Police file chargesheet against 79 accused in Sambhal violence 

Police personnel with the man who has been arrested for allegedly supplying weapons during Sambhal violence, in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, on February 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Uttar Pradesh police submitted chargesheets running over 4,400 pages in six cases related to the Sambhal violence. The chargesheet mentioned Shariq … Read more

India an emerging global powerhouse, needs world-class leaders across all sectors for accelerated growth: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the inaugural session of School of Ultimate Leadership (SOUL) Conclave, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on February 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (February 21, 2025) called India an emerging global powerhouse that required world-class leaders who can find solutions to global needs … Read more

Political COVID has infiltrated our society to destroy democracy: Dhankhar on USAID controversy

In this handout image released by the Vice President’s Office on February 21, 2025, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar addresses the inaugural session of the 21st African-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO) Conference, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI/VP Office Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday (February 21, 2025) voiced concern over the alleged USAID funding … Read more

Supreme Court notice to CBI on Partha Chatterjee bail plea

Former Minister Partha Chatterjee. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court sought a response from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday (February 21, 2025) to a petition filed by former West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee for bail in a cash-for-jobs scam case. The court had granted him bail in a connected money … Read more

ED issues order levying penalty of over ₹3.44 crore on BBC World Service India for alleged FEMA violations

Photo: YouTube/@BBCWorldService The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday (February 21, 2025) issued an adjudication order levying a penalty of over ₹3.44 crore on BBC World Service (WS) India, along with a fine of ₹5,000 per day after October 15, 2021, till the date of compliance, for the alleged violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act … Read more

With drone threat, air defence guns back in fashion; fragmentation ammunition key

Lt. Gen. Sumer Ivan D’Cunha. File In the backdrop of the huge threat from disruptive technologies such as drones, loiter munitions and counter-drone systems, the Army’s Air Defence is gearing up to induct new fragmentation ammunition for existing air defence guns, around 1,300 in service, while pushing proposals for new systems to counter the growing … Read more

PM to release 19th instalment of Kisan Nidhi from Bihar

Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told reporters on February 21, 2025, that in the 18th installment, farmers received about ₹20,665 crore. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the 19th installment of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi on February 24 at a function to be held at Bhagalpur in Bihar. About … Read more

Nepalese student death: KIIT founder Achyuta Samanta, other functionaries appear before Odisha govt. panel

Students of the KIIT University are seen at their campus as they are protesting against the University authorities for the justice of Nepali student who died at KIIT campus in Bhubaneswar, on February 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout Senior officials of Odisha-based Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), including its founder Achyuta Samanta, … Read more

TRAI releases recommendations for new broadcasting services Act

The TRAI has released its recommendations for the Framework for Service Authorisations for provision of Broadcasting Services under the Telecommunications Act, 2023. | Photo Credit: X@TRAI The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday (February 21, 2025) released its recommendations for the Framework for Service Authorisations for provision of Broadcasting Services under the Telecommunications … Read more