Tensions arose on the India-Nepal border in Uttarakhand last week after a few Nepalese citizens tried to put a fence in an area which is no man’s land. They reportedly planted some saplings around a missing pillar in no man’s land in an area into the Indian side in Tanakpur, Champawat district. They, reportedly, erected some wooden pillars in the area and claimed that the land belonged to them. The news of encroachment saw the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and the Champawat district authorities taking up the matter with the APF and the Nepalese local authorities. Both sides swung into…
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Delhi’s Karkardooma court on Monday rejected the bail plea of 3 persons accused of the brutal murder of Hindu youth Dilbar Negi during the Delhi riots in February this year. The court said that the violence at the scene was horrific, killing innocent people and causing severe damage to public property. The court held that at this stage, the bail of the accused and their release could hamper the investigation. The incident took place on 24th February. The crime branch of Delhi Police had registered charge sheet against 12 people in the murder of Dilbar Negi during the Delhi Riots…
Indian Railways exports locomotives to Bangladesh. Piyush Goyal-led Indian Railways has handed more than 10 broad-gauge (BG) diesel locomotives to Bangladesh today. Indian Railways has overseen the handing over process of the diesel locomotives to Bangladesh Railways. Each of these WDM3D type BG locomotives has a 3300 HP engine. These locomotives have been designed for a speed of 120 kilometre per hour. These locomotives have a residual life of 28 years or more. Ten BG locomotives have the capacity for hauling both passenger and freight trains, Indian Railways said in a statement. These BG locomotives are equipped with a microprocessor-based…
Actor Sonakshi Sinha has announced a replacement campaign against cyber bullying and online harassment. The actor has teamed up with Special IGP of the Maharashtra Police and Mission Josh for the campaign, #FullStopToCyberBullying. “Full Stop To Cyber Bullying may be a campaign by Mission Josh, where I even have teamed up with Special IGP Mr Pratap Dighavkar with an aim to make awareness and educate people about online harassment, trolls, impact on psychological state of victims who have faced trolling,” Sonakshi said during a post on Instagram. The 33-year-old actor also posted a video where she talks about how people…
The government has banned 47 more Chinese apps, taking the entire number of mobile applications banned for being prejudicial to sovereignty, integrity and defence of the country, to 106, consistent with a source. The source aware about the event said that the 47 additional Chinese apps that are banned now were clones and variants of the apps which were blocked earlier. An order to the present effect was issued on Friday, the source said. The list of additional apps that are banned wasn’t immediately available, and there’s no official word on the matter yet. Earlier on Saints Peter and Paul,…
The first batch of five Rafale fighter jets flew out of France on Monday and will arrive in India on Wednesday. https://twitter.com/Indian_Embassy/status/1287640900412350465?s=20 The first batch of the Rafale jets will be officially inducted into the Indian Air Force at Air Force Station Ambala on Wednesday after fighters land in India. The fighter jets, which took off from the Merignac airbase in France’s Bordeaux on Monday, will halt at a French airbase in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday. The aircraft will be refuelled by French Air Force tanker aircraft on their way to an airbase in the UAE before…
As a tribute to soldiers who fought in the Kargil war, President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday donated Rs 20 lakh to the Army hospital to buy quipment that will help doctors and paramedics combat COVID-19 effectively. The contribution from the president will be used to procure units of PAPR (powered air-purifying respirator), which are state-of-the-art equipment to enable medical professionals to breathe during surgeries and protect them from infection, an official communique said. This will serve the larger cause of patients’ care and protection to those warriors who are fighting an invisible enemy, it said. “As a tribute to…
The stringent National Security Act (NSA) was imposed on a man in Madhya Pradesh who was arrested on Monday for allegedly kidnapping a woman and raping her in confinement for 20 days, the police said. Rehmat Khan, 32, was arrested after the woman escaped and approached the police, an official said. He had kidnapped the 20-year-old woman from Dhar district, said Superintendent of Police Vipul Shrivastava. “Rehmat is a history-sheeter (repeat offender) with nine cases against his name. He also has three cases of kidnapping and rape. He has already served a jail sentence in one rape case,” the official…
India’s coronavirus case tally has crossed the 14 lakh-mark with most states continuing to witness a daily spike in Covid-19 infections in the country. Over 21,000 new cases of infections were added to India’s overall tally on Sunday evening after Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka updated their tally. In Delhi, the Covid-19 recovery rate reached nearly 88 per cent on Sunday, with the AAP government now working on a detailed plan to revive the city’s lockdown-hit economy. Meanwhile, the government is now formulating guidelines for Unlock 3.0 which will come into force from August. The Covid-19 restrictions of ‘Unlock 2.0’…
Sri Lanka cricket legend Kumar Sangakkara has backed Sourav Ganguly for the ICC chairman’s post, saying the BCCI president’s “astute cricket brain” and vast experience as an administrator make him a “very suitable” candidate for the role. Admitting that he’s an enormous fan of Ganguly, Sangakkara said the previous India captain has a world mindset which is important to stay unbiased in a crucial position. “I think Sourav definitely can make that change. quite big fan of Dada not simply because of his stature as a cricketer but i feel he features a very astute cricket brain,” Sangakkara, who is…