Suspended Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain has confessed about his role in the North East Delhi violence that broke out in February this year and admitted that he has incited people to unleash violence, according to an Interrogation Report (IR) by Delhi Police. Tahir Hussain said that he met former JNU student Umar Khalid at Popular Front of India (PFI) office in Shaheen Bagh on January 8. According to Delhi Police, Tahir Hussain’s task was to collect as much glass bottle, petrol, acid, stones, as possible on the roof of my house. One of Tahir Hussain’s acquaintance, Khalid…
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The Rafale aircraft will give India a strategic advantage in case of any aerial combat with China in the mountainous Tibet region as the fleet will be able to use the terrain to its advantage, destroy enemy air defence and incapacitate the surface-to-air missiles, former Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal (retd) BS Dhanoa said on Sunday. Mr Dhanoa, known as the architect of the Balakot strikes, said the Rafale jets along with S-400 missile systems will give the Indian Air Force a major combat edge in the entire region and that India’s adversaries will think twice before starting…
Amitabh Bachchan on Sunday (August 2) tested negative for coronavirus and has been discharged from Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital. Big B’s son and actor Abhishek Bachchan shared the news on Twitter and wrote, “My father, thankfully, has tested negative on his latest Covid-19 test and has been discharged from the hospital. He will now be at home and rest. Thank you all for all your prayers and wishes for him.” In another tweet, the actor shared that he, however, remains Covid-19 positive. “I, unfortunately due to some comorbidities remain Covid-19 positive and remain in hospital. Again, thank you all for your…
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday said he has tested positive for coronavirus. Yediyurappa informed on Twitter that he had tested positive for the novel virus and is being hospitalised as a precautionary measure even though he is fine. Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa’s tweet came hours after Home Minister Amit Shah took to Twitter and announced he had tested positive for coronavirus. Yediyurappa requested all those who came in contact with him recently to “be observant” and exercise self-quarantine. The 77-year-old chief minister has been admitted to Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru. “I have tested positive for coronavirus.…
Mumbai Police, which is probing the case, has called it a suicide but is continuing its investigation to rule out any foul play. Sushant Singh Rajput left no suicide note. Mumbai Police, during the course of its investigation, said he was under medication for depression. While Mumbai Police kept calling Bollywood celebrities and people in close contact with Sushant Singh Rajput for questioning, a campaign gained momentum on social media for a CBI probe. Several people alleged that the Mumbai Police had a “hidden agenda” and was trying to prove it a case of suicide. BJP MP from Jharkhand Nishikant…
The much anticipated women’ Indian Premier League (IPL) have been approved the Governing Council after it met on August 2. This development comes on a day when the IPL Governing Council zeroed on all logistics for IPL 2020 which will be held in UAE from September 19 to November 10. The Indian government has given its approval for IPL 2020 to be played in The UAE. All Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are being readied and finalised. Earlier today, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had almost confirmed the developments while talking to India Today. “Women’s IPL will definitely happen and women’s cricket…
In a positive development, a Naxal terrorist in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh has given up arms as a promise to his sister made on Raksha Bandhan, reports Bhaskar. As per the report, the 22-year-old Malla Tamo, was inducted by his uncle into the Naxal activities eight years ago. He joined platoon number 13 of the Naxals there. At the moment, he carried a bounty of eight lakh rupees on his head. The report further adds that when Malla came back home, his sister told him that she will tie the rakhi only when he promised to give up his arms and surrender…
Uttar Pradesh (UP) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Swatantra Dev Singh has tested positive for Covid-19 but will stay in home quarantine because the symptoms are mild. In a tweet on Sunday (2 August), Singh has asked all those who interacted with him to get tested. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has tested positive for novel coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2) and has been hospitalised, he tweeted on Sunday (2 August). The former Bharatiya Janata Party president himself broke the news on Twitter and wrote, “On getting the initial symptoms of corona, I got the test done and the report came back positive.…
India and China are set to hold the fifth round of Corps Commander level talks on Sunday, to work out modalities of Pangong Tso area and Gogra where the disengagement between the troops of the two countries has not happened. The 5th round of Corps Commander level talks will be held in Moldo on the Chinese side. The situation on Pangong Tso lake is likely to be the agenda of the fifth round of Corps Commander level talks, sources have said. The standoff at Patrolling Point 17A at Gogra, where disengagement between the Indian and the Chinese troops has not…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday tested positive for COVID-19 coronavirus infection and has been admitted to a hospital. https://twitter.com/AmitShah/status/1289882101915893764?s=20 Shah took to social media today to inform about his infection. “I have tested positive but my health is fine,” he said, adding that he has been hospitalised on the advice of doctors. The Union Home Minister also appealed to those who came into close contact with him in the last few days to get themselves tested for COVID-19. “I request those who came in contact with me in last few days to get tested for coronavirus and isolate…