Sian was arrested in Arizona on June 27. Court documents show that he also had operational ties with chemical suppliers linked to the Chinese Communist Party NEW DELHI: The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has busted an ISI-China-Canada linked international drug cartel and arrested a notorious Indo-Canadian gangster, Opinder Singh Sian aka Thanos, running a…
NEW DELHI: From Isro missions to concept of atoms (‘parmanu’), the NCERT’s new Class 8 Science textbook called ‘Curiosity’ is trying to amalgamate traditional Indian knowledge with contemporary science in order to make students aware about India’s scientific legacy.In the chapter ‘Particulate Nature of Matter’, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbook…
JAMMU: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh high court on Tuesday rejected the bail application of an accused in a narco-terrorism case. The petitioner, although under 18 at the time of arrest, was declared to be tried as an adult owing to the grave nature of the offences and his level of maturity as assessed by…
NEW DELHI: Those with pending toll dues for use of National Highways (NHs) will soon not be able to get a no-objection certificate (NOC) for renewal of registration and insurance, change of ownership, transfer and issuance of fitness certificate. The road transport ministry has issued a draft notification to introduce this change in Motor Vehicle…
NEW DELHI: A Goa (Mopa)-bound flight of IndiGo diverted safely to Mumbai late on Wednesday night after the Airbus A320NEO (VT-IZB) reportedly suffered one engine failure. Twin engine jets can land safely on one engine and this one did so at Mumbai. The flight, 6E-6271, had taken off from Delhi at 8.02 pm for Mopa.“One…
NEW DELHI: With around 35.7 lakh electors, comprising 4.5% of Bihar’s total 7.9 crore electorate, not found at their recorded address despite the booth level officers (BLOs) having completed their three mandatory visits, the EC will, starting Thursday, share their details with district presidents and 1.5 lakh booth level agents of the political parties, so…
NEW DELHI: Indian army on Wednesday successfully tested the Akash Prime air defence system at over 15,000 feet in the Ladakh sector, officials confirmed. The tests were carried out in the presence of officials from the Army Air Defence and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).During the trials, the surface-to-air missiles scored two direct hits…
Minister of state for social justice and empowerment Ramdas Athawale NEW DELHI: Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday said that the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government will not tolerate incidents of “bullying” non-Marathi speakers in the state.“Those who indulge in such bullying will be taught a lesson,” Athawale said…
NEW DELHI: Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju hit back at Rahul Gandhi with a suggestion that as “the leader of the opposition (in Lok Sabha), he should not say anything anti-national.” Reiterating his attack of “speaking language of Pakistan,” Rijiju questioned Rahul’s intentions behind attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi over foreign policy, pointing out that…
NEW DELHI: Indian National Lok Dal chief Abhay Singh Chautala on Tuesday received a death threat from an unknown person asking the leader to “stay out of their way” or face the consequences, PTI reported.The threat was received via his son Karan Chautala over voice message. He has lodged a complaint with Chandigarh police.He was…