A young man was killed during a weapons exchange by Nepal police, after three Indians crossed the border from the district of Pilibhit. Govinda Singh, 20 was killed by Nepal police was a resident of Pilibhit District of Uttar Pradesh. The incident took place on the Belori market on Thursday night in Kanchanpur in Nepal, where the villagers Govinda Singh, Gurmeet Singsh and Pappu Singh were attending the fair, according to district SP, Jai Prachash Yadav. Jai Prakash Yadav. District SP Yadav. The police said the three were Indian smugglers and seized “blue sugar,” a pistol and a printer that…
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The BJP and two Assam Coalition partners, the AGP and the UPPL have concluded their agreements for the seating sharing in 86 assembly segments with polling largely being carried out in the first and second phases. Assam has 126 constituencies of which three phases of the elections, 27 March, 1 April and April, are to take place. Assam consists of 126 constituencies in three stages, on 27 March, 1 April and 6 April. Elections will be organized in Assam. “The BJP and its partners completed the arrangements for seat-sharing. I am not now divulging either party’ s number of seats as…
https://twitter.com/IndiaToday/status/1366079247534616579?s=20 The man whose Scorpio had been found abandoned outside Antilia Mukesh Ambani’s home was found dead. The police recovered the body of Hiren’s who was the owner of the Scorpio. Initial reports indicate that Mansukh Hiren died of suicide. Police suspect that he jumped out of Thane’s Mumbra Bay. At least five handkerchiefs supposedly stuffed in Mansukh Hiren’s mouth were found also by police authorities. Suicide cannot kill him, Mansukh Hiren’s family members said. Kin also said that on Thursday night they learned he was in Virar. Neighbours told Hiren that Mansukh taught kids how to swim in his…
https://twitter.com/PIBBhubaneswar/status/1367764636263612416?s=20 The DRDO on Friday successfully conducted the flight test of Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) Technology from Interim Teat Range at Chandipur, a beach in Baleswar district of Odisha. During the test fire, all subsystems including the ground booster engine were conducted as anticipated. “Many new techniques, including Ducted Ramjet technology based on Solid Fuel, have been proved during the simulation.” During the test, a booster engine simulated the air-launch scenario. The nozzle-less booster then speededed it to the necessary Ramjet Mach number. The missile’s performance has been controlled with data captured by ITR’s Electro-optical, Radar and Telemetry Instruments,…
Former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi, who underwent a surgery to get rid of a clot in his brain a couple of days ago, has been shifted to a personal room from the medical care Unit (ICU) and is doing well, a source on the brink of the legendary spinner said. The 74-year-old is admitted at a city hospital. “He (Bedi) has been shifted to a personal room yesterday, he’s fine now. They (doctors) will monitor him for a couple of more days,” the source told PTI. Bedi had undergone bypass surgery at the hospital last month after he complained…
Maharashtra legislature on Thursday witnessed uproarious scenes over the difficulty of the Speaker’s post lying vacant, leading to a quick adjournment. The post fell vacant following the resignation of Nana Patole on February 4. He later took over because the Congress’s state unit chief. Speaking within the House, BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar demanded that the Chair announce a schedule for the Speaker’s election at the earliest, since a delay of 30 days was a “mockery ofthe Constitution”. He said there was no need for chief minister’s discretion within the matter. The former state minister said on earlier occasions, the post…
An investigation into systemic child exploitation in Churches in France have made some alarming revelations of the number of victims. Jean-Marc Sauve, president of the Catholic Church’s independent investigation committee, said on Tuesday that at least 10 000 victims have been abused by church since 1950. Head of the probe commission says possible figure of victims is at least 10,000. Sauve reportedly said that the number of victims estimated in June last year which was 3,000 was certainly an underestimate. “It’s possible that the figure is at least 10,000”, Sauve was quoted as saying at a press conference where he shared…
On Thursday India marking a significant breakthrough with as many as one million people got vaccinated against COVID-19 in just one day. The vaccine was administered to some 10,93 lakh persons by 7 p.m., with the sum of 1.77 crore since the beginning of the campaign on 16 January. The nation has accelerated the vaccination drive from healthcare and front-line personnel to elderly over 60 and over 45 with illnesses, whilst developing rules for immunizing people in private hospitals. As per the Ministry of Health of the Union, 85.51 per cent of fresh cases are reported in Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil…
Three state police constables Jaguar, a Left Wing Extremism task force, were killed and two others wounded in the Maoist Thursday Claymore mine explosion in the Chaibasa area of Jhark Hand district of West Singhbum, police said. At 08.45 am, at the foot of Lanji Pahar, an area in the Chakradharpur block Toklo Police Station, the incident occurred when CRPF staff from 197 Battalion and Jharkhand Jaguar’s Assault 11 were under way to strengthen a continuous combined action. Police said Maoists were targeting jawans and explosing on the ground of Lanji Pahar, the Claymore mine planted. Jharkhand DGP Niraj Sinha…
The shooting of a movie supported the life and vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi featuring Gajendra Chauhan of ‘Mahabharata’ fame within the lead role will begin soon. Its director Milan Bhowmik told on Thursday that ‘Ek Aur Naren’ will have two strands in its story – one handling the life and work of Swami Vivekanada who was born Narendranath Dutta and therefore the other projecting the vision of Narendra Modi. The director said the film encapsulates the lives of two personalities – Vivekananda who spent his life to spread the message of universal brotherhood and the way the Indian…