The Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are up in arms over the alleged discrepancies in the draft electoral rolls for the Kochi Corporation and the larger Ernakulam district published by the State Election Commission. This, they alleged, was a concerted effort in connivance with officials to set the ground … Read more
BMC’s proposed waste-to-energy (WtE) plant at Deonar is the country’s largest dumping ground. | Photo Credit: Snehal Mutha Residents and activists from Mumbai’s Govandi area have raised strong objections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) proposed waste-to-energy (WtE) plant at Deonar, the country’s largest dumping ground, claiming that the ₹2,648 crore facility will worsen air quality … Read more
In a major crackdown on cross-border arms smuggling in Punjab, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday apprehended two smugglers and recovered two pistols from them. The BSF recovered a drone in a separate operation, officials said. Acting on an intelligence tip-off, BSF troops put up multiple ambushes in suspected areas of Amritsar district on … Read more
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP BSF and Punjab Police have recovered six pistols along with 14 magazines in the border area of Amritsar following an extensive search operation, an official said on Friday. The joint search operation carried out on Thursday led to the recovery of a large packet wrapped … Read more
“The vigilant BSF troops successfully thwarted nefarious designs of the terror-mongers from across the border,” a BSF spokesperson said. (A file photo used for representational purpose only.) | Photo Credit: PTI “An AK-47 assault rifle, two magazines and 40 cartridges were seized by the Border Security Force (BSF) from a field near the India-Pakistan border … Read more
Members of Adivasi extremist groups handing over firearms to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Almost 1,200 members of five Adivasi extremist groups formally laid down their arms and ammunition in Assam on July 6. The five groups are – All Adivasi National Liberation Army, Birsa Commando Force, Santhal Tiger … Read more
In a joint operation, BSF troops recovered a Pakistani drone that violated Indian airspace near Bhaini Rajputana village in Amritsar on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Punjab Police has rolled out a Drone Emergency Response System (DERS) in the border district of Pathankot to foil attempts to smuggle drugs and weapons from across the … Read more
Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Reuters A spate of job terminations continues in the pharmaceuticals sales sector, with the latest at multinational drug maker AstraZeneca (AZ) Pharma India Limited, which has let go of its 103 employees in the company’s ‘primary care’ division. While 52 of these sales employees accepted the offer … Read more
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Health Secretary Sajid Javid has encouraged those eligible for a Covid booster to take the jab, as part of a “national mission” to stop the return of social distancing restrictions ahead of Christmas. Read more: Get jabbed or face new restrictions, Javid says Source link