Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: SC Extends Interim Bail Of Congress Leader Pawan Khera Till March 17
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Remarks against PM: Supreme Court extends interim bail granted to Congress leader Pawan Khera till March 17
AAP's Manish Sisodia files bail plea in Rouse Avenue Court today. Hearing may takes place tomorrow, 4th March. Manish Sisodia is presently on CBI remand. He was recently arrested by CBI in Excise Policy scam case.
Union Minister Amit Shah on Friday said in Karnataka that the level of Congress is falling day by day under Rahul Gandhi's leadership.
Senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla to head Sashastra Seema Bal: Personnel Ministry order.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday seized a cash amount of Rs 3 crores allegedly linked to the IAS Pooja Singhal during a raid at the premises of one Md. Ezhar Ansari at Hazaribagh. Ezhar Ansari controls a group of private companies, said the agency, reported ANI.
Ed added that the raid was conducted to investigate anomalies in the captive coal consumption case.
In this regard, raids were also carried out against former coal and sand in-charge of the Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation (JSMDC) Ashok Kumar Singh, it said.
RSS assures Supreme Court that they are not holding any route march on March 5 in Tamil Nadu.
Supreme Court adjourns the matter for March 17 for hearing the plea by the Tamil Nadu government to appeal against the Madras High Court order permitting RSS for its route march in the state.
ED recovers Rs 3 crores from Md Ezhar Ansari, Hazaribagh during its ongoing raid. This recovery of cash is linked to IAS officer Pooja Singhal, ANI reported citing sources.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is addressing a rally in Karnataka's Bidar.
He said, "Results of Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya were declared yesterday and Congress has been wiped out from these states and they have lost in such a way that they cannot be seen even with a binocular."
AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday told PTI that the Centre is targeting state governments, and presenting an unstable picture of India.
Incessant witch-hunt going on against us and we know there will be attacks on us in future too: AAP's Saurabh Bharadwaj to PTI.
West Bengal | TMC Birbhum District President Anubrata Mondal moves to Calcutta HC challenging the Asansol Special Court of CBI order accepting the prayer of ED to take Mondal to Delhi for further investigation in the cattle smuggling case. The matter will be heard today afternoon.
During Raisina Dialogue in Delhi, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov asks why no questions were asked from the United States about what is happening in Iraq and Afghanistan & whether they are certain of what the US is doing.
"They don’t remember when Serbia was bombed. Joe Biden (US President) being a senator at that time was bragging that I promoted this approach. When Iraq was ruined as a state, a few years later Tony Blair said it was a mistake," Lavrov said.
ED raids are underway at multiple locations in Jharkhand. Raids are underway on one Ashok Kumar, a former employee of Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation (JSMDC) and Ehsan Ansari.
14 locations at Ranchi and Hazaribag are being raided, ANI reported citing sources.
Eight people dead, 15 injured as truck rams into bus in Haryana’s Ambala: Police
Karnataka Lokayukta officials raided the residence of Prashanth Maadal in Bengaluru and recovered around Rs 6 crore in cash.
This comes after the anti-corruption branch of Lokayukta yesterday arrested Prashanth Maadal, son of BJP MLA Maadal Virupakshappa, while taking a bribe of Rs 40 lakh.
CM Basavaraj Bommai said, "Lokayukta has raided the son of an MLA. All I can say is that the reason for restarting the Lokayukta is to curb corruption in the state, without Lokayukta many such cases were found and closed during Congress rule."
"I have said earlier also that an independent and fair investigation will be done. That's why our aim is to punish the culprits. Lokayukta has all the details, whose money was it, where did it come from, everything should come out," he added.
India deserves a much greater place at the United Nations and the UN should address the reform dialogue to include countries like India: Bangladesh's Foreign Minister Md. Shahriar Alam, in Delhi.
NIA on Friday attached property of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist, Basit Reshi, in the Sopore area of north Kashmir's Baramulla district.
Reshi had executed an attack on a police guard post in the Tujar Sharief area on Aug 18, 2015, in which a cop and a civilian were killed.
Leaders of the Delhi BJP are staging protests across the city against the Arvind Kejriwal government over the excise policy alleging corruption.
Umesh Pal Murder Case: Prayagraj police proposes to increase prize money on information about the accused to Rs 5 lakh, sources tell ABP News.
Notably, no arrest has been made in the case so far while one was killed in a police encounter.
An FIR has been registered against the Uber autorickshaw driver under IPC section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) for misbehaving with a woman journalist on March 1. Delhi police said that efforts to trace and nab the accused are on.
As per the woman's complaint, "I told him that I will complaint if doesn't turn around and he asked me to go ahead.Uber calls didn’t get through so I recorded his video.I clicked picture of driver&vehicle once I got out.I posted this on twitter&DCW contacted me,I have filed a police complaint."
"The uber auto driver stared at me inappropriately while I was travelling in auto. First, he looked through mirrors and once I moved away, he turned around and started looking at me directly. He had kept his one leg up & drove auto with one hand," she added.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to list the Hijab Ban matter before the exams. As per Bar and Bench, CJI DY Chandrachud assured that a bench will be constituted to hear the Hijab case which deals with Karnataka's ban on Muslim girl students wearing the hijab (headscarf) in college campuses.
Matter likely to be heard after Holi.
Rahul Gandhi has a habit of lying and defaming India. This raises questions on the agenda of the Congress party: Union minister & BJP leader Anurag Thakur on Gandhi's statement on Pegasus.
One dead, 40 injured as bus overturns on Chandigarh-Manali road in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh: Police
Supreme Court agrees to hear today a plea by the Vice Chancellor of Allahabad Agriculture University, who is booked under anti-conversion law and seeking interim relief and protection from arrest.
