An “active terrorist” of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) with alleged links to Pakistan’s ISI was arrested from Kaushambi district in the early hours of Thursday (March 6, 2025) in a joint operation by Uttar Pradesh STF and Punjab Police, an official said. The suspected terrorist, Lajar Masih, a resident of Kurlian village in Ramdas area … Read more
File picture of Vijay Inder Singla. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) constituted a new department of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) to oversee the party’s assets and properties across the country, and appointed Vijay Inder Singla as the AICC in-charge of the department with immediate … Read more
Representative Image | Photo Credit: Reuters The Reserve Bank on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) said it has appointed Ajit Ratnakar Joshi as Executive Director (ED) who will look after Department of Statistics and Information Management and Financial Stability Department. Prior to being promoted as ED, Mr. Joshi was serving as principal adviser in Department of … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a post-budget webinar on boosting job creation. | Photo Credit: PMO website via PTI Capacity-building and talent-nurturing will prove to be the foundation stones of the country’s progress said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday (March 5, 2025), while addressing the post-budget webinar on employment via video conferencing. The theme … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a post-Budget webinar on employment via video conferencing on Wednesday (March 5, 2025). | Photo Credit: PIB via PTI This year’s Union Budget will pave the way for a stronger workforce and a growing economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Wednesday (March 5, 2025), while addressing a post-budget … Read more
EU Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius sees the partnership between India and the EU as ‘limitless’. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “In Europe, sometimes we are very good in over-regulating and the current European Commission is very strong on the agenda of simplification of regulations,” said Andrius Kubilius, European Commissioner for Defence and … Read more
Shahzadi Khan’s father Shabbir Khan has alleged that his daughter was not given proper representation in the court, which led to her execution. Photo: X/@PTI_News “The burial of a woman from Uttar Pradesh, who was executed in Abu Dhabi last month for murdering the four-month-old son of her employers, was postponed because the jail authorities … Read more
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Nigerian national in connection with an email fraud committed over 13 years ago. The accused has been identified as Adia Okoh, alias Odia Francis Ehizogie, who was declared a proclaimed offender by a Delhi court on October 14, 2016. Look Out Circulars (LOCs) were also issued … Read more
Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar are scheduled to meet Ambassadors and Heads of Missions in India on March 13 to inform them about the Central government’s World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) initiative. “WAVES is … Read more
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India K. Sanjay Murthy held a meeting with the 16th Finance Commission. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Comptroller and Auditor General of India K. Sanjay Murthy on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) held a meeting with the 16th Finance Commission, which was led by its Chairperson Arvind Panagariya, in … Read more