https://twitter.com/TejinderSsodhi/status/1379044319558991872?s=20 At least 22 security personnel were killed in the deadly attack on the CoBRA battalion of CRPF by the Maoists. The naxals announced that they had abducted the missing CRPF jawan after the ambush in the forests of Chhatisgarh. It was an emotional moment at the home of missing CRPF soldier Rakeshwar Singh Manhas when his 5-year-old daughter pleaded with the naxals to release her father, who had reportedly been abducted by them. “Please release my father,” pleaded Shragvi, the five-year-old daughter of a CoBRA commando kidnapped by Naxals after an ambush in Chhattisgarh. This was all Shragvi could…
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https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1379026171313205249?s=20 https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1379026171313205249?s=20 NASA released video of port relocation at the International Space Station (ISS). The video shows the port of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience being relocated as the space station prepares to welcome new crew members later this month. SpaceX Crew-1 is the first certified mission under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, launching on November 15, 2020. The video shows NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, as well as Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, undocking the Crew Dragon Resilience from the ISS Harmony module’s forward port and docking to the space-facing port. NASA astronauts…
Dr Randeep Guleria, chief of Delhi’s All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, today emphasized the need for mini containment zones, which should function similarly to areas under lockdown, after the second Covid wave pushed the daily surge past 1 lakh for the first time in the country. Dr. Guleria, a key member of the government’s Covid Task Force, described the situation as “very concerning.” Given the previous year’s experience, a nationwide lockdown is no longer considered an option. Not only had the economy suffered, but thousands of migrant workers had been left without work overnight, giving the opposition a powerful tool…
The much awaited polling begins in more than 750 constituencies within four different states of India and one UT at 7 am today. This polling will decide the the fate of the candidates who are locked in direct or triangular contests from their respective seats. While voting in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for their single-phase election will end on April 6, West Bengal is set for its third phase, and has five more phases to go. Assam, on the other hand, is witnessing the final of its three phases. PM Modi urged to people to ‘vote in large numbers.…
The Delhi Police have charged AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan with inciting the beheading of Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati. The FIR was filed in accordance with Indian Penal Code sections 153-A/506. https://twitter.com/DChaurasia2312/status/1378689420405088256?s=20 The AAP MLA called out for beheading of Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati in a tweet that hurt Hindu sentiments and the tweet has been deleted now. Despite numerous requests to remove it, the provocative tweet against Twitter Rules remained online for hours. “This insult to our prophet is not tolerable to us at all. The tongue and head of this hateful insect should be cut off as punishment. However, Indian laws…
The BJP on Monday trained its guns on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray saying that he has forfeited the moral authority to control the state following the resignation of Anil Deshmukh as state home minister. Deshmukh had resigned after the Bombay supreme court ordered a CBI probe into the corruption allegations levelled against him by former Mumbai commissioner Param Bir Singh. Addressing a news conference , senior BJP leader and Union minister Shankar Prasad asked if Thackeray has any moral responsibility following Deshmukh’s resignation because the state home minister. So many major incidents have happened under his government, Prasad said,…
Referring to an audio tape which surfaced on Sunday, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari slammed West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, alleging that they were involved within the coal smuggling case within the state. The audio tape carries the recording of a purported conversation between an unidentified person and Ganesh Bagaria, an aide of Anup Majhi who is an accused within the coal pilferage scam. The Indian Express didn’t independently verify the content of the audio tape and will not confirm its authenticity. Alleging that TMC leaders received up to Rs 900 crore by dishonest means over…
Officials of ED took West Bengal cop Ashok Mishra into custody in connection with the coal pilferage case. Mishra, the inspector-in-charge of the Bankura police station, was apprehended in Delhi on Saturday night, they said. According to sources, he is thought to have connections with Anup Majhi, alias Lala, who is thought to be the ringleader of the scam. He was probed for having links with Anup Majhi, alias Lala, who is taken into account to be the kingpin of the scam, sources said. This is the second arrest within the case, the looked for which began in November last…
Major terror strike was averted with the timely intervention by the Islamic State of Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK) was averted in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir after police arrested a self-styled commander of the outfit in Jammu on Sunday, according to Mukesh Singh, Inspector General of Police, Jammu zone. Malik Umair alias Abdullah, a resident of Yaripora village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam, was arrested by the Special Operations Group of the Jammu police from Jhajjar Kotli on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the officer said. “The terrorist was arrested on a specific information around 7 pm and a pistol,…
Anil Deshmukh, resigned hours after the Bombay High Court ordered the CBI to conduct a preliminary investigation into former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh’s allegations that Deshmukh ran an extortion wing. He was a member of the NCP in the three-party ruling coalition with the Shiv Sena and the Congress. This was the first jolt to Maharashtra’s 16-month-old Maha Vikas Aghadi government came on Monday, when Home Minister Anil Deshmukh resigned and handed over his resignation letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Singh had previously claimed in his Supreme Court petition that Deshmukh was pressuring cops, including disgraced Sanjay…