Former chairman of the Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) Dr. Dinesh Dasa was on Friday appointed as a member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). On Friday, he also joined and took the oath of Office and Secrecy as a Member. The Oath was administered by Chairman, UPSC Dr. Manoj Soni. Dr. Dasa served … Read more
The police are investigating whether the murder was fallout of political rivalry or personal enmity. | Photo Credit: Reuters A newly elected TMC panchayat member was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, police said on July 29. Another person accompanying him was critically injured after being shot at and … Read more
National Commission for Women (NCW) member Khushboo Sundar visited Netra Jyothi Institute of Allied Health Sciences at Kadekar in Udupi district of Karnataka, where an alleged incident of voyeurism took place on July 18, to conduct an inquiry, on July 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT National Commission for Women (NCW) member Khushboo Sundar … Read more
Hari Padman. File | Photo Credit: R. Ragu Hari Padman, a suspended faculty member of the Rukmini Devi College of Fine Arts under Kalakshetra Foundation, who was arrested on charges of sexual harassment, has been granted bail by the IX Metropolitan Magistrate Court at the Saidapet court complex. To get today’s top stories from the … Read more
Injured MPTC member of Munagala in Kodad constituency Srinivas Reddy. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Nalgonda MP and former PCC chief N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has condemned the physical assault on Arneni Srinivas Reddy, MPTC of Munagala by Munagala Sub-Inspector of Police Lokesh, and threatened to sit on a dharna in Kodad on Sunday if … Read more
A member of Village Defence Committee (VDC) allegedly shot himself dead with his rifle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, police said on Tuesday,. April 11, 2023. The VDC member was identified as Suresh Kumar Sharma, resident of Bai Nambal village, they said. Sharma died by suicide on Monday night using the weapon issued to … Read more
Opposing the bail application, the government counsel Ratnendu Kumar Singh said the accused could influence witnesses and secure acquittal in the present case. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Allahabad High Court has denied bail to a member of the Mukhtar Ansari gang in a 2010 murder case in Mau district in which the … Read more
People’s Democratic Party leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra. File | Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmad The J&K High Court has allowed Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, who was arrested in 2021 with charges framed under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), to take oath as a District Development Council (DDC) member in south Kashmir’s Pulwama. He … Read more
The Gujarat unit of the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Monday arrested five persons for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to extort ₹8 crore from a retired IPS officer by preparing and circulating a false affidavit to claim he had raped a woman. The suspects allegedly tried to implicate a former senior police officer of the State … Read more
An elderly patient lies on a sidewalk outside the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: AP Terming the recent ransomware attack on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences’ computer network an issue related to the country’s security, Rajya Sabha Member Ranjeet Ranjan on Thursday sought … Read more