A U.S. military plane deporting Indian immigrants lands in Amritsar, on February 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters A total of 682 Indians have been deported from the U.S. since January, a vast majority of whom had attempted to enter the country illegally, the government told parliament on Friday (April 4, 2025). Minister of State … Read more
The pilot belonged to a family of ex-servicemen, with his father Sushil having served in the IAF and grandfather and great-grandfather also having served in the army. | Photo Credit: X/@Dattatreya Flight Lieutenant Siddharth Yadav, who was killed in the Jaguar fighter jet crash in Gujarat, was cremated with full military honours at his native … Read more
The Supreme Court issued notices on a plea of the mosque committee against the Allahabad High Court. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court on Friday (April 4, 2025) issued notices on a plea of the mosque committee against the Allahabad High Court consolidating all suits of the Hindu side in relation to the … Read more
India’s Ambassador to Myanmar Abhay Thakur in a group picture after he hands over 50 T HADR relief material to Myanmar officials carried by INS Satpura and INS Savitri for earthquake victims, in Yangon on Monday. | Photo Credit: ANI India will engage closely with Myanmar in rebuilding infrastructure and cultural landmarks devastated by the … Read more
Ashwini Vaishnaw. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Union Cabinet on Friday (April 4, 2025) approved the second phase of Vibrant Villages Programme with an outlay of ₹6,839 crore for border villages. The Vibrant Villages Programme was launched in 2023 for comprehensive development of select villages near the International Border. The first phase covered … Read more
The Union Cabinet has approved fifth and sixth railway line for Chhattisgarh from Kharsia – Naya Raipur – Parmalkasa with an outlay of ₹8,741 crore, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Friday. The lines will have 278 route kilometres, and 615 track kilometres respectively. “This is along the lines of a dedicated freight corridor. In this … Read more
Supreme Court. File. | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking the review of its decision against the petitions for confiscating ₹16,518 crore received by political parties under the 2018 electoral bond scheme. A Bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices J. B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra dismissed the review … Read more
The operator of Wikipedia has been ordered by the Delhi High Court to remove statements deemed defamatory from the page of news agency ANI that it hosts, the latest such directive to the popular online encyclopedia. The Wikimedia Foundation is the second major tech platform, following X, formerly Twitter, to become embroiled in recent years … Read more
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla | Photo Credit: ANI Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday (April 4, 2025) chided former Congress president Sonia Gandhi over her Waqf (Amendment) Bill was “bulldozed through” remarks, and said a senior member casting aspersions on the House proceedings was “most unfortunate” as well as against the dignity of … Read more
Yasin Malik. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Friday (April 4, 2025) allowed jailed Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik to cross-examine witnesses in two cases through video conferencing from Tihar Jail. The order came on a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking transfer of the trials in the … Read more