Bomb scare in 10 Indigo planes
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Security agencies went into a tizzy after an unidentified caller on Wednesday informed them about bombs in 10 flights of Indigo Airlines. Police said a Srinagar-Delhi flight was evacuated at…
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You can conceal this gun like a smartphone
New York, March 23 (IANS) A company specialising in concealed weaponry has designed a gun that looks exactly like a smartphone when in the locked position. The website of Ideal Conceal, the maker of the…
BSF recovers three kg heroin in Punjab
Chandigarh, March 23 (IANS) BSF troopers have recovered three kg of heroin along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Ferozepur sector, an officials said on Wednesday. The heroin was recovered near the New Gazniwala border out…
HC refuses to cancel Kanhaiya’s bail for now
JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined to cancel the interim bail granted to JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar for now….
Brussels airport attackers identified as El Bakraoui brothers
Brussels, March 23 (IANS) The two suicide bombers who carried out the Brussels airport attacks on Tuesday have been identified as brothers Khalid and Brahim El Bakraoui, the media reported on Wednesday. The brothers were…
Three killed in Rajasthan firecracker factory blast
Jaipur, March 23 (IANS) Three people were killed and seven suffered burn injuries in a blast in a firecracker factory in Rajasthan’s Kota district on late Tuesday evening, a police official said. “The explosion occurred…
Manhunt in Punjab after car snatched at gunpoint
Chandigarh, March 23 (IANS) Punjab Police and other security agencies have launched a manhunt after a car was snatched from a person at gunpoint at Sujanpur town in Punjab’s Pathankot district, police said on Wednesday….
5.0-magnitude quake hits Indonesia
Hong Kong, March 23 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted 31km north-northeast of Bitung city in Indonesia on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey has said. The epicentre, with a depth of…
Disaster management a developmental issue: Rajnath
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Disaster management is no longer about disasters but has instead become a developmental issue, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday. Our government is committed to converge disaster risk reduction…
Delhi HC seeks number of cases decided by courts in last five years
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the city government to give statistics of the number of cases decided by the sessions court, the high court and the Supreme Court…
Leak in the Kakrapar nuclear reactor plugged, plant emergency lifted
Chennai, March 22 (IANS) The leaking coolant channel in the first 220 MW nuclear power reactor at Gujarat’s Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) has been plugged and the plant emergency has been terminated, said an…
Judicial inquiry to unearth conspiracy behind Haryana violence: CM
Chandigarh, March 22 (IANS) Defending his government’s handling of the Jat quota stir, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said a judicial inquiry would be conducted to “unearth the entire conspiracy” behind the…
Tripura State Rifles trooper kills lover, shoots self
Agartala, March 22 (IANS) A trooper of the Tripura State Rifles (TSR) shot his girlfriend dead and later killed himself with his service rifle, police said on Tuesday. The authorities have suspended three TSR officials…
Blame game in Haryana assembly over Jat stir violence
Chandigarh, March 22 (IANS) The Haryana government and the opposition on Tuesday traded charges in the assembly over the February violence during the Jat quota stir. While Agriculture Minister Om Parkash Dhankar accused Congress and…
Court summons Kejriwal on July 30 for ‘misleading’ information in poll affidavit
By Garima Tyagi New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) A court here has summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on July 30 on a criminal complaint filed against him for allegedly giving “misleading information” in his…
Court summons Kejriwal on July 30 for “misleading” information in poll affidavit
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) By Garima Tyagi New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) A court here has summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on July 30 on a criminal complaint filed against…
Cash looted from power station in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, March 22 (IANS) Two motorcycle-borne criminals looted Rs.3.5 lakh from the power station in Loni in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh, a senior police officer said on Tuesday. “A case has been registered by…
Two JD-U MLAs suspended; one said he will re-start murdering people
Patna, March 22 (IANS) Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal-United on Tuesday suspended two of its legislators from the party for six years — one for saying he will again begin committing murders and another for describing…
Attack on police horse: Uttarakhand legislator gets bail
Dehradun, March 22 (IANS) BJP legislator Ganesh Joshi, accused of injuring police horse ‘Shaktiman’ whose leg had to be amputated later, was granted bail on Tuesday on a personal surety of Rs.25,000. Joshi, who has…
Jet flight searched for bomb in Delhi
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) A Jet Airways flight from Delhi to Chennai was searched here on Tuesday evening after an anonymous caller reported that a bomb had been placed in the plane, police said….