A man was arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 75 lakh on behalf of a Central Bureau of Investigation inspector in a probe related to a cooperative housing society case, a top Anti-Corruption Bureau official said Friday. The middleman, Shantilal Anchalia, was arrested for allegedly accepting Rs 30 lakh in cash and Rs 45 lakh in 11 self-bank ...
Read More »National
9 CBI officers get medal in excellence from MHA
Nine CBI officers have been given medal for excellence in investigation, a first for the agency, for 2018 by the Union Home Ministry, officials said Thursday. This award has been given to a total of 101 police officers from across the country, including nine from the Central Bureau of Investigation for the first time after being instituted by the ministry, ...
Read More »PM releases new series of visually impaired friendly coins
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today, released the new series of visually impaired friendly circulation coins,in New Delhi.Rs.1, Rs.2, Rs.5, Rs.10 and Rs.20 are the various denominations of coins released as part of the new series. The coins were released at a function at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, where visually impaired children were specially invited. The Prime Minister expressed happiness in ...
Read More »IAF doesn’t count number of dead: Air Force chief Dhanoa
The casualty figure in the air strike on the Balakot camp will be given out by the government, Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa said on Monday while asserting that the Indian Air Force does not count the number of dead. Addressing a press conference here, he said the death toll depends on the number of people present at the ...
Read More »Meaning of Abhinandan will change now: PM
“Abhinandan” used to mean congratulations, but its meaning will change now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday referring to the IAF pilot released by Pakistan and the air strike carried out by India in Pakistan. The world takes note of what India does and the nation has the power to “change dictionary meanings”, Modi said at a housing ministry ...
Read More »IAF officer Abhinandan returns to India
After a long delay tactic by Pakistan, Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force Abhinandan Varthaman was finally back in India at around 9:20 PM local time. For two days he was in the custody of Pakistan. Waiting for Abhinandan to return home from the afternoon finally ended late at night. Thousands of people reached on the border of India ...
Read More »When will you return and face the law? HC asks Mallya
The Bombay High Court Friday asked fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya when would he return to India and face the ongoing legal proceedings against him. A division bench of Justices Indrajit Mahanty and Sarang Kotwal was hearing a petition filed by Mallya against a city court’s January 5 order declaring him as ‘fugitive’ under the newly-enacted Fugitive Economic Offenders Act (FEOA). ...
Read More »UPSC declares results for Engineering exams (Pre) 2019
On the basis of the result of the written part of the Engineering Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2019 held by the Union Public Service Commission (U.P.S.C.) on 6th January, 2019, the candidates with the under mentioned Roll Numbers have qualified for Engineering Services (Main) Examination, 2019. The result is also available on the U.P.S.C.’s Website https://upsc.gov.in The candidature of these candidates ...
Read More »India will fight, live, work and win as one: PM
It is necessary to ensure that nothing is done to dent the morale of the security forces, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, a day after Pakistani fighter jets violated Indian air space in response to Indian forces targeting a JeM terror camp in its territory. Modi also said India will fight, live, work and win as one and ...
Read More »IAF aircraft crashes in Kashmir
An IAF aircraft crashed on Wednesday in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, killing two people, officials said. Officials in Srinagar described the downed aircraft as a jet, which crashed in an open field near Garend Kalaan village in Budgam at 10.05 am. Other officials in New Delhi said it was an Mi-17 helicopter. The conflicting reports could not be ...
Read More »