion of India (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday directed to register an FIR against Trinamool Congress MLA Monirul Islam for alleged vandalism at the Farakka Block Development Office (BDO) in West Bengal last week. The poll body asked the district administration to file the FIR by 5 pm, after observing…
NEW DELHI: As US President Donald Trump unveiled his “Board of Peace” at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, India was not present on the stage. New Delhi had received an invitation to join the initiative on Sunday, but has not officially accepted or rejected the offer. The signing ceremony, however, was attended…
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday took suo motu cognisance of the death of a 27-year-old software engineer who drowned after his SUV fell into a waterlogged trench at a commercial site in Greater Noida. The tribunal observed that the incident indicates serious environmental violations and regulatory lapses.The tribunal also highlighted that…
A man was brutally shot dead on camera in the Churachandpur district of Manipur. The man, who reportedly belonged to the Meitei community, was captured by the suspected Kuki militant when he was visiting his wife, who belongs to the Kuki community.The video shows a man kneeling on his knees with his hands folded in…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Wednesday said it would pass an order to expedite proceedings against lawyer-activist Surendra Gadling in the 2016 Surajgarh arson case after he pressed for bail on the ground that he has been in jail for seven years without trial and there is also no judge in the special court to hear…
JAMMU: Operation Trashi-I entered its fourth day on Wednesday, as security forces continued to comb the dense forests of Sonnar, Mandral-Singhpora, and adjoining areas in Chatroo belt in J&K’s Kishtwar district to track and kill fleeing terrorists. Searches were intensified in the target area, even as additional forces were rushed to the operation site to…
An Indian Air Force aircraft from Air Force Station Bamrauli crash-landed in the Rambagh area of Prayagraj, UP around 12.30 pm on Wednesday. Video footage of the incident shows the aircraft descending under an emergency parachute before safely force-landing in an uninhabited area, averting any major accident. The parachute deployment significantly reduced the landing impact,…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Punjab Kesari to continue operating one of its printing presses which was closed by the state pollution control board, allegedly for publishing an adverse report against the state government.Seeking urgent remedy from a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi, senior advocate…
NEW DELHI: In his maiden address after taking over as BJP national president, Nitin Nabin on Tuesday asked party workers to mount a fight to “protect” the centres and legacy of Sanatan faith, saying political parties opposed to ‘deepam’ tradition in Madurai or existence of Ram Setu should have no space in politics.Nabin, whose elevation…
NEW DELHI: “When I reached International Space Station for the first time, the first thing I did was to locate India (on Earth), from where my father belonged to, and Slovenia, from where my mother belonged,” said Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams in Delhi on Tuesday — the only female astronaut who has set the…