Nation pays homage to the martyrs of 1971 Indo-Pak war on Vijay Diwas

December 16, 2022

To commemorate India's decisive victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war, 16 December is observed as ‘Vijay Diwas’ which resulted in the liberation of East Pakistan and the birth of Bangladesh. Pakistan signed the instrument of surrender in Dhaka, following a 13-day India-Pakistan War. With the surrender of over 93,000...

India co-chairs launch of UN initiative to support accountability for crimes against peacekeepers

December 16, 2022

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Thursday co-chaired the launch of the Group of Friends on Accountability for Crimes against UN Peacekeepers that will seek to promote accountability through policy approaches and technology usage."Co-chaired the launch of the Group of Friends on Accountability for Crimes against UN Peacekeepers. The...

Congress leader Sanju Tripathi shot dead in broad daylight

December 15, 2022

A Congress leader identified as Sanju Tripathi, was shot dead in Chhatisgarh's Bilaspur district in broad daylight, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred around 4:30 pm on Wednesday near Sakri overbridge in the district when Tripathi, who was former District General Secretary of the party was travelling in his...

Punjab govt sends panel of three IPS officers to Chandigarh for SSP post

December 15, 2022

After the repatriation of Chandigarh SSP Kuldeep Singh Chahal, Punjab has sent a panel of IPS officers for Chandigarh SSP. As per reports, a panel of 3 IPS officers from Punjab has been sent to the Chandigarh Administration. In this panel the names of 2012 batch IPS Sandeep Garg, 2012...

Amit Shah meets Karnataka and Maharashtra CMs

December 15, 2022

Union home minister Amit Shah held a meeting with chief ministers of Karnataka and Maharashtra to discuss the Belagavi border issue. Shah told the media later, " Keeping a positive approach, the chief ministers agreed that a resolution should be reached in a constitutional manner." He further said that no...

Iran ousted from UN’s woman body; India abstains from voting at UNSC

December 15, 2022

India has abstained from voting to remove Iran from United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The vote has been brought by US following the protests in the country as the aftermath of death of Mahsa Amini . Iran has been removed from the body after 29...

Chinese Air Force push infra in Ladakh amid tensions across LAC

December 15, 2022

Amidst the rising tensions between India and China, Chinese air force’s infrastructure expansion along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh to increase its further deployment is on forefront and a resolution to border problems in the sensitive sector appears elusive even as the December 9 Yangtse clash has...

Indian Air Force set for exercise in Northeast from today

December 15, 2022

The Indian Air Force is all set to carry out a two-day consolidated training exercise in the Northeast, officials said. The exercise is taking place at a time when a face-off between Indian and Chinese troops at the Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh took place on December 9 along...

Court sentences 8 convicts in Vyapam scam case

December 14, 2022

A special court in Indore on Tuesday sentenced eight convicts to a maximum of seven years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2013 Vyapam scam and imposed a cumulative fine of Rs 6500. The police arrested all the accused and a charge sheet was produced in the court. After the trial,...

Bilkis Bano case: Justice Bela Trivedi recuses from hearing plea against pre-mature release of 11 convicts

December 13, 2022

Justice Bela M Trivedi, Supreme Court judge, on Tuesday recused herself from hearing the plea filed by Bilkis Bano, challenging the pre-mature release of 11 convicts, who had gang-raped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi said...