Achal Kumar Jyoti, a former Chief Secretary of Gujarat during Narendra Modi’s tenure as Chief Minister, today took over as the new Election Commissioner, filling one of the two vacancies in the three-member body. “Jyoti took charge today at the Election Commission of India,” a senior official said. Jyoti is a 1975-batch Indian Administrative Service […]
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Supreme Court to pass verdict on plea for SIT probe against ex-CBI chief
The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its verdict tomorrow on a plea filed by an NGO seeking a probe by a Special Investigating Team (SIT) against former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha for allegedly scuttling the probe into a coal block allocation scam case. A bench, comprising Justices M B Lokur, Kurian Joseph and A […]
PM Modi gets Red Carpet Welcome in Chinese President Xi’s hometown in Beijing
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived in Xian on a three-day visit to China during which he will hold summit talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a range of issues including the festering border dispute and China’s plans for infrastructure projects in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Modi, who is undertaking his first visit to China […]
Ahmedabad DRI seized 52 kilogram gold turns out to be copper !!
Last month, Enforcement Directorate,DRI Ahmedabad Zonal Unit seized 52 Kilogram of gold in 52 gold bars. Today it was verified that this gold only had a copper instead of gold. As per estimate this seized gold costs Rs 14 crores. Two persons from a hotel at Ashram road were arrested and given in judicial custody. […]
Weather change in Ahmedabad; unseasonal rains in city
Today in Ahmedabad, atmosphere suddenly changed in the evening, with unseasonal rain coming after thrunderstorm winds, temperature fell down and it started raining. Due to heavy winds incidents of tree getting uprooted in Jodhpur and Memnagar were reported. One big hoarding fell down in Vadaj area. Two wheeler riders had difficulty in driving due to […]
Ahmedabad: Mobile Tower of Naroda Police Station falls
Today in Ahmedabad, Mobile Tower of Naroda Police Station falls in the evening due to thunderstorm winds. CCTV cameras connections were mounted on the Mobile Tower for monitoring of the Police Station. One car parked in the parking area of Police Station was damaged by fall of Mobile Tower.
Narayan Sai case: Eyewitness Mahendra Chawla attacked
Today in Panipat, incident of firing by unidentified person on Mahendra Chawla eye witness of Narayan Sai case took place. Injured has been admitted to the hospital.
47 Shia Ismaili Muslims killed in terror attack in Pakistan
In a brazen assault, gunmen donning police uniforms attacked a bus carrying Shia Ismaili community members and shot the passengers in the head, killing at least 47 people in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, the latest in a series of terror attacks targeting minorities. Police officials said it appeared that six to eight assailants […]
Documents leak case: CBI fails to file charge sheet
New Delhi, May 12 (PTI) Three accused, arrested by CBI in a case in which classified government documents were allegedly procured and passed on to others, have been granted bail by a special court after the agency failed to file charge sheet against them within the stipulated 60-day period. Special CBI Judge S C Rajan […]
42 killed in new earthquake of Nepal
A new 7.3-magnitude earthquake and several powerful aftershocks shook Nepal today killing at least 42 people and triggering panic in the Himalayan nation already devastated by a massive temblor less than three weeks back that had claimed over 8,000 lives. Nepal’s Home Ministry while putting the death toll at 42 said another 1,117 people had […]











