A court in Delhi has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) concerned to apprise all investigating officers (IOs) of the 2020 Delhi riots cases of an earlier office order which directed them to remain present before the judge at the stage of arguments and submissions on charges. Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala was hearing […]
A clash broke out between two communities during a religious procession in Bihar’s Jamui, prompting the state government to suspend internet services in the district, an official said on Monday (February 17, 2025). Three persons were injured in the clash in Jhajha on Sunday, and nine people were arrested in this connection, Jamui District Magistrate […]
The Maharashtra government on Monday (February 17, 2025) issued an order to form a committee to study and implement minimum support price (MSP) schemes under the Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA). As per the order, the committee will submit a detailed report within one month, including suggestions and recommendations for the government on […]
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday (February 17, 2025) alleged that members of the BJP were involved in looting the New India Cooperative Bank, where funds of ₹122 crore have been misappropriated, and questioned the Maharashtra government’s silence on the issue. Two persons, including Hitesh Mehta, the general manager and head of accounts […]
Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari and three other BJP MLAs were suspended from the ongoing Budget session by the Speaker on Monday (February 17, 2025) for alleged unruly behaviour in the House. Speaker Biman Banerjee suspended Agnimitra Pal, Bankim Ghosh and Biswanath Karak, apart from Mr. Adhikari, till the end […]
In a tragic road accident in Chebrolu mandal, near Narakoduru in Guntur district, three women died and seven others were injured in the early morning of Monday (February 17, 20205.) The accident occurred at around 5.15 a.m. when an auto carrying passengers from Suddapalli village was heading toward Budampadu. An RTC bus, reportedly in high […]
The Chevayur police in Kozhikode, Kerala, recently arrested one of the accused in an attempt-to-murder case of 2022 from Kathmandu in Nepal. The arrested, Muhammed Ashfaq (27), a native of Kondotty in Malappuram district, was one of the accused in the attempted murder of Luqmanul Hakeem, a native of Balussery. He was arrested by a […]
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday (February 17, 2025) attacked the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government over alleged mismanagement in organising the Maha Kumbh Mela and demanded compensation to families of those killed in road accidents while travelling to the religious event. Mr. Yadav expressed concern over the rising number of accidents involving buses and […]
Veekshanam, the Congress party’s mouthpiece in Kerala, has taken an oblique dig at Shashi Tharoor MP’s purported praise for the State’s start-up sector. In an arguably acerbic editorial on Monday (February 17, 2025), the newspaper said that lauding Kerala’s “dismal” industrial growth under the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government was “akin to giving the peace […]
Amid several incidents of cross-border firing and an IED attack along the LoC recently, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant (Lt) Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday (February 17, 2025) said the Indian Army is fully capable of dealing with any type of situation on the borders and is giving a befitting response to enemy forces. He also […]
