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A message issuing a life threat to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was sent on the UP 112 WhatsApp group, police said, adding that a case has been registered at the Sushant Golf City police station and a probe is currently underway.

Perpetuating a UN Security Council built on an "anachronistic mindset" will also mean the continuing loss of faith in the world organisation, India has said as resounding calls from all sides for reform echoed in its chamber.

The sudden death of the male cheetah was suspected to be due to some mysterious injury and the carcass was sent for a post-mortem examination. Official sources told IANS that the death had occurred due to cardiac arrest.

At least 10 people, including eight policemen, were killed and more than 20 others were injured in a "suspected suicide attack" at a Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in Pakistan's Swat on Monday, reports said.

The 18th Corps Commanders-level talks between India and China held at the Chushul-Moldo border meeting point on the Chinese side to address areas of contention -- nearly five months after its last round in December 2022, has ended inconclusively, an official said on Monday.

Two cadres of the anti-talks faction of the militant group, Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), were killed on Monday in Assam's Kokrajhar district during a joint operation by the police and the CRPF, an official said.

The Tripura government on Monday set up the first ever Crime Branch Police Station (CBPS) to investigate cases on economic offences, serious crime, drugs and narcotics related offences.

The dead woman has been identified as Doel Basu, 32. Her mother Dipali Basu, who had been staying with the daughter's body at their residence at Ranikuthi in south Kolkata, has been taken by the police to Calcutta Medical College & Hospital for mental and physical checkup.

Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha, Monday met the Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani in Delhi and demanded for approval of all the proposals for the welfare of women and children of the state which are under consideration of the ministry.

In a bid to boost the air connectivity in the state, Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha, Monday met the Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotirmoy Scindia at Delhi and demanded Agartala MBB airport be declared as international airport

About 500 Indians have reached Port Sudan under Operation Kaveri that has begun to evacuate nationals from the crisis-torn Sudan, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Monday.

The Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16, present in 33 countries, is making a fresh surge in Covid infections as well as deaths in Italy, the US, the UK, Vietnam, and other nations, including India.

“Tripura government has taken the latest drug policy for the treatment of the malaria patients following international standards, which was seen to have reduced malaria infection rate to only three persons in every thousand population,” he said.

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat and other wrestlers have moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction for registration of an FIR against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

While addressing a gathering in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa on the occasion of 'Panchayati Raj' day, the PM said that the villages were kept away from development, while his government is determined to set the path of growth in the lives of people living in rural India.

Y. S. Vijayamma, mother of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, slapped a woman constable here on Monday, barely a couple of hours after her daughter and YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) leader Y. S. Sharmila manhandled them.

The top court also sought a report from the Calcutta High Court in the matter and said the Registrar General of high court is directed to personally verify from Justice Ganguly as to whether he had been interviewed and, in that event, clarify.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took everybody by surprise on Monday when he suddenly stood up, walked towards a corner and watched a play 'Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke' being performed by a group of women artists in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa, where he is currently on a visit.

While being interrogated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi denied having any links with the April 15 murders of Atiq and Ashraf Ahmed in Prayagraj.

On April 13, the Supreme Court had directed the Lalit Modi to tender an unconditional apology on social media and also in leading national newspapers over his remarks against the judiciary in social media posts.

The mega-venture, which will be the country's first Bullet Train -- in the making since over five years now -- has achieved just 30.15 per cent overall physical progress till March 31, as per official figures.

Defence sources said that so far, 30 people have been detained for questioning in connection with the Bhata Dhurian attack in Poonch district in which 5 soldiers were killed and one was critically injured.

A police team that reached the office of slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad in Chakia on Monday morning for a routine investigation, was shocked to find a blood-stained knife and clothes in one of the rooms.

Based on credible information received by the Gujarat ATS, a joint operation was carried out by Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Indian Coast Guard. They apprehended a Pakistani fishing boat "Al-Tayyasa" carrying six Pakistani nationals.

Olympian wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and other top Indian grapplers, who restarted their protest against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, spent Sunday night at the footpath in Jantar Mantar in Central Delhi.