Army approves promotion of Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Purohit, acquitted in Malegaon blast case: Report
Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Purohit (file photo) New Delhi: Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit, who was acquitted in the Malegaon blast case last year, has been promoted to Brigadier General, sources said on Friday. In July 2025, an NIA court…
Gaganyanan: ISRO completes critical IADT-02 test – what does this mean for India’s manned space mission
BENGALURU: After consecutive launch failures and a lull for several months, PSLV Indian Space Research Organization (Yisro) may have tasted success in key tests conducted as part of preparations will be like this.While the space agency is yet to make an…
CPM’s Baby writes to CEC on West Bengal SIR
CPM Secretary-General Mabebi has written to the Electoral Commission to express “grave concern” over the mass deletion of voters from Bangladesh’s poll lists. In a letter to CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Babi said, “SIR represents a systematic…
Arms consultant suffers setback, Delhi High Court upholds ‘fugitive’ tag
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday upheld the trial court’s order declaring British arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari a “fugitive economic offender” in connection with a money laundering case. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna found…
BSF opens Assam voting gates for families living outside Bangladesh border fence
SILCHAR: BSF personnel deployed vehicles and opened border gates early on Thursday to help at least 70 families living outside the barbed wire fence on the Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam’s Sribhumi district reach polling booths and cast their…
Sunali fights ‘Bangladeshi’ label, but parents are on electoral list
KOLKATA: Sunali Khatun, a 26-year-old Bengali woman who entered Bangladesh as an “illegal immigrant” last year, has had her parents’ names appear on the electoral list, strengthening her claim to citizenship even as a legal battle…
ED traces real estate agents’ links with Bangladeshi netas, babus
NEW DELHI: The education ministry on Wednesday raided seven buildings in Kolkata as part of its money laundering probe into real estate developer Merlin Group, finding that the builder has links with some senior politicians and bureaucrats in Bengal.…
Assam, Puducherry record high voter turnout
Assembly polls in Assam, Kerala and Puducherry on Thursday showed record voter turnout, which Election Commission officials said was a “verification” of the particularly intensive revision and special revision of electoral rolls and a sign of…
With just an hour left for Baramati contest, Congress withdraws
Pune/Mumbai: With just an hour left to withdraw the nomination, the Congress on Thursday finally responded to the demands of the Pawar family and Mahayuthy’s associates by dropping NCP chief and deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar’s candidate…
Army contingent departs for Egypt to participate in joint Special Forces exercise
New Delhi: An Indian Army contingent has left for Egypt to participate in the fourth Indo-Egyptian joint special forces exercise – Cyclone-IV – scheduled to be held in Anshas from April 9 to 17.This exercise is a continuation of the two…