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13 Feb 2024

Jammu And Kashmir

'Pakistan-backed' terrorist arrested for killing Punjab workers in Srinagar

The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police on Tuesday arrested the terrorist behind the killing of two migrant workers from Punjab in J&K's Srinagar last week.

13 Feb 2024

Goa

Goa murder-accused Bengaluru CEO's mental health assessment indicates no psychopathology

The Goa Police on Tuesday informed the Children's Court that a mental health evaluation of Suchana Seth—the Bengaluru CEO accused of murdering her son—revealed no signs of psychopathology.

13 Feb 2024

Narendra Modi

PM Modi holds bilateral talks with UAE president

Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday, marking his seventh trip to the Gulf nation.

13 Feb 2024

Kota

JEE aspirant found dead in Kota, 4th suicide this year

A student from Jharkhand, preparing for engineering entrance examinations, was found dead in his hostel room in Kota, Rajasthan, on Tuesday.

13 Feb 2024

Delhi

Farmers' protest: Chock-a-block traffic at Delhi's Gurugram, Noida borders 

Vehicular traffic in Delhi was disrupted on Tuesday as farmers began their "Delhi Chalo" protest march.

13 Feb 2024

Central Government

Farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' march today after talks with government fail

Farmers on Tuesday began their "Delhi Chalo" march after talks with Union ministers on Monday remained inconclusive.

12 Feb 2024

Telangana

Telangana: Bill imposing state-wide ban on hookah parlors passed

Telangana's legislative assembly on Monday unanimously cleared a bill prohibiting hookah parlors across the state.

12 Feb 2024

Hemant Soren

ED probing matters unrelated to Soren's case: Sibal tells court

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's lawyer, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, reportedly challenged the arrest of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader in the Jharkhand High Court on Monday.

12 Feb 2024

Narendra Modi

PM Modi to visit Qatar after Indian Navy veterans' release

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Qatar on Wednesday (February 14) after concluding his two-day United Arab Emirates (UAE) visit.

12 Feb 2024

Delhi

Manish Sisodia granted 3-day interim bail for niece's wedding

Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Monday granted a three-day interim bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia, allowing him to attend his niece's wedding in Lucknow.

12 Feb 2024

Delhi Police

Farmers' march: Delhi bans large gatherings until March 12

Delhi on Monday banned large gatherings for a month (until March 12) amid concerns over possible unrest and security issues ahead of farmers' planned protest march on Tuesday.

12 Feb 2024

Yamuna Expressway

Mathura: 5 people charred to death in Yamuna Expressway accident

Five people were charred to death on Monday after their car crashed into a passenger bus carrying 40 people on the Yamuna Expressway in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.

12 Feb 2024

Farmers

Farmers' protest: Government to hold second round of talks

Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda on Sunday said the Centre's was ready to hold discussions with farmer unions with an "open mind."

11 Feb 2024

Delhi

Delhi: Residents troubled by police's drill ahead of farmers' protest

Residents in parts of Delhi complained of eye discomfort and respiratory ailments on Sunday as a result of the Delhi Police's anti-riot drill in the Yamuna Khadar area.

11 Feb 2024

Hyderabad

Hyderabad man finds worm crawling in Cadbury chocolate, shares video

A man claimed to have found a worm in his Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate bar, which he reportedly purchased from a store at a Hyderabad metro station on Friday.

Armed forces recruitment exam in 13 regional languages, says MHA 

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Sunday announced that it will conduct the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) constable (general duty) examination in 13 regional languages, in addition to Hindi and English.

11 Feb 2024

Farmers Protest

'Delhi Chalo': Security tightened ahead of farmers' protest on Tuesday

Ahead of Tuesday's "Delhi Chalo" march, organized by roughly 200 farmers' unions, authorities are fortifying the national capital by barricading the Delhi-Haryana and Delhi-Uttar Pradesh borders.

11 Feb 2024

IndiGo

IndiGo plane causes runway closure at Delhi airport

An IndiGo flight (6E 2221) from Amritsar on Sunday missed the taxiway after landing at Delhi airport, causing a temporary blockage on one of the runways, PTI reported.

11 Feb 2024

Congress Party

Who is Acharya Krishnam, Congress leader expelled for 6 years

The Congress expelled Acharya Pramod Krishnam, a former Priyanka Gandhi Vadra team member, for six years on Saturday for "indiscipline" and making repeated statements against the grand old party.

