Govt probe panel finds safety flaws behind EV 2-wheeler fires
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) As fires in electric vehicles (EVs) continue unabated in the country, an expert committee set up by the Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry has found safety system flaws in batteries of electric two-wheelers.
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IANS Special Se International 07:24 AMTrump knew Jan 6 rioters were armed, scuffled with bodyguard: Aide
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General IANS Special Se 12:22 AMTrinamool leader's statements irk residents of West Bengal
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Month after reinstatement, Andhra IPS officer suspended again
Amaravati, June 28 (IANS) Less than two weeks after giving him a posting following revocation of his suspension, the Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday once again suspended senior IPS officer A.B. Venkateswara Rao.
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Assembly polls: BJP's Gujarat vs AAP's Delhi model
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Upcoming assembly polls in Gujarat are turning out to be a fight between BJP's 'Gujarat Model' versus Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) 'Delhi Model'.
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Zubair's case is not politically motivated: Delhi Police
By Ujwal Jalali
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) The Delhi Police on Tuesday outrightly denounced claims that termed the arrest of Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of fact-checking portal Alt News, as politically motivated.
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WBSSC Scam: Mamata blames petitioners & their counsel for stalling recruitment process
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) A fresh controversy erupted on Tuesday over the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment scam after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held the petitioners, in particular their counsel, responsible for putting the teachers recruitment process in the state on hold.
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Zubair will be taken to B'luru to recover his electronic devices
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) The Special Cell of Delhi Police will take Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair to Bengaluru to recover his laptop which he used to tweet and upload various contents on different social media sites.
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Delhi police gets 4-day custody of Alt news co-founder Mohammed Zubair
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday allowed four days' custody of Alt news co-founder Mohammed Zubair to Delhi police in connection with one of his 2018 tweets on the micro-blogging platform Twitter, in which he allegedly hurt the religious sentiments of a community.
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Was fact-checker Zubair arrested for being evasive, uncooperative?
By Ujwal Jalali
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Alt news' co-founder Mohammed Zubair was arrested as he was not at all being cooperative with the police in the investigation of a case registered against him, a senior Delhi Police official said on Tuesday.
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Nine states in red due to monsoon rainfall deficit
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) As many as nine states and one UT from the area covered by Southwest Monsoon have received deficit rainfall with Kerala registering the maximum, minus 55 per cent less than the expected as on date, IMD data showed on Monday.
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Sonia Gandhi's personal secy booked for raping Dalit woman (Ld)
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi's personal secretary PP Madhavan has been booked for allegedly raping a Dalit woman in the national capital, a senior police officer said on Monday.
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Bhopal: Medical Superintendent accused of sexual harassment replaced
Bhopal, June 27 (IANS) The Medical Superintendent of Madhya Pradesh government-run Hamidia hospital in Bhopal, who is facing charges of alleged sexual harassment, was replaced on Monday.
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Calcutta HC appoints judicial committee for compensation to chit fund victims
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Monday appointed a judicial committee to ensure that the victims in West Bengal who have lost their hard-earned money after investing in different chit fund companies are duly compensated.
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Prophet row violence: Calcutta HC seeks report on losses in Bengal
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Monday sought detailed report on the total loss incurred in West Bengal due to the violence over the controversial comments by now suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma about Prophet Muhammad.
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SC agrees to examine plea against attacks on Christian institutions, priests
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court on a Monday agreed to examine a plea alleging increase in attacks on Christian institutions and priests across the country.
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Monsoon misses date with Delhi, IMD to declare date on Tuesday
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) With the Southwest Monsoon proceeding slower than normal, it has missed its date with the national capital on Monday even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said it will declare the monsoon arrival over Delhi on Tuesday.
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'Decide within 1 week': SC to HC on plea of Hyderpora encounter victim's father
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court to take a decision, within one week, on a father's plea to perform last rites of his son who was killed in Hyderpora encounter in Srinagar in November last year.
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Amid fresh salvos from Gehlot camp, Acharya Pramod tweet on Sachin Pilot sparks speculation
By Archana Sharma
Jaipur, June 27 (IANS) Amid fresh salvos being fired from the camps of Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot, a tweet by Acharya Pramod Krishnam, who is considered close to Priyanka Gandhi, has become the main topic in political circles here.
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Huge deposits of Uranium found in Rajasthan
Jaipur, June 27 (IANS) After Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh, huge deposits of Uranium have now been found in Rajasthan following which preparations are in full swing to start mining in the Khandela area of Sikar.
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Vijayan breaks silence on Swapna's allegations, says his public life is clean
Thiruvananthapuram, June 27 (IANS) For the first time after Swapna Suresh made serious allegations against Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family of smuggling currency and gold, the Chief Minister broke his silence on Monday stating that his public life is clean.
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ED questions Jacqueline Fernandez in conman Chandrashekhar case
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez on Monday reached the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) headquarters here for questioning in connection with her alleged links with conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar.
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Purity in functioning of sports federations imp than individual with positions: Delhi HC
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has held that the purity in the functioning of sports federations are much more important than the individual who hold its positions while restraining Narinder Batra from the presidentship of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).
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How Guddu Jamali is the real 'winner' in UP LS bypolls
Lucknow, June 27 (IANS) The verdict in the bypolls to the two Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh -- Azamgarh and Rampur -- is no doubt out, but the results actually throw a surprise in the performance of BSP's Guddu Jamali, who could be termed as a striking 'winner or killer'.
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Nirahua's 'simplicity' won him hearts and votes in Azamgarh
Lucknow, June 27 (IANS) Stars are rarely known for their simplicity; but, it was this star's simplicity that won him his most keenly contested election.
