Morning Digest | Hamas releases two U.S. hostages as Israel readies for ground invasion; ISRO’s Gaganyaan first test flight today, and more

Morning Digest | Hamas releases two U.S. hostages as Israel readies for ground invasion; ISRO’s Gaganyaan first test flight today, and more

Gaganyaan’s Flight Test Vehicle Abort Mission-1 (TV-D1) will take place between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. on October 21, 2023, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. | Photo Credit: ANI Hamas releases two U.S. hostages as Israel readies Gaza invasion Gaza’s Hamas rulers released two Americans on Friday among some 200 hostages they abducted in October … Read more

NIA arrests one in Manipur bomb blast case

NIA arrests one in Manipur bomb blast case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 19 arrested one accused in coordination with the Manipur police, in connection with a bomb blast in Bishnupur’s Kwakta on June 21, 2023. The explosion had taken place in a Scorpio vehicle parked over a bridge located in the area of Phougakchao Ikhai Awang Leikai and Kwakta along … Read more

CRPF discusses evolving law and order situation in wake of Manipur crisis 

CRPF discusses evolving law and order situation in wake of Manipur crisis 

Security personnel stand guard as students protest against the “killing” of two missing students by unknown miscreants and demand peace in Manipur, Imphal, on September 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Top officials of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on October 18 discussed the evolving law and order situation in the country in the light … Read more

Morning Digest | SC to pronounce judgment in same-sex marriage case; UNSC to vote on resolutions on Israel-Hamas war, and more

Morning Digest | SC to pronounce judgment in same-sex marriage case; UNSC to vote on resolutions on Israel-Hamas war, and more

People take part in a demonstration in solidarity with the Palestinian people, on October 16, 2023, in Boston. | Photo Credit: AP Same-sex marriage case | Supreme Court to pronounce judgment today A Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud is scheduled on October 17 to pronounce its judgment in a series … Read more

Manipur violence | MHA repatriates Pulwama probe IPS officer to State

Manipur violence | MHA repatriates Pulwama probe IPS officer to State

File picture of Senior Superintendent of Police Srinagar Rakesh Balwal | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD The Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet has approved the Ministry of Home Affairs’ proposal to prematurely repatriate IPS officer Rakesh Balwal, posted as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Srinagar, from AGMUT cadre to Manipur. The decision comes three months … Read more

Morning Digest | India says no specific information shared by Canada on Nijjar killing; Kovind-led panel to seek political parties’ views on simultaneous elections, and more

Morning Digest | India says no specific information shared by Canada on Nijjar killing; Kovind-led panel to seek political parties’ views on simultaneous elections, and more

A photograph of Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen on a banner outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia. File. | Photo Credit: AP Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing | No specific information shared by Canada, says India “No specific information has been shared by Canada on the [Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing case], … Read more

Manipur CM Biren announces restoration of internet services from today

Manipur CM Biren announces restoration of internet services from today

View of a makeshift roadblock placed in the middle of a street by a mob during protests, in Imphal, on June 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The internet services in Manipur which had been suspended from May 23, 2023 were restored from Saturday morning throughout the State. The restoration of the services was announced … Read more

Morning Digest | Canada shared intelligence with India weeks ago, says Trudeau; Sports Minister to skip Asiad as China bars Arunachal players, and more

Morning Digest | Canada shared intelligence with India weeks ago, says Trudeau; Sports Minister to skip Asiad as China bars Arunachal players, and more

Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur | Photo Credit: – Canada shared intelligence on Nijjar’s murder with India weeks ago, says Trudeau Canada shared evidence that Indian government agents were potentially involved in the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia with New Delhi weeks ago, Prime Minister Justin … Read more

Morning Digest | New Parliament to host session from September 19; Army jawan abducted and murdered in Manipur, and more

Morning Digest | New Parliament to host session from September 19; Army jawan abducted and murdered in Manipur, and more

A view of new Parliament House Complex in New Delhi | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR MPs to move to new Parliament on Tuesday, Opposition asks for Women’s Bill More than three months after the new Parliament House was inaugurated, Members of Parliament will move into the building on Tuesday, the second day of the … Read more

Commission on Manipur violence to hold public hearings in Imphal, Delhi

Commission on Manipur violence to hold public hearings in Imphal, Delhi

The three-member Commission of Inquiry, constituted by the Centre in early June to comprehensively investigate the ethnic conflict underway in Manipur, will hold public hearings at its head office in Imphal and at its camp office in Delhi. The Commission of Inquiry (Manipur Violence) is headed by Justice Ajay Lamba, former Chief Justice of the … Read more