NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha arrested
The Delhi police on Tuesday arrested two persons including NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha in connection with a probe in the portal's foreign funding, officials said. This comes after the Delhi police searched 30 locations connected with the online news portal...
Tremors jolt Delhi-NCR after 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Nepal
New Delhi: Massive tremors were felt in Delhi on Tuesday after two earthquakes in Nepal -- one of magnitude 4.6 and the other of 6.2 -- at a depth of 5 km. The first earthquake hit Nepal at 2:25 pm...
SC rejects plea on Ram Sethu as national monument
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking directions to declare the 'Ram Sethu' as a national monument and construction of a wall at the site, saying these are administrative matters for the government. 'Ram Sethu',...
Raid on NewsClick office: Congress says…
Delhi Police is conducting raids at different premises linked to NewsClick under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and other sections, sources said. Delhi Police Special Cell Assistant Commissioner of Police Lalit Mohan Negi reached the NewsClick office in the...
Journalists linked to NewsClick raided by cops in Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad
The Delhi Police’s special cell was on Tuesday raiding the homes of at least six journalists in connection with the probe into the alleged foreign funding of news portal NewsClick. A police officer confirmed the raids were being carried out but...
Vande Bharat escapes major accident at Bhilwara
A North Western Railway (NWR) official said unidentified miscreants attempted to obstruct the rail route and an FIR was registered at the Gangrar police station of Chittorgarh in connection with the incident. "Today, the loco pilot of the Udaipur-Jaipur Vande Bharat...
China’s next lunar mission to carry payload from Pak
China's next lunar mission scheduled for 2024 will also carry a payload from Pakistan, the country's space agency has said, as the two all-weather friends step up their cooperation in the space sector. The Chang'e-6 lunar mission is currently undergoing research...
IndiGo flyer held for trying to open emergency exit
A passenger was arrested for allegedly attempting to open the emergency exit door of an IndiGo flight from Nagpur to Bengaluru prior to take-off, police said on Monday. The man identified as Swapnil Holey had boarded Bengaluru-bound IndiGo flight 6E 6803...
Medicine Nobel for research that enabled Covid vax
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Katalin Karik and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. 'Through their groundbreaking findings, which have fundamentally changed our...
2 farmers killed in UP as speeding car hits them
Two farmers were run over and killed by a speeding car in the Sirauli area in Bareilly while they were resting near a field, the police said on Monday. The incident took place Sunday night when Purshottam Das, 35, and...
NIA raids 60 places in Andhra, T’gana in Maoist case
The National Investigation Agency on Monday carried out searches at more than 60 locations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in a case linked to Maoists. The raids are still underway at the premises and hideouts of suspects in both...
Terrorist wanted in Pune ISIS case held in Delhi
The special cell of the Delhi police arrested National Investigation Agency's most wanted terrorist Shahnawaz alias Shafi Uzzama, said the police on Monday. The NIA had placed a reward of Rs 3 lakhs on the arrested terrorist Shahnawaz, he was...
Shivaji’s ‘Tiger Claws’ set for return to India from UK
The Victoria and Albert ( V and A) Museum is all set to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Maharashtra government next week, which will see 17th century Tiger Claws' weapon believed to have belonged to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj...
Bomb threat: Akasa flight makes emergency landing
Tension erupted at Varanasi Airport after a flight of Akasha Airlines from Mumbai to Varanasi received a bomb threat through a tweet on social media. The Air Traffic Control informed the captain of the plane about the bomb threat...
Emergency declared in New York City as torrential rain floods subways, roads
Roads were closed, subway services were disrupted and basements were overwhelmed in the New York City area after "dangerous and life-threatening' torrential rain surged across the concrete expanse on Friday, CNN reported. A month's worth of rain -- more...
Amid row over Nijjar killing, Indian envoy denied entry to Scotland gurdwara
Vikram Doraiswami, the Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, was on Friday prevented from entering a gurdwara in Scotland. This comes amid a diplomatic row between India and Canada over the killing of terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. According to the...
Court rejects Gyanvapi plea to stop ASI survey
A court in Varanasi has rejected the Gyanvapi mosque management committee's plea to stop the ongoing scientific survey of the complex by the Archaeological Survey of India. District government advocate Rajesh Mishra said that on the plea filed by the...
Pawar to ‘ensure’ no dispute among INDIA partners
The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) will take precautions to ensure that there are no disputes among its alliance partners in states like Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh where elections are due in a few months, Nationalist Congress Party chief...
37,599 Ganesh idols immersed by 3 am on Friday: BMC
As the 10-day-long Ganeshotsav drew to a close on Thursday, thousands of idols of the elephant-headed god were immersed in water bodies, including artificial ponds, in Mumbai in the presence of a sea of devotees. Mumbai's famous Lalbaugcha Raja idol, whose...
Yellow alert in 10 Kerala districts after widespread rains
Incessant rains since last night, caused waterlogging and traffic snarls in several parts of Kerala on Friday. In the wake of continuous rains, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an Yellow alert warning in 10 districts-Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Ernakulam, Thrissur,...
Karnataka bandh: Bengaluru airport cancels 44 flights
44 flights including 22 arrivals and 22 departures have been cancelled today, says PRO of Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru. More details awaited. ...
