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Representational file image. | Photo Credit: PTI An encounter broke out between security personnel and Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Saturday (March 29, 2025) morning, police said. The gunfight occurred in a forest under the Kerlapal police station area, where a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-Maoist operation, an official … Read more
Union Minister Arjun ram Meghwal speaks in the Lok Sabha. File | Photo Credit: ANI More than 1,800 contempt cases are pending in the Supreme Court while another 1.43 lakh cases are pending in High Courts, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal told the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Friday (March 28, 2025). As … Read more
FPV drones gained prominence during the war in Ukraine, where they demonstrated their capacity to alter battlefield dynamics. File | Photo Credit: Reuters In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Indian Army has begun inducting a First Person View (FPV) drone equipped with an anti-tank payload. This drone was developed, tested, and validated internally in collaboration with … Read more
With a view to strengthen parent-child-school partnerships across India, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has designed a parenting calendar that proposes a series of orientations and initiatives to provide holistic support to students and parents, aligning with the National Education Policy, 2020. The calendar was designed based on a survey of parents across … Read more
Muslim devotees wearing black armbands during ‘namaz’ on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramzan, outside a mosque in Kolkata on March 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The All India Muslim Personal Law Board’s appeal to Muslim community members to wear a black armband when they offer Jumatul Vida (last Friday of … Read more
MP says migrant workers with limited income working in Gulf countries are forced to pay high airfares. File | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj Leaders from various Opposition parties have called for a cap on airfares and the establishment of a quasi-judicial body to legally monitor them, arguing that ticket prices have become “exploitative” and … Read more
The historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday (March 28, 2025) disallowed congregational prayers at Srinagar’s Jama Masjid and lodged a First Information Report (FIR) after a Shia procession in central Kashmir observed Al-Quds Day, to express support for Palestine. Chanting pro-Palestine slogans, hundreds of … Read more
The dispute concerned allegations that Mr. Kumaraswamy and his associates had encroached on government land at Kethaganahalli village near Bidadi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Friday (March 28, 2025) permitted Union Minister and JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy to pursue his remedy in the Karnataka High Court against an eviction notice … Read more
“The subsidy will be provided to the fertiliser companies as per approved and notified rates so that fertilisers are made available to farmers at affordable prices,” the Centre added. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Union Cabinet, on Friday (March 28, 2025), approved the nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) rates for the upcoming kharif season on … Read more
Ashok Leyland, the Indian flagship of the Hinduja Group, on Friday announced that its defence business has won multiple orders valued more than ₹700 crore to supply a range of logistics vehicles to the Indian Army. The deliveries will commence in the next financial year. “The vehicles to be supplied under these orders are to … Read more