JAMMU: A landslide struck the old track to the Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, leaving at least four pilgrims injured, officials said. The landslide was triggered by heavy rains which lashed Katra town, the base camp for the pilgrims visiting the shrine atop Trikuta hills, they said. The incident occurred around 8.50 am at Gulshan Ka Langar near Banganga, the starting point for the yatra where mostly pony riders gather along the old track. A rescue operation

KOLKATA: The issue of electoral bonds has resurfaced this time in West Bengal. Fearing that the purchase of electoral bonds may have a direct impact on consumer power tariffs in Kolkata and its adjoining areas, the All Bengal Electricity Consumers Association (ABECA), an organisation reAccording to the Election Commission of Indias website, HEL a company under the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group purchased 395 electoral bonds worth 377 crore in 2019.presenting electricity consumers in the state, has calle

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan wrote a letter to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday, urging the immediate formation of a special vigilance team to investigate serious allegations of corruption, financial fraud, and irregularities at Kerala Digital University. In the letter, Satheesan raised grave concerns over the functioning of the university, particularly pointing to the role of India Graphene Engineering and Innovation Centrea private company that partnered in

CHANDIGARH: The Frontline Investigative Support (FLIS) team of Surrey Police is currently probing a shooting incident at comedian Kapil Sharmas recently opened establishment, Kaps Caf , in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. The attack, which took place in the early hours of Thursday, has been linked via social media claims to Harjit Singh Laddi, a Khalistani militant associated with the banned outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI). In a statement, Surrey Police said: Surrey Police Service (SPS

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi soon after his return from a five-nation tour , urging him to focus on domestic issues, including the ongoing crisis in Manipur, the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, and the recent infrastructure collapse in Gujarat. PM Modi arrived in India on Thursday morning after visiting Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, and Namibia. During the trip, he also participated in the 17th BRICS Summit held in Rio de J

KOCHI: Following the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)s lead, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has also launched an investigation into the activities of darknet-based drug racket. The ED has stepped in to explore possible angles of money-laundering involving the accused, including prime suspect Edison Babu, and the illicit proceeds generated through drug trade. We have been conducting a preliminary investigation. As part of it, we have sought the transaction details of the accused from the NCB, sai

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In the wake of complaints over alleged misuse of funds in the Digital University Kerala (DUK), Governor Rajendra Arlekar has directed the police to inquire into the charges and also asked the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General to conduct a thorough audit of the varsity funds. The governors action came in the wake of a report by DUK Vice-Chancellor Ciza Thomas that flagged major irregularities in varsity fund utilisation and demanded a thorough independent audit. Th

CHANDIGARH: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches at eleven locations across Punjab and Haryana as part of an ongoing money-laundering investigation into a 'dunki route' case involving illegal immigrants who were deported by the United States earlier this year. Sources said that the Jalandhar zonal office of the apex agency carried out search operations under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Amritsar, Sangrur, Patiala, and Moga in Punjab, and Ambala, Ku

A Jaguar fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Churu district in Rajasthan on Wednesday afternoon, news agency ANI reported. The cause of the crash is yet to be ascertained. While the IAF is yet to release an official statement, visuals from the crash site showed thick smoke rising from the debris as local authorities rushed to the scene. Rescue operations are currently underway. According to initial reports, two bodies were recovered from the crash site. One of them is bel

KOCHI: Human remains, including a skull and bones, were discovered on a private property near the NIA office in Kalamassery, police said on Wednesday. The remains were found by a JCB operator, a staff member of the company, while clearing a plot of land owned by Blue Star Realtors Limited. Upon being alerted, the Kalamassery police arrived at the scene and initiated an inquest and forensic procedures. Moreover, a case of unnatural death has been registered in connection with the discovery. We we

President Donald Trump has announced that the United States is close finalising a trade agreement with India. Speaking to reporters on Monday ahead of a dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, Trump said, Weve made deals with the United Kingdom and China. Were close to making a deal with India. Now, we've made a deal with the United Kingdom, we've made a deal with China. We're close to making a deal with India. Others we met with and we don't think we're going t

MUMBAI: In a big blow to Maharashtras Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday ordered a high-level inquiry against Shinde-led Shiv Senas minister Sanjay Shirsat and his son for buying a Rs 110-crore luxury hotel for just Rs 67 crore in Sambhaji Nagar. It was alleged that Shirsat and his son, Siddhant Shirsat, undervalued the VITS Hotel and bought it by rigging the tender process. The Opposition had raised the issue and demanded a probe. Fadnavis said that

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has officially taken over the probe into the 2019 killings of three BJP workers, Pradeep Mondal, Devdas Mondal, and Sukanta Mondal during post-poll violence in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal. The agency has filed a First Information Report (FIR) naming former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shahjahan Sheikh as the prime accused. The move follows a directive issued by the Calcutta High Court on June 30. Justice Joy Sengupta ordered the formation of a Special I

