NEW DELHI: A wanted dacoit, Iftekhar, also known as Soldier or Shaitaan, carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh, was killed in an encounter in UP’s Bareilly with the Special Operations Group (SOG) and local police teams on Nainital Road on Thursday.SSP Anurag Arya said, “In 2024, a robbery occurred where a reward of one…
While much attention in the animal kingdom goes to speed and agility, some creatures have mastered the art of moving slowly. These animals thrive by conserving energy, avoiding predators, or adopting sedentary lifestyles, showing that survival doesn’t always require rapid motion. From land to sea, the slowest animals include species that barely move at all,…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday witnessed the mid-air refuelling of an F-35 fighter jet while travelling onboard a KC-30A multirole tanker transport aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) from Sydney to Canberra. His visit marks a significant step in advancing India-Australia defence and strategic cooperation.The defence ministry said in a…
A seven member team from Madhya Pradesh have arrested G Ranganathan, the owner of Sresan Pharmaceuticals from Chennai, officials said on Thursday. CHENNAI: A seven member team from Madhya Pradesh have arrested G Ranganathan, the owner of Sresan Pharmaceuticals from Chennai, officials said on Thursday. The company accused of manufacturing the toxic Coldrif cough syrup…
NEW DELHI: Government on Wednesday released the draft labour policy, with a focus on increasing the share of women in the workforce and universal and portable social security.The target is to increase women’s participation to 35% by 2030, while also expanding entrepreneurship and career guidance initiatives for youth.The plan is to create a Universal Social…
PUNE: If this year’s prolonged monsoon and endless overcast skies have made it feel like the Sun has gone missing, there is data to back up the impression.In a new study by Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and India Meteorological Department (IMD), among others, scientists have found that sunshine…
NEW DELHI: The ED on Wednesday flagged serious irregularities in the financial transactions of Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (IHFL), now known as Sammaan Capital Ltd, even as an NGO told the Supreme Court that the ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) had condoned a litany of corporate governance irregularities by IHFL, brushing aside market regulator Sebi’s…
File photo: Congress leader Pawan Khera NEW DELHI: Raising questions about SIR in Bihar, Congress has asked who the 30 lakh people who didn’t make it to the electoral rolls are and how many of them voted in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.Congress said that as CEC had allowed applications for inclusion up to ten…
CHANDIGARH: The mystery over Haryana ADG Y Puran Kumar’s suicide lingered on Wednesday as the postmortem was deferred and rumours swirled around amid police’s silence on the contents of the nine-page ‘final note’ left behind by the IPS officer.Kumar’s wife, IAS officer Amneet P Kumar, arrived in Chandigarh in the afternoon after cutting short her…
EC has deployed 824 flying squads – comprising a magistrate-level officer, police personnel and a videography team – in poll-bound Bihar to attend within 100 minutes to citizens’ and political parties’ complaints regarding violation of model code received via its C-Vigil app. EC had on Monday announced two-phase polls in Bihar, bringing the model code…
