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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the third National Conference of Chief Secretaries had fruitful deliberations on a wide range of issues as they discussed the means of ensuring better service delivery and ensuring good governance for all citizens.
"In continuation of relentless operations against terror in Jammu region, an intelligence-based joint operation by Indian Army and J&K Police has led to the recovery of 3 pistols with foreign markings, 6 magazines, 64 rounds of 9mm ammunition and 4 grenades from a hideout in Mendhar sector," White Knight Corps, Indian Army, said.
Air India Express on Friday said it will start direct flights connecting Ayodhya with Bengaluru and Kolkata from January 17, PTI reported.
Mobile internet services were restored in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch and Rajouri districts a week after being suspended following a terror attack on two army vehicles, officials said. The curbs were effected last Friday as a precautionary measure to check rumour-mongering and prevent any law and order situation from arising, PTI reported.
National Investigation Agency arrested four more accused involved in illegal infiltration into India via Tripura. These arrests were made in a joint operation with the Tripura police, as part of the human trafficking case registered by the NIA in Guwahati in October this year, ANI reported.
ED has provisionally attached two immovable properties worth Rs 1.97 Crore (approx) in the form of land and building situated in Dehradun and Haridwar, Uttarakhand belonging to the Deen Dayal Sharma Educational Trust which runs the Institute of Professional Studies, Roorkee, in the case of SC/ST Scholarship Scam, ANI reported.
President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent to a Bill that seeks to put in place a mechanism for the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, according to a government notification issued Friday.
China has appointed a new defence minister after months of uncertainty following the firing of his predecessor. The official Xinhua News Agency announced former navy commander Dong Jun would serve in the role, news agency AP reported.
United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)’s pro-talks faction signed a tripartite Memorandum of Settlement with the Centre and the Assam government in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma arrived at the Ministry of Home Affairs, in Delhi. A Memorandum of Settlement will be signed between Government of India, Government of Assam and representatives of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah today, ANI reported.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi have received an invitation to attend the consecration ceremony of Ram Temple on 22nd January 2024 in Ayodhya. The decision will be taken and communicated at the appropriate time: Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications, Jairam Ramesh.
Four people were injured after a government bus collided with a truck in Andhra Pradesh's Prakasam district.
Congress leaders start arriving at the residence of party leader Mukul Wasnik for the Congress National Alliance Committee Meeting.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh and other party leaders attend the meeting.
Explosions in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, countrywide air alerts, authorities say, as reported by news agency AFP.
Jharkhand police on Friday said 397 Maoists were arrested, nine killed, and 26 surrendered before security forces across the state this year, as reported by news agency PTI. A special area committee member, a regional committee member, five zonal commanders, and 11 sub-zonal commanders were among those arrested. These individuals had a combined bounty of Rs 1.01 crore on their heads, a statement said.
Police also seized 152 arms, including 27 police weapons, 10,350 ammunition, and 244 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) over the past 12 months.
A couple and their 14-year-old daughter were found hanging inside their house in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur, police said on Friday. The man worked as a driver for a steel trader, as reported by news agency PTI. Police suspect that the trio might have died by suicide.
Lakhanlal Sen (48), his wife Ranu Sen (42) and daughter Payal were found hanging from a hook, used to hang ceiling fans, with a rope inside a room in their home in BSUP colony under Tikrapara police station limits on Thursday late evening, a police official said, as reported by PTI.
Russian strikes have hit the Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv and Lviv, local mayors say, as reported by news agency AFP.
Based on Intelligence developed by DRI, one female passenger of Kenyan nationality who came from Nairobi to Mumbai yesterday was apprehended by DRI officers. Examination of her luggage resulted in the recovery of 1490 grams of white powdery substance purported to be cocaine with an Illicit market value of approx Rs. 14.90 crore. The drugs were ingeniously concealed in two black-coloured polythene packets inside a hair conditioner bottle and a body wash bottle: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)
Centre appoints Vivek Srivastava as Director General, Fire Service, Civil Defence and Home Guards up to June 30, 2025, the date of his superannuation, or till further orders whichever takes place earlier.
An American warship shot down a drone and an anti-ship ballistic missile fired Thursday by Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels, the US military said, as reported by AFP.
The Huthis have repeatedly targeted vessels in the vital Red Sea shipping lane with strikes they say are in support of Palestinians in Gaza, where Israel is battling militant group Hamas
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ULFA, Centre, Assam Govt To Sign Memorandum Of Settlement Today:
The Assam Chief Minister's Office has announced that a tripartite memorandum of settlement will be signed in New Delhi on Friday between the ULFA (pro-talks faction) and the central and state governments.
''A Memorandum of Settlement will be signed between the Government of India, the Government of Assam, and representatives of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) tomorrow at 5 pm in New Delhi in the presence of the Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Sh. Amit Shah,'' the CMO announced on 'X'.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is scheduled to attend the signing, retweeted the post as well.
A 16-member ULFA pro-talks delegation, led by chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday to meet with Shah before the agreement is signed.
Anup Chetia, the outfit's general secretary, has been camping in New Delhi since Monday and met with peace mediator AK Mishra on Tuesday. The Centre sent a draft of the proposed agreement to the pro-talks faction in April, and another round of talks with the faction was held in New Delhi in August. Chetia stated in October that they had sent their suggestions for the draft proposals to the Centre.
NSG, Police To Conduct Security Mock Drills In Pune On Friday:
An official said on Thursday that the elite National Security Guard and police will conduct security drills in Maharashtra's Pune city on Friday as part of an annual exercise, urging citizens not to panic, PTI reported.
The simulated counter-terrorism operation will last 36 hours and will take place at the College of Agriculture, Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Temple, and the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, a Defence Research and Development Organisation lab, according to Commissioner of Police Retesh Kumar.
He described it as an annual exercise conducted by the anti-terror agency in major cities with a terror-related history.
The mock drills will include personnel from Maharashtra police's Force One, Pune police, the fire brigade, the health department, and the Pune civic body, in addition to NSG commandos, he said.
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