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Modi pays tribute to soldiers on 50th anniversary of 1971 India-Pak war
Four 'Victory Mashaals' lit from the Eternal Flame of the National War Memorial will now be carried to various parts of the country, including to villages of Param Vir Chakra and Maha Vir Chakra awardees of the war. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who was also present at the venue, unveiled the logo for 'Swarnim Vijay Varsh' to mark the anniversary of the 1971 India-Pakistan war.
J&K DDC polls phase 7: 10.66% votes polled in 2 hours
The State Election Commission said the Kashmir division recorded an overall polling percentage of 6.11 and Jammu division recorded 14.43 per cent till 9 a.m. Bandipora with 14.65 per cent and Kathua with 20.13 per cent were the highest recorded voter turnouts in the first two hours in Kashmir and Jammu respectively.
8 years after Nirbhaya, Delhi reported 1,429 rape cases till Oct this year
The Delhi police registered a total of 1,791 cases of assault on women with the intent to outrage their modesty till October this year. In comparison, 2520 cases were registered during the same period in 2019, which went up to 2,921 by the year end. In 2012, a total of 727 cases were registered for the same offence.
Delhi Airport enhances precautionary measures during fog season
According to DIAL, the three runways (runway 11, 29 and 28) of the Indira Gandhi International Airport are equipped with the instrument landing system. The taxiways, aircraft stands and all other requirements are installed to meet CAT III B operation. A CAT III B compliant infrastructure allows aircraft to land with a minimum visibility of 50 metres. At the IGI airport, an aircraft can take off with a visibility of 125 metres.
Yediyurappa insists Shetty to resign, Cong terms it murder of democracy
He added that with JD(S) coming out in the open there is no ambiguity whatsoever left in this regard. "It is now very clear that BJP has numbers and Shetty does not have numbers, so he has no option but to resign," he said. While the Congress on its part maintained that the BJP-JDS tried to begin the session even before the long bell went off by having the Deputy Chairman on the seat.
No medical practitioners, Ayush or others, can claim Covid-19 cure: Supreme Court
A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan and comprising Justices R. Subhash Reddy and M.R. Shah said: "When statutory regulations itself prohibited advertisements, there was no occasion for homeopathic and other medical practitioners to claim that they are competent to cure Covid-19 disease."
Supreme Court seeks Attorney General K.K. Venugopal's aid to see if NGT ambit can span Wildlife Protection Act
The remarks were made by a bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde during the hearing of a plea seeking installation of bird diverters and underground cabling with a view to protect endangered bird species - the Great Indian Bustard and Lesser Florican. The AG assured the top court that he would examine the matter without any delay.
Thunderstorms in parts of south coastal Andhra Pradesh on Thursday
There is no rain forecast on Wednesday and Friday though, even as a weather system is developing over southwest Bay of Bengal. "The cyclonic circulation over southwest Bay of Bengal off Sri Lanka coast persists and now is seen at 1.5 km above mean sea level," said a Met official.
Supreme Court dismisses plea alleging cartelisation practices by Uber, Ola
A bench comprising Justices R.F. Nariman, Krishna Murari and K.M. Joseph said: "Coming now to the merits, we have already set out the concurrent findings of fact of the CCI and the NCLAT, wherein it has been found that Ola and Uber do not facilitate cartelisation or anti-competitive practices between drivers, who are independent individuals." In this backdrop, the bench said it see no reason to interfere with these findings.
95% police stations in India using Criminal Tracking Network and Systems software: Government
Noting that integrated database concepts like the CCTNS and ICJS have become indispensable to realise the dream of New India, Minister of State for Home, G. Kishan Reddy, on Tuesday shared the details while addressing the inaugural session of the second conference on 'Good Practices in Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems/Interoperable Criminal Justice System (ICJS)' through video conferencing.
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