11 Feb 2024

Trinamool Congress

Bengal: TMC suspends leader after protests against land grabbing, atrocities

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has suspended a zilla parishad member, Uttam Sardar, from the party for six years after complaints of atrocities by locals in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.

10 Feb 2024

EPFO

Retirement fund body hikes EPF interest rate: Know more

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has officially hiked the interest rate on Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) deposits to 8.25%, a three-year high, for 2023-24.

10 Feb 2024

Amit Shah

Will implement CAA before Lok Sabha elections: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will be implemented in the country before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

10 Feb 2024

Uttarakhand

Haldwani violence: Uttarakhand Police books over 5,000 people, curfew continues

The Uttarakhand Police has registered a first information report (FIR) against over 5,000 persons, including 19 named individuals, for the violence in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, which killed six people and injured over 100 others.

ED files money laundering case against ex-NCB officer Sameer Wankhede

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case against former Mumbai Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede in connection with the 2021 Cordelia cruise drug bust case.

10 Feb 2024

Murder

Cops believe Shiv Sena leader's murder was planned: Here's why

The Mumbai Police reportedly suspect that the murder of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Abhishek Ghosalkar was planned a long time ago by the accused, Mauris Noronha.

09 Feb 2024

Mizoram

Mizoram, Assam agree to resolve colonial-era border dispute

Assam and Mizoram have agreed to make joint efforts to settle the long pending inter-state border dispute between the two states.

09 Feb 2024

Uttar Pradesh

Haldwani violence not communal, says Nainital DM

Violence broke out in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, on Thursday evening after the demolition of a madrasa allegedly built illegally on "nazool land" (owned by the state government) in the Banbhoolpura area.

09 Feb 2024

Narendra Modi

Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh, MS Swaminathan to get Bharat Ratna

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that Bharat Ratna will be conferred on former PMs Chaudhary Charan Singh, PV Narasimha Rao and renowned agricultural scientist M Swaminathan.

09 Feb 2024

Mumbai

Who was 'Mauris Bhai'? Man who shot Shiv Sena leader

Abhishek Ghosalkar, former corporator of Shiv Sena (UBT), was shot dead in Mumbai during a Facebook live on Thursday, allegedly by his old rival Mauris Noronha, who later shot himself fatally.

09 Feb 2024

Uttarakhand

4 dead in Uttarakhand violence; curfew imposed, schools shut 

At least four people died and 250 others were injured as violence erupted in Uttarakhand's Haldwani city over the demolition of an "illegally built" madrasa and mosque.

08 Feb 2024

Chennai

Chennai schools receive hoax bomb threats, investigation underway 

At least four private schools in Chennai received bomb threats via email on Thursday, prompting parents to rush to the school and pick up their kids.

08 Feb 2024

Delhi

Portion of Delhi metro station collapses, man dies under debris 

A person was killed and four others were injured on Thursday after a section of the boundary wall at Delhi's Gokulpuri metro station collapsed.

08 Feb 2024

Delhi

Traffic jams at Delhi-Noida border amid farmers protest

Massive traffic jams were reported in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Thursday as security personnel searched vehicles amid protests by farmers in Noida and Greater Noida.

08 Feb 2024

Amit Shah

India scraps Free Movement Regime with Myanmar 

Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Thursday that the government has scrapped the Free Movement Regime (FMR) between India and Myanmar to safeguard internal security.

08 Feb 2024

Karnataka

Karnataka bans sale, consumption of hookah with immediate effect 

The Karnataka government has imposed a state-wide ban on hookah to protect "public health and youth."

08 Feb 2024

Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala cabinet's protest against Modi government in Delhi today

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his Left Front government will stage a protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Thursday against the Centre's alleged "injustice" to the state in fund allocation.

07 Feb 2024

Pushkar Singh Dhami

Uniform Civil Code Bill passed in Uttarakhand Assembly

The Uttarakhand Assembly on Wednesday passed the Uniform Civil Code Uttarakhand 2024 Bill, a day after it was tabled by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.

07 Feb 2024

Arvind Kejriwal

Kejriwal summoned by Delhi court after ED's complaint

A Delhi court has summoned Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged liquor policy scam.

07 Feb 2024

Uttarakhand

Delhi cook arrested for raping Darjeeling woman for 7 days

A 28-year-old man was arrested in Delhi for allegedly raping, torturing, and sodomizing a woman, for a week.

ED conducts raids on Uttarakhand Congress leader Harak Singh Rawat

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches against Uttarakhand Congress leader and former minister Harak Singh Rawat as part of a money laundering investigation.