NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that the Union Cabinet’s approval of the Phase 2 of the Chennai Metro Rail project will help in easing traffic and improving sustainability and economic growth. He said on X, “Boosting ‘Ease of Living’ in a vibrant city! I congratulate the people of […]
New Delhi: The CBI arrested an NIA deputy superintendent of police posted in Patna and two middlemen on Thursday for allegedly accepting a Rs 20 lakh bribe to extend favours to a person in an ongoing probe, officials said. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had received a complaint from Rocky Yadav, […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded over 63 per cent voter turnout in three phases of assembly polls with nearly 70 per cent turnout recorded in the third phase on October 1, poll body said on Thursday. In a statement, poll body said that voter turnout of 69.69% has been recorded in […]
Srinagar: General officer Commanding (GoC) of army’s Srinagar based 15 Corps Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai Thursday said that security situation in Kashmir has shown a significant improvement over the past few years the biggest challenge for the security agencies is to keep the situation intact as it is today. He also said that militancy […]
JAMMU: A brief exchange of fire took place between security forces and terrorists during a search operation in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. Based on specific inputs about the presence of terrorists, the security forces launched a joint search operation in Chatroo, a police spokesperson said. […]
HYDERABAD: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned former Indian cricket captain and Congress politician Mohammad Azharuddin for questioning in a money laundering case linked to alleged financial irregularities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association, official sources said Thursday. The 61-year-old former Member of Parliament was asked to depose before the federal agency at its […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced two persons, including ex-MLA Munna Shukla, to life imprisonment in the 1998 murder case of former Bihar minister Brij Bihari Prasad. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Sanjay Kumar and R Mahadevan partially set aside the Patna High Court verdict acquitting all the accused […]