NEW DELHI: Just weeks after the November 10 car blast near the Red Fort, the historic monument is preparing to host a major event marking the 350th death anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur, officials said on Thursday.The security has been stepped up significantly ahead of the three-day kirtan darbar, which will run from November 23…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday remanded four accused in the Red Fort blast case to 10 days of NIA custody. The agency identified them as Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganai of Pulwama, Dr Adeel Ahmed Rather, a Saharanpur-based practitioner originally from Anantnag, Dr Shaheen Saeed of Lucknow, and Mufti Irfan Ahmad Wagay of Shopian….
How Bastar tribals mourn dead RAIPUR: As word of his death spread, Puvarti village slipped into a familiar, ancient rhythm of mourning that has nothing to do with ideology and everything to do with loss. Videos of Hidm’as mother and family members emerged mourning, holding their heads, and announcing through a sound called roon–saun —…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday submitted a chargesheet identifying Robert Vadra as an accused in a money-laundering case connected to UK-based defence dealer Sanjay Bhandari.Officials said the prosecution complaint has been submitted before Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court as part of the ongoing investigation. Vadra’s statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) was…
NEW DELHI: Describing the ongoing Special Intensive Revision in West Bengal as “unplanned, chaotic, and dangerous,” chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that the situation had reached an “alarming stage” following the deaths of multiple booth-level officers (BLOs), including an anganwadi worker in Jalpaiguri.In a letter addressed to CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Banerjee said she…
7cr from cash van on Dairy Circle flyover BENGALURU: In one of the well-scripted daring daylight dacoities in Bengaluru, five to six miscreants posing as RBI officials looted Rs 7.1 crore from an armoured cash van from a busy flyover in south Bengaluru on Wednesday afternoon.The incident took place between 12.30pm and 1pm when the…
Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam NEW DELHI: Delhi police on Thursday told the Supreme Court that when intellectuals become terrorists, they become “more dangerous” than those working on the ground. The police made these statements as it strongly opposed the bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others in connection with the February…
NEW DELHI: A massive protest erupted after a 16-year-old Class 10 student, who died after allegedly jumping from a platform at Rajendra Place Metro Station in Delhi, left behind a handwritten suicide note calling for action against his teacher.The boy, who left home for school on 18 November while his father was away, was found…
At COP 30 this week, the world’s most powerful leaders are once again bargaining over degrees and decades: how much warming to allow, how long developing countries can keep burning coal, how much money will flow south. India’s delegation is pressing, as always, for climate equity. On paper, they’re right: our per-capita emissions remain a…
MUMBAI: The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai Police has summoned social media influencer Orry in connection with the Rs 252-crore drug manufacturing and trafficking case. The summons to Orry, whose real name is Orhan Awatramani, follows disclosures made by arrested drug supplier Mohammed Salim Sohail Shaikh alias Lavish, who was recently deported from Dubai for…
