Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to celebrate Holi with troops in Siachen

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to celebrate Holi with troops in Siachen

March 23, New Delhi In solidarity with soldiers serving at the world’s highest battleground, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be visiting Siachen glacier to celebrate Holi with troops stationed there. Siachen glacier is a strategic military outpost and among the most challenging terrains in the world. Preparations are currently underway for the Minister’s visit….

China deports wanted gangster Prasad V Poojari; Mumbai Police brings him back

China deports wanted gangster Prasad V Poojari; Mumbai Police brings him back

Mumbai, March 23 The Mumbai Police has brought back notorious gangster Prasad Vitthal Poojary – who was arrested in February 2023 following an Interpol notice – in what is a first-ever deportation of a wanted fugitive by China, officials said here on Saturday. A resident of Vikhroli suburb in north-east Mumbai, Poojary, 44, along with…

Replace Bengal CS as Gopalika will be retiring before LS polls end: LoP Adhikari urges ECI

Replace Bengal CS as Gopalika will be retiring before LS polls end: LoP Adhikari urges ECI

Kolkata, March 23 The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, has requested the Election Commission of India (ECI) to immediately replace BP Gopalika, as the Chief Secretary, as the senior bureaucrat is scheduled to retire before the forthcoming seven-phase polls in the state end. According to BJP leader Adhikari, while the last and…

BJP’s CEC meeting today, to discuss LS polls candidates

BJP’s CEC meeting today, to discuss LS polls candidates

New Delhi, March 23 The BJP’s Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting will be held on Saturday evening to discuss party candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. Chaired by party’s national president J. P. Nadda, the meeting will be held in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during which next list of candidates for the polls…

Israel-Hamas war: Blinken’s visit steps up ceasefire talks in Qatar

Israel-Hamas war: Blinken’s visit steps up ceasefire talks in Qatar

Tel Aviv, March 23 US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken’s visit to the Middle east and Israel on Thursday and Friday repectively, has accelerated the indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas in Doha, Qatar. Mossad Chief, David Barnea, who is heading the Israeli delegation is back in Doha for the negotiations. The recent ceasefire…

India condemns heinous terror attack, stands with Russia in this hour of grief: PM Modi

India condemns heinous terror attack, stands with Russia in this hour of grief: PM Modi

New Delhi, March 23 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed solidarity with the people of Russia and slammed the terrorist attack in the country that left more than 60 people dead and several others injured. “We strongly condemn the heinous terrorist attack in Moscow. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the…

Three killed in multi-vehicle crash in Australia

Three killed in multi-vehicle crash in Australia

Sydney, March 23 At least three people were killed in a fatal five-vehicle crash accident at Maryborough West in the Australia’s state of Queensland. Five vehicles crashed at the Bruce Highway and Walker Street intersection at around 10 p.m. local time on Friday, with two vehicles catching fire, police said, Xinhua news agency reported. Three…

Lok Sabha polls: BJP to support ally candidates in Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya (Ld)

Lok Sabha polls: BJP to support ally candidates in Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya (Ld)

Imphal, March 23 The BJP on Friday decided to support the candidates of the National People’s Party (NPP) in the two parliamentary seats in Meghalaya, the Naga People’s Front (NPF) nominee in the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha seat, and the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) contender in the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland. BJP’s national…

World’s largest rescue centre in Taj city celebrates ‘World Bear Day’

World’s largest rescue centre in Taj city celebrates ‘World Bear Day’

Agra, March 23 World’s largest sloth bear centre at Soor Sarovar bird sanctuary in Agra has done pioneering work in the rescue and rehabilitation of this wildlife species. The facility set up by the Wildlife SOS, in 1998, has saved hundreds of sloth bears, from cruelty inflicted by “kalandars” who used to make them dance,…

Massacre in Moscow mall leaves at least 40 dead, building on fire (2nd Lead)

Massacre in Moscow mall leaves at least 40 dead, building on fire (2nd Lead)

Moscow, March 23 At least 40 people were shot dead and over 100 injured as three to five unidentified gunmen, clad in body armour and armed with assault rifles, began shooting indiscriminately in a Moscow mall on Friday and set a concert hall there afire, reports said. The toll in the Krokus City Mall massacre…