NEW DELHI: CRPF’s CoBRA battalion, which specialises in jungle warfare, has neutralised 20 hardcore Left-wing extremists in Jharkhand, including two central committee (CCM) members, along with the state police in the current year.The two eliminated CCM members are Vivek Chandri Yadav alias Prayag, who was killed in an operation in Bokaro in April, and Sahdev…
NEW DELHI: In view of the increasing number of custodial deaths and torture at police stations, SC on Monday proposed taking the help of artificial intelligence to monitor all CCTV cameras installed in the stations, which would automatically trigger an alarm to alert concerned authorities when a camera was switched off or became non-functional.A bench…
NEW DELHI: Starting Oct 1, only Aadhaar-authenticated users will be allowed to book reserved general rail tickets through the IRCTC website or app during the first 15 minutes of bookings being opened for any train. Currently, Aadhaar authentication is required only for Tatkal bookings. Reservations for trains open 60 days before their scheduled departure.The new…
NEW DELHI: SC Monday said its ruling on petitions challenging the validity of the special intensive revision (SIR) of Bihar electoral rolls ahead of the assembly polls in the state would apply in same rigour to EC’s decision for SIR across states from next year.As a litany of petitioners through their counsels competed to identify…
KOLKATA: Bengal police arrested a BSF jawan and his aide from Lucknow Sunday for allegedly killing a former CRPF jawan, identified as Lalit Mohan Adhikary of Nandigram in East Midnapore, whose body was found with his throat slit in North 24 Parganas district’s Ashoknagar last month, reports Sanjib Chakraborty. On Monday, police produced the accused…
NEW DELHI: The sex ratio at birth recorded a decline for the fourth successive year in Delhi, with 920 females being born in 2024 per 1,000 males, compared with 922 in 2023 and 929 in 2022. Delhi govt officials said the fall was marginal, but health experts sounded an alarm, saying that the trend pointed…
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha flagged off the first dedicated parcel train from Budgam to New Delhi Monday, calling it the start of “a new era of trade and business for apple growers and traders of the Valley”.While welcoming the launch of the parcel train, fruit mandis across Kashmir observed a complete…
Aggrieved family of Buta Singh, his father Ram Singh, mother Paramjit Kaur, sister Karamjit Kaur at their residence BATHINDA: A youth from Moga village figures in a group of youths having gone to Russia in search of green pastures but ended up recruited in the Russian Army and forced to take part in battle against…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a few of the key provision of the recently passed Waqf (Amendment) Act, but held the constitutionality of the law.A bench of CJI BR Gavai and justice Augustine George Masih, in its 128-page interim order said, “Presumption is always in favour of constitutionality of a statute and…
NEW DELHI: “I am now back. And, I will not go anywhere henceforth … ,” Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday made yet another effort to prove his allegiance to the BJP-led NDA in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.At a rally in Purnea, Nitish Kumar, who has earned the dubious distinction of…
