The Gujarat high court refused Tuesday to grant any interim relief to disqualified Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on his plea for a stay on his conviction by a Surat court in a criminal defamation case. The HC said it will give its final order after the court's summer vacation (from May 6 to June 5).
Marine and NSG commandos will be deployed as part of a strong security cover for the upcoming G20 working group meeting scheduled in Kashmir later this month. "The ADGP Kashmir shared with all stakeholders that NSG teams will be used for counter fidayeen attack along with SOG and specialise NSG teams to counter drones will be deployed at all venues," a police spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Raja Harishchandra is a 1913 silent film, directed and produced by Dadasaheb Phalke. It is widely regarded as the first full-length feature film ever made in India, and it premiered on May 3, 1913, at the Coronation Cinema in Mumbai (then Bombay). The film tells the story of King Harishchandra, a legendary ruler from ancient India who was known for his honesty and integrity.
Ludhiana police Monday constituted a five-member special investigation team (SIT) to investigate the toxic gas leak in Giaspura that killed 11 people and landed four others in hospital the previous morning. Effluents illegally dumped into sewers are believed to have led to the spread of the poison gas.
India is participating in the meeting convened in Doha by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Afghanistan that is bringing together special envoys from various countries and is aimed at achieving a common understanding on how to engage with the Taliban.Guterres arrived in Doha Monday to host the two-day meeting of special envoys on Afghanistan to reach points of commonality on key issues.
Concerned over commercial and retail spaces at airport terminals spilling over to areas meant exclusively for passenger movement, the bureau of civil aviation security has directed airport operators to ensure that shops and eateries are kept only “by the side” and the ones set up in the middle of walking and seating spaces for flyers are removed.
As Operation Kaveri is underway, the Kochi-bound ninth flight departed from Jeddah with 186 passengers. "9th outbound flight departs from Jeddah. 186 passengers onboard this flight are flying to Kochi," Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted. Earlier, EAM Jaishankar, on Sunday, said that nearly 2300 evacuees Indians have reached India.
The current Covid-19 surge in the country appears to have peaked, with cases in the last seven days down 27% as compared to the preceding week's tally, marking the first decline in the seven-day case count in 13 weeks since the beginning of February. Other indicators such as fatalities, active cases and the positivity rate too registered a drop.
Following the security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's roadshow in the poll-bound Karnataka's Mysuru, police said that they have located the person who threw the phone on the vehicle and stated that the person had "no ill intentions" behind it. ADGP, law and Order, Alok Kumar said "The person who threw the phone on the vehicle of PM had no ill intention and was thrown in excitement. The phone belongs to a BJP worker. We have traced the person."
Addressing the 100th edition of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on Sunday, an emotional PM Modi said the radio broadcast had allowed him to worship the positives in people he had met with or spoken to. He also said it filled the “emptiness” that he felt when he first moved to the capital from Gujarat in 2014. He described ‘Mann Ki Baat' as a great medium to learn from the qualities of others, adding that it allowed him to connect with the people of India like he used to when he was Gujarat CM.
The Bombay high court recently refused anticipatory bail to a pilot who was booked under Indian Penal Code Section 377 for unnatural intercourse on a complaint by a woman he was to marry. “It is very well true that if one of the parties to intercourse subsequently dislikes it, he or she has every right to take recourse to the law which is available,” said Justice S M Modak on April 13.
Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is also BJP MP from Kaiserganj, UP, said on Saturday he was “innocent” regarding the sexual harassment allegations against him and that he believed Congress was behind the controversy. About demands for him to resign as WFI president, Singh said this was not “a big thing” for him as his tenure was coming to an end.
The qualifying percentile in JEE (Main) to be eligible for JEE (Advanced), the gateway to 23 Indian Institutes of technology (IITs), registered a five-year high for the reserved category and a four-year-high for the general category candidates this year. The minimum cutoff for the general category this year is 90.7 percentile, up from 88.4 in 2022. The cutoff for the OBC category rose to 73.6 percentile this year from 67 in 2022 and 68 in 2021.
