Colonel Ashutosh Sharma, Major Anuj Sood were among five security personnel killed in action during an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, which began on Saturday and continued late night. A police officer and two soldiers were also a part of the five-member team that came under heavy fire from terrorists. A joint anti-terrorist operation by the armed forces and the J&K Police was carried out in the Handwara area of the district in north Kashmir, about 70 km from capital Srinagar, an official statement said, adding that the five-member team was able to rescue several civilians. Two terrorists…
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Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi has died after contracting coronavirus. He was admitted to AIIMS in Delhi on April 2. His daughter and cook, who had also tested positive for COVID-19, have recovered, sources said. A former Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court, Justice Tripathi had been in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of AIIMS since April 5. Justice Tripathi is one of the four judicial members of the anti-corruption body Lokpal. Earlier today, death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,223 and the number of cases climbed to 37,776 in the country, registering an increase of 71 deaths and…
The license of Mumbai-based CKP Co-operative Bank Ltd has been cancelled by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Saturday. The licence has been cancelled with effect from the close of business on April 30, 2020, as the bank’s financial position had worsened. In its order, the central bank has maintained that the CKP Co-operative Bank Ltd was not in a position to pay its present and future depositors due to its financial instability. In a statement on Saturday, the RBI said, “The CKP Co-operative Bank Ltd., Mumbai, is prohibited from conducting the business of ‘banking’ which includes acceptance of deposits…
Speaking on the Kulbhushan Jadhav matter, Harish Salve said that a point has come in the case where India would have to decide whether to go to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for further consequential directions. Responding to a query on the current status of the Jadhav matter, as it has been a while since the ICJ verdict and also nothing has been heard so far, Salve said that India has been in touch with Pakistan through various channels. “I think we have reached a point where we may have to decide whether to go to ICJ for further…
Maharashtra security forces gunned down a dreaded woman Maoist who was absconding for three decades and carried a reward of Rs 16 lakh on her head, an official said here. The fierce gun-battle between the security forces and a gang of Maoists took place during an encounter in the thick forests of Sinbhatti in the jurisdiction of Jarawandi Police Station in the district. “Following a tip-off of some conspiracy planned against the security forces, a team of the C-60 commandos was on a combing operation in the forest. Suddenly, some Maoists hiding there opened fire on them. The commandos opened…
An Assistant Sub-Inspector in Punjab’s Jalandhar town was dragged on a car bonnet on Saturday when a policeman tried to stop the vehicle during lockdown. The police arrested the driver Amol Mehmi, 20, who was on the wheel of the black Ertiga, and his father Parminder Kumar, its owner. The incident was recorded in a 90-second clip of a video. Assistant Sub-inspector Mulkh Raj was seen screaming for help. In a tweet, state police chief Dinkar Gupta said: “Punjab Police has a zero tolerance policy” against such acts”. He said Anmol Mehmi and his father were booked under the Epidemic…
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Darjeeling Raju Bisht has accused the Mamata Banerjee government of hiding the real figures of corona infected patients. He even went on to say that the police is secretly burning the bodies at night which is inciting anger among the people of the state. The 34-year-old BJP MP told that a few days ago the police were burning the corpse of a suspected corona patient in Alipurduar district at midnight. This led to anger among the people who then clashed with the police. The public set police cars afire and many policemen were injured…
Elon Musk may lose his job as Tesla CEO as the car makers Board as well as the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) must have taken into account his bizarre tweet that left Teslas market value go down by $14 billion in hours. The tweet saying that Tesla stock was “too high” also knocked $3 billion off Musk’s own stake in the electric car-maker. His earlier notorious tweet in August 2018 when he posted about Tesla “going private, funding secured” at $420 a share cost him his role as Chairman. The August 2018 tweet resulted in Musk and Tesla…
The political slugfest between Telangana’s ruling TRS and opposition BJP over the Covid-19 situation in the state continued on Saturday with the BJP”s state unit chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar alleging that the state government misled the Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) currently visiting the state. Unhappy with the Central team for appreciating Telangana government’s efforts to contain Covid-19, Kumar dashed off a letter to the Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, alleging that the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government misled the team with regard to the facilities offered to Covid-19 patients. He urged the Secretary to send another team for a visit.…
IT and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday strongly rebutted the allegations by former Congress President Rahul Gandhi that the Aarogya Setu app is outsourced to the private sector. Reacting to a post by Rahul Gandhi, Prasad called it “a daily lie” and asked him to stop outsourcing his tweets instead. “Aarogya Setu is now being appreciated globally. The App is NOT outsourced to any private operator. Mr. Gandhi really high time that you stop outsourcing your tweets to your cronies who do not understand India. Daily a new lie,” Prasad said in a series of tweets. Without naming…