BHOPAL: An unimaginable 168 labourers and 65 masons were engaged by a private contractor to apply just 4 litres of oil paint at a government school in Madhya Pradeshs Shahdol district which cost a whopping Rs 1,06,984 to the state exchequer. The bizarre bill, pertaining to the application of just 4 litres of oil paint at the Government High School in Sakandi village of Beohari, was not the only example of alleged financial wrongdoing. A similar bill was generated and paid for construction and p

BHOPAL: Two months after a suspected love trap and forced conversion racket was busted in Bhopal, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has flagged serious lapses in the police investigation. The racket allegedly involved youths from one community befriending college girls from another, raping them, making obscene videos, and pressuring them for religious conversion and marriage. In its four-page communication to the states chief secretary and DGP earlier this week, the NHRC has mentioned,

MUMBAI: Former celebrity manager Disha Salian died by suicide and no foul play has been found in her death, the Mumbai police have submitted to the Bombay High Court, even as her father Satish Salian reiterated she was gangraped and murdered. Disha Salian had jumped off the window of a flat out of her own volition, and the postmortem report mentions no signs of sexual and/or physical assault on the deceased, the police said in an affidavit filed before the HC last month. She was under tremendous

CHANDIGARH: A day after a case was registered against Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister Anirudh Singh for allegedly assaulting and threatening two officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the minister has denied the allegations and demanded a high-level inquiry into alleged irregularities in road construction in the state. Singh, addressing the media on Tuesday, claimed that the First Information Report (FIR) against him was a deliberate attempt to divert attention fr

BHOPAL: At least 25 state government employees, including teachers, cops, engineers and doctors are suspected to be working on the basis of fake scheduled tribe certificates in Madhya Pradesh the state having the highest 21%-plus tribal population in India. A case has been registered by the MP Polices special task force (MPSTF) against six state government teachers, including three females identified as Sitaram, Jawahar Singh, Sarla Manjhi, Rajesh Kumar, Kusum Manjhi and Sunita Rawat for alleged

NEW DELHI: Fatima Nafis, the mother of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed who went missing in 2016, accused CBI and Delhi Police on Tuesday of egligence in her son's case and said that even if she has to knock on the Supreme Court's doors for justice, she will do it. In a Facebook post, she said she will fight till her last breath. A Delhi court on Monday allowed the C entral Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to close Ahmed's case , saying that the agency exhausted all options. Ahmed, a first-year student, w

CHENNAI: Mounting criticism on the DMK government for the custodial death of B Ajithkumar, a security guard employed at a temple in Sivaganga district, the AIADMK on Tuesday demanded a CBI inquiry into his death. The AIADMK also urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to take up this issue suo motu. AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, in a post on X, said that the post-mortem report of Ajithkumar was shocking since it said there were 18 injuries from head to toe. The repor

KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court has ordered a CBI investigation into three murder cases which took place six years ago at Sandeshkhali in West Bengals North 24 Parganas district. In 2019, three BJP workers were allegedly murdered and Shahjahan Sheikh , who is currently suspended from the Trinamool Congress, was allegedly involved in all three cases. Ordering a CBI probe, Justice Joy Sengupta also directed the central agency to form an SIT for investigation. On June 8, 2019, Pradeep Mandal, Devd

KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted leave to file two public interest litigation (PIL) petitions concerning the alleged gang rape incident at South Calcutta Law College in Kasba, South Kolkata. One of the petitions, filed by Advocate Sauma Subhra Ray, argued that the incident at the law college was not a spontaneous crime of opportunity but a premeditated and politically motivated plan. In his plea, Ray sought a CBI investigation into the incident under the supervision of a retire

KOLKATA: West Bengal BJP general secretary and MLA Agnimitra Paul on Saturday demanded a police investigation into the Kasba rape case, stating that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was not successful in probing the RG Kar case. Paul made the remarks during a press conference at the state BJP headquarters, where she said, We dont want the CBI, we want the police to conduct the investigation. Mamata Banerjees police, whose salaries are paid by your and my tax money, will investigate. Let

FARIDABAD: The investigation into the case of a woman who was buried after her murder in Haryana's Faridabad has revealed that the victim was allegedly raped by her father-in-law before her murder, said police. The mother-in-law of the victim was also allegedly involved in the murder, and she has been arrested, police said, adding that police are now searching for the victim's husband Arun, who is still at large. The main accused, father-in-law Bhoop Singh, was taken on three days of police rema

NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo moto cognisance of the alleged gang-rape of a law student within her college premises by two students and a former student in South Kolkata. Based on the 24-year-old victims complaint, the police have arrested all three accused. NCW Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar has written to the Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, expressing deep concern over the incident and directing an immediate, time-bound investigation under the relevant provisio

CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government had violated the law by registering a disproportionate assets case against senior party leader Bikram Singh Majithia without conducting either a preliminary or regular probe. It further accused the state government of indulging in political vendetta to silence Majithia and distract the public from the failure of its Yudh Nashean De Virudh (War Against Drugs) campaign. Senior SAD le

JAIPUR: The case of a youngster allegedly committing suicide while in a police station in Jaipur has shocked Rajasthan. Family members of the deceased Manish Pandey sat on a dharna outside the mortuary of Jaipurs SMS Hospital on Sunday and are demanding tough action against the culprits. After the tragic incident, Jaipur Police Commissioner has taken immediate action and suspended six policemen including the station in-charge (CI). The youth was picked up in a case of bike theft in Jaipurs Sadar

NEW DELHI: As the probe continues into the fatal Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on June 12, former Director General of Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) Group Captain Aurobindo Handa (Retd) spoke exclusively to PTI on the investigation process. Handa said going by the visuals of the crash, the aircraft has been very badly damaged by fire and stitching together the evidence would be a tedious process. In all probability and in fairness, the investigation is likely to be a long-dra

CHANDIGARH: Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri and Congress MLA Rakesh Kalia received indirect death threats via social media, and the police have launched an investigation after a case was registered at Haroli Police Station late on June 19. As per the police, a social media user shared a post on Facebook on the arrest of gangster Amrish Rana. Sources said that on June 19, a user commented, The public is demanding swords again. In response, another user wrote, This time, it

AHMEDABAD: Authorities investigating the Air India AI-171 crash have recovered over 100 mobile phones and 20 laptops from the crash site. The devices have been sent for forensic analysis to look for recorded evidence of what happened in those fateful seconds on June 12. More than 150 passports and several medical files have also been found. Statements of nearly 150 relatives of the deceased have been recorded to establish identities and travel histories. Simultaneously, 200 individuals have been

BHOPAL: A week after making a series of arrests in connection with the Raja Raghuvanshi murder case, the special investigation team (SIT) of the Meghalaya Police has returned to Indore again to further probe the May 23 honeymoon killing. A three-member team headed by a deputy SP and also including two sub-inspectors has been in Indore since Tuesday to gather more evidence and record statements of more people to strengthen its probe into the Indore transporter Raja Raghuvanshis May 23 murder. Pri

CHANDIGARH: Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar wrote a letter to CM Bhagwant Mann demanding a 'time-bound agency or a multi-agency probe under the direct supervision of the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana HC into the drug money trail to track down the powerful and end beneficiaries. He stated that the fortunes of several Punjab politicians have improved in the last few years, as the MLAs who would come on bicycles now own luxury cars and farm houses, which cannot be a coincidence. Jakhar in t

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday claimed that a key figure in the Adani scam has Cypriot citizenship, and said the ongoing SEBI investigations into transactions involving the conglomerate have been hampered by lack of sharing of financial information by tax-haven countries and lack of pressure by India. The opposition party's assertions come amid the ongoing visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Cyprus. The Prime Minister is in Cyprus on his way to Canada. Of course, he would have us believe

NEW DELHI: The anti-terror federal probe agency NIA on Saturday conducted extensive searches at multiple locations in Madhya Pradeshs Bhopal and Rajasthans Jhalawar in a terror conspiracy case linked to the banned organisation, Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT), officials said. Three locations were extensively searched in Bhopal and two in Jhalawar as part of the agencys continuing probe into the activities of HuT and its members in the terror conspiracy case, a spokesperson in the NIA said. The officials sa

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has ordered an extended surveillance of the Boeing 787 series aircraft models, one of which crashed minutes after takeoff from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on Thursday, killing 270 people including all 242 onboard, except a miraculous survivor. Addressing a press briefing on Saturday, Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said the government has planned to extend surveillance of the Boeing aircraft mod

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday carried out searches in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan as part of its probe into a terror conspiracy by the banned outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT), which allegedly aims to radicalise Muslim youth, officials said. The agency conducted searches at three locations in Bhopal and two in Jhalawar, Rajasthan, in connection with the ongoing investigation into HuTs activities and its network of operatives. The searches were part a case registered b

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) will take up probe into the Air India flight AI 171 crash as mystery shrouds the way the London-bound plane went down shortly after take off from Ahmedabad International Airport on Thursday killing 241 people onboard and several others on the ground. Following the crash, a formal investigation has been initiated by the AAIB, in line with international protocols set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), reports said. Additionall

