Indian Air Force's C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft is on stand-by at the Hindan airbase near Delhi for bringing back bodies of Indian-origin persons who lost their lives in a fire incident in Kuwait, Defence officials said on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir with National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and other senior officials, the Government of India sources said.
Five people were killed and five others were injured at an explosives manufacturing factory in Dhamna in Maharashtra's Nagpur, officials said on Thursday.
In a significant move against terrorist activities, Anantnag Police on Thursday attached a two-storey residential building owned by terror associate Riyaz Ahmad Bhat, son of Gh Nabi Bhat, resident of Lohar Senzi Gadole, officials said.
The move, which Beijing officials have slammed as "protectionist," comes less than a month after Washington quadrupled US tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles to 100 per cent.
Regarding the issue of Indians dying in the Russia-Ukraine war, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said India has conveyed to Russian officials that Indians who are in the war zone, regardless of how they have reached there, should be brought back.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with the team of the Ministry of External Affairs and other officials concerned on Wednesday evening regarding the tragic fire incident in Kuwait, in which over 40 people were killed and more than 30 Indian workers were injured.
Imran Riaz Khan, a well-known YouTuber and TV presenter in Pakistan, known for his outspoken criticism of the military, was reportedly detained by intelligence officials at Lahore Airport on Wednesday.
Rajendra Bajgain, the opposition lawmaker raised the issue of the arrest of two Nepali nationals from Northern Gorkha in a parliamentary meeting and demanded the government's response.
Amid the persistent water shortage in the national capital, Delhi Water Minister Atishi has written a letter to Delhi LG VK Saxena raising serious concerns about the potential collusion between senior officers in Delhi Government and the notorious tanker mafia.
In a joint operation the Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police seized 2.20 lakh Yaba tablets worth Rs 66 crore in Karimganj district and arrested three persons in connection with the case on Wednesday, officials said.