On Phone call, Jaishankar and Canada FM discuss Canada’s new Indo-Pacific strategy

December 12, 2022

Enhancing bilateral cooperation was a subject of discussion between Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly and Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, particularly in light of Canada's new Indo-Pacific strategy. The phone call came more than two weeks after Canada unveiled its extensive Indo-Pacific strategy, which aims to advance security,...

Bombay HC grants bail to Anil Deshmukh in corruption case, release in 10 days

December 12, 2022

A former Maharashtra home minister and NCP leader Anil Deshmukh was granted bail by the Bombay High Court on Monday in a corruption case being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The High Court ordered Deshmukh to be released on bail after he submitted a personal bond of...

Anil Deshmukh gets bail in corruption case, order to take effect in 10 days

December 12, 2022

A former Maharashtra home minister and NCP leader Anil Deshmukh was granted bail by the Bombay High Court on Monday in a corruption case being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Deshmukh won't be able to leave jail, though, since the high court has suspended the judgement for...

‘Army is not fair to women’: SC on delay of women officers’ promotion

December 10, 2022

The Supreme Court (SC) stated on Friday that the Army is not treating women officers fairly because it was unable to determine why the Army held a selection board for promoting male officers in October while delaying the seniority of women officers who received permanent commissions as a result of...

In APPSC question paper leak case, CBI files charge sheet against 8 suspects

December 10, 2022

In the purported paper leak case involving the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet against eight suspects, according to a release by the agency on Friday. As part of the inquiry into the allegedly leaked question paper from the...

Punjab: Police station attacked with RPG, probe ordered

December 10, 2022

During the intervening overnight of Friday and Saturday, some unidentified miscreants used a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) to attack the Sarhali police station in Punjab's Tarn Taran. The police station situated on the Amritsar-Bathinda national highway came under attack at around 1am on Saturday, said police. According to the sources, a...

Saket Gokhale arrested twice in 3 days for his tweet on Morbi Bridge: ‘PM hurt by tweet, not 135 deaths’

December 10, 2022

Saket Gokhale of Trinamool claimed that the BJP is 'hilariously mistaken' if they believe that this will break him after being arrested twice in three days for his tweet regarding the collapse of the Morbi bridge on Saturday. "I'm only going to come at them harder," the Trinamool leader who...

Hong Kong Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested over fraud

December 10, 2022

In Hong Kong, a pro-democracy media tycoon was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison on Saturday after being found guilty of two fraud charges related to lease violations. This case is the most recent in a string of high-profile cases against activists that some claim aim to...

Dozens men kidnap woman from home, 16 arrested in Telangana

December 10, 2022

A woman, 24, was abducted from her home by dozens of men on Friday in a shocking incident from Telangana. According to the police, sixteen people have already been detained in connection with the event in the Ranga Reddy district, and the woman was rescued within six hours. The accused...

Congress passes resolution to decide new CM of Himachal Pradesh

December 10, 2022

A one-line resolution authorising the party high command to choose the new chief minister of Himachal Pradesh was passed by the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) on Friday. A CLP meeting was convened at the workplace after the Congress won 40 of the 68 seats in the Assembly on Friday, seizing...