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Maoist commander injured in Jharkhand encounter arrested from Varanasi hospital

Maoist commander Gautam Yadav, who was injured in a recent police encounter in Jharkhand and had been on the run since then, was arrested from a hospital in Varanasi, officials said on Wednesday.

May 21, 2025

J&K govt goes on cyber offense; all departments ordered to go .gov

To safeguard official digital infrastructure, the J&K Government has issued a comprehensive directive mandating all departments to adopt standard cybersecurity practices. All departments are directed to deactivate unauthorized websites hosted on non-government domains, exclusively use official NIC email IDs, and undergo a detailed IT infrastructure audit.

May 21, 2025

Top Maoist leader Basavaraju among 27 Naxalites killed in Chhattisgarh encounter

Basavaraju, a Politburo member and General Secretary of the CPI (Maoist), was India's most wanted Maoist, carrying a Rs 1.5 crore bounty. His death represents the biggest success for Indian security forces since the unification of Maoist factions into the CPI (Maoist) in 2004.

May 21, 2025

Raghav Chadha presses for global front against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism

Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Wednesday called upon the world powers to join hands against acts of terror and urged all nations to make a united global front against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism.

May 21, 2025

SC grants anticipatory bail to ex-IAS trainee officer Puja Khedkar

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the anticipatory bail plea of sacked Maharashtra cadre probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, who allegedly submitted false OBC and PwBD (Persons with Benchmark Disabilities) certificates and fraudulently availed attempts beyond the permissible limits provided for the civil services examination.

May 21, 2025

Cash at judge's residence: SC trashes plea seeking FIR against Justice Varma

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking criminal prosecution of Justice Yashwant Varma, who is embroiled in a controversy surrounding the alleged discovery of a huge pile of burnt cash in the storeroom attached to his bungalow in the national capital after the fire brigade had gone there to douse a blaze on March 14.

May 21, 2025

Nepal: Teachers reject new education bill, warn of resuming protests

The Nepal Teachers' Federation has threatened to launch stronger protests expressing concerns over the School Education Bill passed by the country's parliamentary subcommittee.

May 21, 2025

Sonia, Rahul Gandhi enjoyed Rs 142 crore of 'proceeds of crime' in National Herald case, ED tells Delhi court

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday told a court here that Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi have enjoyed Rs. 142 crore of "proceeds of crime" linked to alleged National Herald money laundering case.

May 21, 2025

Demolition drive launched in Gujarat's Jamnagar riverfront project

In a step towards its proposed Riverfront Development Project, the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation (JMC) in Gujarat launched a mega demolition drive to clear illegal encroachments along the Rangamati riverbed, from Kalavad Naka to Nageshwar.

May 21, 2025

West Bengal turned to 'Taliban state' run by 'modern Jinnah': BJP on Murshidabad violence report

The political storm intensified on Wednesday after a report by a three-member committee of the Calcutta High Court exposed serious lapses by the state police in containing the communal violence that erupted in West Bengal's Muslim-dominated Murshidabad district last month.

May 21, 2025

J&K LG visits PAK shelling-hit Poonch: Govt jobs for kin, salutes Army's bravery in Operation Sindoor

Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, during his visit to Poonch, met with grieving families affected by the recent unprovoked shelling by Pakistan, assuring them of comprehensive support and rehabilitation.

May 21, 2025

PIB rejects claims of temperature soaring to 55 degrees Celsius between May 29-June 2

The Government has dismissed viral claims, circulating on social media, that the week starting from May end to June first week (May 29 - June 2), will see an intense heatwave and the temperature may soar up to 55 degrees Celsius.

May 21, 2025

Fake passport racket: Cops tracking foreign nationals enrolled in voters' list in Bengal

Foreign nationals, mainly Bangladeshis, enrolled in the voters' list in West Bengal with forged documents, are being tracked, police said on Wednesday.

May 21, 2025

In theatre of absurd, Pakistan talks of river issue while UNSC debates maritime security

While the Security Council was debating maritime security and expressing concern over terrorism on the seas, Pakistan tried to bring up a river issue, the Indus water.

May 21, 2025

Poonch's Christ School in Mourning: Grief Halts Classes After Shelling Tragedy

Although Christ School in the border town of Poonch has reopened after the deadly May 7 shelling by Pakistan, formal classes remain suspended. The tragic loss of twin siblings, Aruba and Ayan Khan, students at the school, has left the community in deep grief

May 21, 2025