• India
  • December 21, 2024
Assam Court Sends 8 Members of Bangladeshi Terror Group to Police Custody

Guwahati: Eight members of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), an affiliate of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) terrorist organisation, who were arrested yesterday by Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police, have been sent to police custody for 10 days by a Guwahati court on Friday. Partha Sarathi Mahanta, IGP (STF) told ANI that the court sent them for 10 days police custody.…

  • India
  • December 20, 2024
16-Year-Old IIT Aspirant Found Dead In Hostel Room In Kota

Kota: In another tragic incident, a 16-year-old boy from Bihar, studying in class 11th, was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his hostel room in Kota’s Vigyan Nagar area on Friday. Despite the fan being equipped with an anti-hanging device, the incident occurred, leaving authorities and family members in shock. According to the police, the boy, a resident of the Vaishali district…

  • India
  • December 20, 2024
Cab Driver Stabbed to Death Over Rs 400 Fare Dispute in Delhi

New Delhi: A 26-year-old cab driver was brutally stabbed to death by a passenger and his friends following a dispute over a fare of Rs 400 in Northeast Delhi’s Sonia Vihar area. The incident occurred on the intervening night of December 17 and 18. The deceased, identified as Sandeep, who drove a taxi for Rapido, was found injured in a pool of blood…

  • India
  • December 20, 2024
‘No Evidence To Back Claims’: India Slams Canada’s Anti-India Narrative

New Delhi: Canada has presented “no evidence whatsoever” in support of the “serious allegations” it has chosen to level, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha on Friday when asked whether the Union government has taken note of the recent developments in criminal cases allegedly involving the Indian citizens in that country. Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh in a written…

  • India
  • December 20, 2024
GST Council To Consider Reducing Tax Rates On Life And Health Insurance Premiums

Jaisalmer: The GST Council, in its meeting on Saturday, is likely to decide on reducing tax rates on life and health insurance premiums, but a decision on big-ticket rate rationalisation, including a higher tax on sin goods, may be deferred. The GoM on GST rate rationalisation had proposed rate rejigs in 148 items in its recommendations, but sources said that consensus is needed…

  • India
  • December 20, 2024
Closely Monitoring Developments in Myanmar: MEA

New Delhi: As fighting between Myanmar’s military junta and resistance forces intensifies, India on Friday said it is closely monitoring developments in the neighbouring country. New Delhi also said it supports a Myanmar-led and Myanmar-owned process for the return of peace and stability to the country. According to reports, the rebel forces captured the Western Command headquarters in Ann town of Rakhine state…

  • India
  • December 20, 2024
16-Year-Old Student From Bihar Found Hanging From Ceiling Fan In Kota

Kota: A 16-year-old boy from Bihar preparing for IIT-JEE was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his hostel room in the Vigyan Nagar police station area of Kota city on Friday, officials said. The incident occurred despite the fan in the hostel room being equipped with an anti-hanging device meant to prevent suicide. Police suspected it to be a case of suicide,…

  • India
  • December 20, 2024
Kolkata Metro Suffered Rs 1,376 Crore Loss in 3 years: Centre Informs Rajya Sabha

Kolkata: Kolkata Metro Railway suffered a loss of Rs 1,376.72 crore in the last three financial years starting from 2021-22, the government’s data presented in Rajya Sabha on Friday suggested. BJP MP Samik Bhattacharya, while raising the financial performance of Blue Line of the Kolkata Metro, asked, “whether the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro is currently operating at a profit or a loss”…

  • India
  • December 20, 2024
Tehsildar’s Vehicle Hits Biker, Drags Body For 30 Km

Bahraich: A government vehicle belonging to the tehsildar of Nanpara hit a biker and allegedly dragged his body for 30 kilometers. The victim, identified as Narendra Kumar Haldar (35), a resident of Payagpur, was returning home when the accident occurred on the Nanpara-Bahraich road on Thursday evening. According to police, Haldar’s body got entangled in the vehicle and was dragged for the entire…

  • India
  • December 20, 2024
Govt Will Plant Fruit Saplings To Tackle Monkey Menace in Himachal: CM Sukhu

Shimla: Himachal Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu told the state assembly on Friday that of the total plantation done by the government in forest areas, 60 per cent will be saplings of fruit to attract monkeys to their natural habitat as a means to tackle the monkey menace. The problem of monkeys entering houses and destroying crops is not new, and farmers have…