Delhi Crime Branch arrests two hi-tech robbers for stealing high end cars at gunpoint

The Delhi Crime Branch busted a gang involved in robberies, kidnapping and carjacking cases and arrested two wanted criminals from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The two hi-tech robbers, identified as Ravi Kumar and Swet Singh aka Bunty Singh, were arrested from Gopalpur in Bihar and Kushinagar in UP, respectively. The…

Tamil Nadu: Locals shower flower petals on vehicles carrying mortal remains of Gen Rawat, wife & others

Locals in Tamil Nadu showered flower petals on vehicles carrying the mortal remains of Chief of Defence General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 armed forces personnel who died in the Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper crash in Coonoor on Wednesday. In a video shared by ANI news agency, locals can be seen chanting…

Govt should bring down prices of petrol, diesel, cooking gas, says Supriya Sule in Lok Sabha

The government should intervene and bring down high prices of petrol, diesel and domestic cooking gas so that crores of poor people are benefited, NCP MP Supriya Sule demanded in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Raising the issue of the price rise of essential commodities during the Zero Hour in the House, she also said…

Centre said cases filed against farmers will be withdrawn: Yogendra Yadav

Soon after protesting farmers announced that they had called off their protest over the farm laws, social activist Yogendra Yadav said on Thursday that the government has assured that cases filed against farmers will be withdrawn soon. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, Yogendra Yadav said the Centre, in its…

Elgar Parishad case: Accused Sudha Bharadwaj released after 3 years in jail

Activist Sudha Bharadwaj, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, was on Thursday released from prison here on bail, after spending three years in jail. Bharadwaj was granted default bail by the Bombay High Court on December 1. The HC had then directed a special NIA court to decide on the conditions to be…

Oppn MPs were not allowed to pay tribute to Gen Bipin Rawat in Rajya Sabha: LoP Kharge

On Thursday, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said that Opposition Members of Parliament were not allowed by the chairperson to pay tribute to late General Bipin Rawat and others who lost their lives in the Coonoor chopper crash. “After Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement in…

After more than a year, farmers call off agitation and start packing up

After more than a year of protesting at Delhi’s borders, the farmers called off their agitation on Thursday. They will now begin heading back home. Farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chadhuni said, “The Samyukta Kisan Morcha-led farmers’ agitation is being suspended because the Centre has agreed to our…

West Bengal CID seizes truck with 223 kg narcotics worth Rs 23 lakh

The West Bengal Crime Investigation Department (CID) sleuths seized a truck with 233 kgs of cannabis or colloquially termed narcotic drug, Ganja, on Wednesday late night. The CID officials intercepted one Tata Goods vehicle near Dhulagarh Toll Plaza in Howrah district. Three people have been arrested in connection with…

‘No problem with him becoming Hindu, issue is disrespect of Islam’: 2 Cong leaders call for murder of Waseem Rizvi

Former Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board chairman Waseem Rizvi converted from Islam to Hinduism on December 6. Two Telangana Congress leaders, Feroz Khan and Rashed Khan, have announced bounties of Rs 50 lakh and Rs 25 lakh on his head respectively. Speaking exclusively to India Today, they said that they have no problem…

Oceans are not dumping grounds

Sir It is distressing to note that sewage water flowed into the beautiful Marina beach during the recent incessant rains in Chennai and turned the blue waters to a brownish hue. Not only the Marina, oceans worldwide are constantly under the threat of adulterations and, in fact, have been reduced to ‘rubbish dumps’…