12 United Liberation of Bodoland cadres surrender in Assam
A total of 12 cadres of the newly-formed insurgent group, United Liberation of Bodoland (ULB), on Wednesday surrendered with a cache of arms in Assam, a senior police officer said. The insurgents surrendered near the India-Bhutan border in Udalguri district and were brought to Dimakuchi police station for completing necessary formalities,...
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Jobless youth body to protest against REET-2021 today
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Maha’s first Army museum to come up in Mumbai by Aug 15
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Police grill ‘antique’ dealer held for cheating in Kerala
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Maha daily Covid deaths down to 49
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IMD: Cyclone Gulab to intensify by Oct 1
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J’khand man, woman paraded naked over extra-marital relationship, 6 held
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Make front-of-pack labelling must for food industry: Health experts
30 September 2021 | Pioneer News Service
Birds’ threat to aircraft: IAF requests people not to dump eatables in open
The IAF issued an advisory on Wednesday asking citizens to refrain from throwing eatables in the open as it attracts birds thereby posing a grave threat to aircraft. The IAF will conduct rehearsals from October one in the national capital region culminating in the fly past on October eight to...
India, Australia sign ‘Terms of Reference’ for Navy-to-Navy talks
In an effort to further strengthen the growing defence ties, India and Australia on Wednesday inked an agreement on the “Terms of Reference for the Conduct of Navy-to-Navy talks between the Indian Navy and the Royal Australian Navy.” The signing ceremony was held virtually between Rear Admiral Jaswinder Singh and Rear...
Indian Navy conducts medical evacuation of Filipino crew off Kochi
The Indian Navy carried out a rescue mission in adverse weather condition off the coast of Kochi and airlifted a Filipino crew member of a merchant vessel after his health deteriorated due to suspected corona. He was admitted to naval hospital for treatment in Kochi. Giving details here on Wednesday, navy...
Court’s power of contempt can’t be taken away even by legislative enactment: SC
Observing that the court’s power of contempt can’t be taken away even by a legislative enactment, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held the chairperson of an NGO guilty of contempt for not depositing Rs25 lakh for “scandalising and browbeating” the court. “We are of the view that the contemnor is...
Rs13K cr OK'd for helicopters, ammunition
Sustaining the pace of modernisation, the Government on Wednesday approved acquisitions worth over Rs13,000 crores for buying helicopters, ammunition and rockets for the armed forces. The nod was given for these procurements in a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Moreover, out of the Rs13,165...
BSF will continue to thwart enemies' move: Naidu
Vice President M Venkaiah on Wednesday said the emerging geopolitical situation in our neighbourhood is likely to pose new challenges to the border guarding forces and expressed confidence that the Border Security Force (BSF) will continue to thwart the nefarious designs of enemies of peace. Sounding this note of caution while...
CBI report on use of toxic chemicals in firecrackers very serious: SC
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the CBI report on use of toxic chemicals in manufacturing firecrackers is very serious and “prima facie” it appears that there has been violation of the court’s orders on use of barium and labelling of fireworks. The bench of Justices M R Shah and AS...
