Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Sanjay Singh has backed calls for legendary wrestler Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav to be posthumously conferred with the Padma Vibhushan, following recent developments in the Bombay High Court regarding the matter.The Kolhapur bench of the High Court, comprising Justices Madhav Jamdar and Pravin Patil, has directed the Union government to take a final call on the issue by May 4. The directive came during the hearing of a Public In…
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New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) A provision of free, lifelong medical treatment, including reconstructive surgeries, disability benefits and Zero FIR are among the key recommendations made by the National Commission for Women (NCW) to the government to strengthen rehabilitation, care and justice for acid attack survivors, an official said on Monday.The NCW recommendations, based on the Round Table Consultation titled ‘Navjeevan: A Consultation on Care, Justice & Dignity for Acid Attack Survivors’…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) India has been facing the menace of illegal immigration for long. Migrants coming in illegally from Bangladesh and Myanmar have settled in various parts of the country, and the government, in its new policy, said that all states must detect and deport such persons. The Intelligence agencies say that with such drives ongoing in the country, many illegal immigrants roped in by terror groups have been ordered to go underground. These persons were specifically sent to Indi…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The Ministry of Home Affairs has provided security cover to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha. He will receive ‘Z+ category’ security in both Delhi and Punjab, sources said on Wednesday.This followed the Punjab government’s decision to withdraw Chadha’s security detail earlier in the day. This action also occurred amid a growing rift between Chadha and the AAP in recent weeks.According to sources, paramilitary forces will be deployed to provide sec…
Agartala, April 11 (IANS) As part of the Central forces, the elite Tripura State Rifles (TSR), which has previously undertaken election-related duties in more than a dozen states, is set to be deployed in poll-bound West Bengal, officials said here on Saturday. A senior police official stated that, following a request from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), ten TSR companies comprising 778 personnel had been deployed in Assam, where elections to the 126-member State Assembly were held on April …
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), working in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs, has facilitated the return of wanted fugitive Sahil Chauhan from Thailand, officials confirmed on Saturday. Chauhan, who is wanted by Haryana Police in several criminal cases, including murder, attempt to murder, dacoity, and offences involving illegal firearms, is considered a key operative of the Bhuppi Rana Gang active across Har…
Rajkot/Gandhinagar, April 10 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to attend two convocation ceremonies in Gujarat on April 13 and 14, officials said on Friday. At All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rajkot on April 13, the institute will hold its first convocation, during which the inaugural batch of MBBS students admitted in 2020 will be awarded degrees.A total of 49 students will receive MBBS degrees, while one student will be conferred with a Post Doctoral Certificate i…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) A delegation of Sikh devotees on Thursday departed for Pakistan from Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib here to visit their holy places on the occasion of the coming festival of Baisakhi. A total of 2,840 devotees from across the country are part of the pilgrimage, including 409 participants from Delhi.A devotee setting off on the journey said: “It is a matter of great joy that, following ‘Operation Sindoor,’ the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee made representations …
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Financial Intelligence Unit‑India and the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) signed a comprehensive memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen intelligence sharing and coordination in the fight against cyber‑frauds and financial crimes, the government said on Thursday.The MoU aims to enable both agencies to establish robust feedback mechanisms for enhancing fraud detection protocols at the national level and facilitate the development and dissemin…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) A deliberate strategy to keep outfits such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba quiet for the time being is being orchestrated by the ISI. A major push is being made to promote the Khalistani terror groups, with the targets being Punjab and Delhi, an official said.Pakistan is busy on multiple fronts and wants to use outfits such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba to battle against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA).An Intelligence Bureau official said that…