We are committed to further strengthening our respective relationships with ASEAN, thus creating a platform for greater Quad collaboration in support of the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific: Joint Statement-Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
According to the Indian Airforce, on the occasion of the IAF No 28 squadron 'FIRST SUPERSONICS' completing 60 years, the Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari flew in a large force engagement exercise comprising of a formation of 14 MiG-29 aircraft on Thursday.
QUAD Leaders' Joint Statement- We reiterate our unwavering support for the UN Charter, including its three pillars, and our steadfast commitment to strengthening the UN and the international system through a comprehensive reform agenda, including through expansion in permanent and non-permanent seats of UNSC.
Maharashtra Assembly's privilege committee will hold a meeting later today, and the motion against Sanjay Raut is to be discussed in the meeting today.
Speaker Rahul Narvekar has earlier ordered an inquiry into the statement made by Sanjay Raut. He has asked to complete the inquiry in 2 days. BJP has moved a breach of privilege motion against Raut alleging he called the Legislative Assembly members 'thieves'.
To give a new height to the tourism sector in India, we have to think out of the box and do long term planning: PM Narendra Modi addressing a post-budget webinar on boosting 'Developing Tourism Mission'
On the question of whether QUAD is doing enough, US Secy Blinken said that there is a greater multiplicity of challenges now than before.
He added, "We are adapting quickly on what are the challenges we have to engage on. We are working together, taking actions & exchanging ideas.
An Allahabad Court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of Ali Ahmed, son of Atiq Ahmed, in the Umesh Pal murder case.
According to ANI, the Court dismissed the petition saying, "If such a criminal is released from jail on bail, he will be a danger not only to the witnesses but also to the society."
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi says that this (QUAD) is not a military group. He added that they don’t try to exclude anybody (incl China).
As long as China abide by international norm and laws then this is not a conflicting issue between China and Quad, he said, quoted ANI.
Ram temple will be of three floors. Ground floor to be completed by Dec 2023. Devotees can start visiting from Jan 2024. The rest of the floors are to be completed by the end of 2024. The work is being done within the time frame: Champat Rai, Gen Secy, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra told ANI.
EAM S Jaishankar, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong attend the Raisina Dialogue 2023 in Delhi.
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Trichy, Tamil Nadu seized one gold chain of 24 carats weighing 120 grams worth over Rs 6 Lakh from a passenger who arrived from Dubai yesterday. The chain was concealed in the rectum of the male passenger.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived at Taj Palace to attend the Quad Foreign Ministers meet.
A large number of politicians have Pegasus on their phone. I myself had Pegasus on my phone. I've been called by Intelligence officers who say please be careful of what you say on phone as we are recording the stuff: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at Cambridge University, as quoted by ANI.
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi arrived in Delhi to attend the Quad Foreign Ministers Meeting.
Delhi Police has busted a gang of cheaters who duped banks of over Rs 50 lakh by fraudulently using details of celebrities like MS Dhoni, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Sachin Tendulkar, Saif Ali Khan, Hritik Roshan, Alia Bhatt, Shilpa Shetty & others: DCP Shahdara, Rohit Meena
Shahdara district police has arrested five persons in the case: DCP Shahdara, Rohit Meena
A tempo driver died on the spot after his tempo collided with a bus in Mumbai.
Manoj Shinde, Police Inspector, Vakola police station said that the bus driver is absconding and that the passengers o the bus are safe.
Adani group gets $1.87 billion investment from US firm GQG, reported Reuters.
A fire broke out in slums near Sultanpuri Road in Delhi early Friday morning. 15 fire tenders were rushed to the spot.
AK Jaiswal, Divisional Fire Officer, Delhi said the situation is under control. He added, as per ANI, that robots are also being used to extinguish the fire.
No casualties reported so far. Fire Department said that the fire has been doused and cooling operation is underway.
Delhi police has arrested two inter-state snatchers after tracking their 25 km route through CCTV visuals.
Rohit Meena, DCP Shahdara said that snatchers were released from jail a month ago and had committed crime again in Delhi.
Greek train tragedy death toll rises to 57, says police, reported AFP.
The district administration of West Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya has imposed curfew in Sahsniang village till further orders, following post-vote counting violence.
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Quad Foreign Ministers To Meet In Delhi, Discuss Indo-Pacific Developments
Quad Foreign Ministers will meet on Friday, March 3 in New Delhi, the Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Thursday, March 2, news agency ANI reported. India will host the meeting.
Union Minister of External Affairs Dr S Jaishankar will chair the meeting, which will witness the participation of foreign ministers of Australia and Japan, and the Secretary of State of the United States.
The foreign ministers will also exchange views on recent developments in the Indo-Pacific region and discuss regional issues of mutual interest, “guided by their vision of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific”, the MEA announced.
According to the MEA, the ministers will also review progress made by the Quad in pursuit of its constructive agenda and implementation of initiatives aimed at addressing contemporary priorities of the Indo-Pacific region.
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD), which is a strategic security dialogue between Australia, India, Japan and the United States, and is maintained by talks between the member countries, is commonly referred to as Quad.
Meghalaya CM Likely To Meet Governor To Stake Claim To Form Govt
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma is likely to meet with state Governor Phagu Chauhan on Friday morning to claim the right to form the next government, said officials on Thursday.
According to the official, Sangma, who is also the president of the ruling NPP, will meet the governor on Friday at 11:30 a.m. to inform him of the results of the assembly election.
"The MLAs of NPP and other allies will also accompany him. They will stake claim to form the next government." Sangma will give a speech at a press conference prior to meeting the Governor.
On Thursday, the National People's Party (NPP) won 26 of the 59 constituencies that went to the polls on February 27 and became the state's largest party.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that Sangma sought the support of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in forming the new government as the party fell short of the magic number of 31 in the 60-member assembly.
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