NEW DELHI: Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Thursday night said a formal investigation had been initiated into the crash of Air India flight AI-171 in Ahmedabad. He also announced the setting up of a committee to boost aviation safety and prevent a recurrence. In a statement released on X, he said, Following the tragic incident in Ahmedabad, a formal investigation has been initiated by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (which is an independent regulatory body under t

NEW DELHI: Amid reports that the Supreme Court dropped its investigation against Allahabad HC judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav following an intervention from the Rajya Sabha, Upper House MP Kapil Sibal on Tuesday questioned why Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has not taken any action on the notice seeking an impeachment motion against the judge. Addressing media in the capital, Sibal, who is also a senior advocate and SCBA president, said the whole incident smacks of discrimination. He alleged that the gover

NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given its nod to hand over the probe into the murder of former Bajrang Dal leader Suhas Shetty in Karnatakas Mangaluru last month to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Shetty, the prime accused in the 2022 murder of a 23-year-old man named Mohammed Fazil, was killed by a group of assailants on May 1 near Kinnipadavu. So far, local police have arrested 11 people in connection with the murder. According to the officials, the NIA will no

MHOW: In a disturbing incident, a stray dog was seen clutching a dead newborn in its jaws near the toilet of a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district on Saturday before a security guard managed to retrieve the body after shooing away the animal. Authorities at the civil hospital in Mhow, some 25 kilometres from the district headquarters, and police have begun a probe into the antecedents of the newborn and the chain of events that followed. As per CCTV footage, the incident happ

NEW DELHI: As the government has initiated the process for moving an impeachment motion against former Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma during the Monsoon Session of Parliament next month, Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha on Wednesday said that the government must provide the report of the three-member committee on the corruption allegations before moving the House proceedings. Last week, Tankha wrote a letter to Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, requesting to provide

KORAPUT: Two investigations were ordered after five patients died due to alleged negligence at the state-run Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College and Hospital in Odisha's Koraput, officials said on Wednesday. Two men and three women died on Tuesday night within a short period. Their families alleged that they were administered injections, following which the patients died. The deceased persons were identified as Shukra Majhi, Rukuni Pentia, Phulmati Majhi, Bhagaban Parija and Bati Khara. SLNMCH's

JAIPUR: A senior government official in Rajasthan has been arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan, in a case that has sent shockwaves through the state. Shakoor Khan, an Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO) posted in the Jaisalmer District Employment Office, was arrested under the Official Secrets Act, 1923, after weeks of surveillance and intelligence monitoring. Khan had earlier worked as a personal assistant to former Congress minister Saleh Mohammad, making the case politically sensiti

AHMEDABAD: A package sent by a mystery woman in Australia to gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, currently lodged in a high-security cell at Sabarmati Central Jail, has triggered an investigation by security agencies. The parcel addressed to Bishnoi was reportedly sent in the name of a woman identified as Vandana Gaur, with an address listed in Australia. However, investigations revealed the address to be fake, raising a red flag. Though the package contained only a towel and a shaver, the seemingly inno

LUCKNOW: Over 800 individuals, all contacts of Tufail Maqsood, 34, who was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) from Varanasi on 21 May on charges of spying for Pakistan, are under the radar of the agency. All the 800 people were added to 19 WhatsApp groups operated by Tufail. Notably, UP ATS had arrested Tufail Maqsood from Varanasi, Mohammad Harun, 45, of Delhi, from Noida on 21 May, and Rampur resident Shahzad Wahab, 35, in the same connection from Moradabad on 18 May. All

BHUBANESWAR: Two days after suspected Maoists hijacked and looted a truck laden with a huge cache of blasting explosives, the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) officers visited Rourkela on Thursday to probe the incident along with Odisha Police. An NIA team has visited Rourkela to investigate the incident. Preliminary probe suggests the left-wing extremists from Maoist hotbed of Saranda forest in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand were involved in the loot of the blasting explosives, weste

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to conduct an independent probe into police encounter cases where proper procedure was allegedly not followed in the state between May 2021 and August 2022. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh said that the records furnished by the Assam government themselves indicate that some instances may warrant further evaluation to ascertain whether the guidelines laid down in the 2014 verdict of PUC

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to conduct an independent probe into police encounter cases where proper procedure was allegedly not followed in the state between May 2021 and August 2022. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh, which disposed of a plea alleging fake encounters by Assam police, said that though a few specific instances might warrant further evaluation, a blanket direction based on a mere compilation of case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the interim bail granted to Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad and directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted to probe the case, to submit a status report on its investigation, reported PTI . The Haryana government informed the court that the SIT had been formed in compliance with the earlier order and that Mahmudabad had joined the probe. Taking note of the submission, the Bench asked the SIT to file its investigation report and