Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif along with his daughter Maryam were arrested on July 13 on their return to the country after they were convicted in a corruption case, less than two weeks before the country goes to polls. The plane carrying Sharif and Maryam landed at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal Airport at 9.15 p.m. IST, nearly three hours late […]
» Read moreA militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, July 12, 2018, the Army said. “One militant has been killed in the ongoing encounter in the forest area of Kupwara district,” an Army official said. Security forces had launched an operation in the Kandi forest area of Kupwara on Wednesday […]
» Read moreNineteen-year-old Rangila doesn’t need to dance anymore. The sloth bear, which was smuggled into Nepal in December 2017 for use as a ‘dancing bear’, is being sent back to India. The Indian and Nepalese governments, Nepal’s Jane Goodall Institute, and the Indian non-profit, Wildlife SOS, facilitated the repatriation. The seven-month-long process involved obtaining several approvals and documents from both countries […]
» Read moreGangster Prem Prakash Singh alias Munna Bajrangi was shot dead inside the Baghpat district jail in Uttar Pradesh early on Monday. Following the incident, the State government has suspended the Jailor, Deputy Jailor, Warden and Head Warden and ordered a judicial inquiry. Barely a week ago, Bajrangi’s wife Seema Singh alleged at a press conference that the Special Task Force […]
» Read moreWorried about losing your identity proofs while travelling by train? Worry no more. Railways have now said that they will accept soft copies of Aadhar and driving licence provided they are in your DigiLocker, a digital storage service operated by the government that enables Indian citizens to store certain official documents on cloud. The national transporter has sent a missive […]
» Read morethe Gokhale over-bridge at Andheri railway station in Mumbai collapsed today, prompting the Railway Ministry to order a probe into it. Railway minister Piyush Goyal has asked the Commissioner of Railway Safety, Western Circle, to conduct an inquiry into the incident and submit his report within 15 days. A part of the 47-year-old over- bridge collapsed during heavy rains, disrupting […]
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