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Tight security at Delhi airport after terrorist threat
New Delhi: Security has been increased at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport after a bomb threat email to Delhi Police cautioned about terrorist outfit Al Qaeda planning to attack the airport. As per an official statement by the airport, after investigation the threat was found “non-specific” and Bomb Threat...
Trinamool alleges leaders hurt in Tripura attack
Agartala/Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Saturday alleged that two of its youth leaders from West Bengal were injured when their vehicle was allegedly attacked by BJP activists in Tripura’s Dhalai district. Following the incident, Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, who is West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew...
Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account temporarily blocked
The Congress on Saturday said its leader Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account had been “temporarily locked” after the social media platform countered the party’s claim that his handle had been “temporarily suspended” amid a controversy over the removal of an image posted by the MP a day ago. Rahul Gandhi’s...
Modi’s 3-day conclave to chart future course
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new council of ministers will hold a three-day conclave next week to chalk out an agenda for the remaining three years of the government’s term, sources said on Friday, as the government looks for ways to tackle simmering public resentment. For the first time since...
Bombay High Court rejects Kundra’s plea against arrest
Businessman Raj Kundra, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty’s husband, was today denied bail by the Bombay High Court in the porn film case in which he was arrested last month. He had challenged the remand order issued against him by a magistrate’s court saying he had not notified him before...
Fraud by Covid labs led to TPR error during Kumbh Mela
The Enforcement Directorate today searched the homes and offices of the top executives of five diagnostics firms for alleged money laundering in connection with a fake COVID-19 testing scam during the Kumbh Mela in Uttarakhand. The Enforcement Directorate started investigation after a case was filed by the Uttarakhand Police....
India, China disengage in Gogra in Eastern Ladakh
India and China have agreed to disengage in eastern Ladakh’s Gogra region, restoring the Line of Actual Control in the area, the Indian Army said on Friday, in a major breakthrough after the latest round of talks between the two neighbours. After nearly 15 months of a face-off,...
Rahul Gandhi, others join Jantar Mantar farmers protest
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and leaders from 14 opposition parties staged a joint protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Friday to underline support for farmers agitating against the centre’s farm laws. Visuals from news agency ANI showed Mr Gandhi and the other leaders standing in a tight-knit group...
RBI keeps key lending rate unchanged
The Reserve Bank kept the repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent and retained the GDP growth target at 9.5 per cent as the country was “in a much better position compared to June 2021”. The RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das made the announcement at the end of the bi-monthly Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)...
Supreme Court hearing crucial Pegasus petitions
The Supreme Court is hearing today a batch of petitions, including those filed by the Editors Guild of India, seeking a special probe into the Pegasus spyware scandal involving allegations that opposition leaders, journalists and others were targets. A two-member bench, headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana, will hear...
