Category: NEW DELHI

• NEW DELHI

The Delhi Police has concluded its arguments on framing charges against BJP MP and former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in an alleged sexual harassment case by six women wrestlers.

Countrywide protests by transporters against the increase in quantum of punishment in hit-and-run cases under the new criminal code ended on Tuesday night after the Centre's assurance that it will have a discussion with them before implementing the provisions.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Attorney General R. Venkataramani -- the highest law officer of the Union government -- to apprise it about the safety measures taken by the Railways to prevent train accidents, including the status of implementation of KAVACH anti-collision system on railway tracks.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday that the government is equipping the armed forces with the latest weapons and platforms to protect the nation from threats.

Olympian wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Saturday returned her Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards given as a protest against the government's role in the entire Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) saga.

Dietician Khushboo Gupta, a resident of Delhi, posted a stomach-churning video on Instagram revealing a live worm she discovered in the veg sandwich she had purchased during her IndiGo flight from Delhi to Mumbai on the morning of December 29.

Landa (34), a native of Harike, district Tarn Taran, Punjab and presently residing in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada belongs to Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) which is listed as a terrorist organisation at serial number 1 of the First Schedule to the said Act, read the MHA notification.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the signing of the Memorandum of Settlement with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) will ensure peace in Assam and the northeastern region.

The IMD further predicted dense fog on Friday and Saturday; Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during Tuesday to Saturday.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the second day of the two-day BJP office bearers' meeting in the national capital on Saturday called on party leaders to ensure that the party wins big in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The same court of Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Hardeep Kaur on Thursday also extended till January 5 the police custody of four other accused persons arrested in connection with the case.

According to sources, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has received a letter to do the survey of the security system. The CISF has been asked to analyse and submit a report and the government may give them the permission to man the security of the Parliament building.

“They were being questioned separately and at different offices of the Special Cell across the city. On Wednesday, they all were brought to Special Cell’s CIU station at NFC and were confronted together to match their statements,” said the sources.

Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, who is on a 10-day vipassana session, has replied to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons, dubbing it as "illegal and politically motivated", said sources on Thursday.

The cause and call for emergency? A fire engine malfunction on one of the two CFM engines powering the Airbus A320neo, creating a tense situation for the crew and passengers on board in the flight on Tuesday.

The MoD said that to mark the successful culmination of training of 213 Flight Cadets of the flying and ground duty branches of the Indian Air Force (IAF), a Combined Graduation Parade (CGP) was held at the Air Force Academy, Dundigal on December 17, 2023.

In a daring journey that began in early December, a covert mission traced the perilous route of "organic ganja (cannabis)" from the lush landscapes of Thailand to the heart of Delhi.

The Delhi Police's Special Cell has recovered phone parts of the accused in the Parliament security breach case from the Nagaur area in Rajasthan, where the main conspirator Lalit Jha, first broke them and then burned them.

Gurashman Singh Bhatia is a student of Loughborough University and has been missing since December 15, BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa informed on X on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Delhi Police’s Special Cell has expressed concern regarding the online content shared by the prime conspirator, Lalit Jha, particularly a post in October that said, "What India needs is a bomb."

Earlier on Thursday, the four main accused arrested in connection with the case -- Sagar Sharma, Manoranjan D., Neelam Azad and Amol Shinde -- were sent to seven-day police custody by a Delhi court.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the government wants to take GIFT IFSCA beyond traditional finance and ventures and make it the global nerve centre of new age global financial and technology services.

Further, in cases where shipping bill is filed and vessels have already berthed and anchored in Indian ports for loading of onion and their rotation number has been allocated before this notification, that shipment is also allowed for exports.

The Lok Sabha on Friday expelled Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra as Member of Parliament for 'unethical conduct' in 'cash for Parliament Questions'.

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said that India was poised to become a $30 trillion economy by 2047 with the collective efforts of the government and industry pushing towards an exponential growth rate to achieve a fully developed India.