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India’s ports handled 795 mt cargo in FY23; 10.4 % yoy growth

April 29, 2023

New Delhi, April 28 India's major ports collectively handled a record-breaking 795 million tonnes of cargo in financial year 2022-23, registering a 10.4 per cent growth over the previous year. Furthermore, they achieved the highest-ever output per day of 17,239 tonnes, marking a 6 per cent increase compared to the...

Why Atiq was paraded before media: SC asks UP government

April 29, 2023

The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the Uttar Pradesh government why gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were paraded before media while being taken to hospital for a medical checkup in police custody in Prayagraj. The top court, which was hearing a plea by advocate Vishal Tiwari seeking an...

Iran navy seizes oil tanker with 24 Indian crew members near Oman

April 29, 2023

Iran’s navy seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker with 24 Indian crew members in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday heading to the US amid wider tensions over Tehran’s nuclear programme, the latest-such capture in a waterway crucial for global energy supplies. The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet identified the...

No evidence’: Court acquits actor Sooraj Pancholi from abetment of suicide charge

April 29, 2023

Almost 10 years after Bollywood actor Jiah Khan was found hanging at her Mumbai residence, a special CBI court here on Friday acquitted her then boyfriend Sooraj Pancholi in the case of abetment of her suicide citing “paucity of evidence”. Sooraj Pancholi (32), who was arrested in the case in...

Fresh political slugfest as BJP MLA calls Sonia Gandhi ‘Vishkanya’

April 29, 2023

BJP MLA in Karnataka Basanagouda Patil Yatnal has likened former AICC chief Sonia Gandhi to a ‘Vishakanya’ (venomous maiden) in retaliation to Congress president M Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘venomous snake’ barb hurled at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the comments drawing sharp response from the opposition party which sought the legislator’s...

Delhi Police file 2 FIRs against federation chief

April 29, 2023

The Delhi Police on Friday registered two FIRs in connection with sexual harassment allegations levelled by women wrestlers against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. On the complaints received from female wrestlers, two FIRs have been registered at the Connaught Place police station, a senior police officer...

Constantly working for democratisation of tech: PM Modi

April 29, 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated 91 FM transmitters and said this would revolutionise the radio industry, while asserting his government was working constantly for the democratisation of technology. Underscoring the emotional connect of his generation with the radio, Modi said he has a relationship with the medium as...

SC directs states: Don’t see religion, take suo moto action on hate speech

April 29, 2023

The Supreme Court on Friday directed all states and union territories to ensure that as and when any hate speech is made, they shall take suo moto action for registration of FIR even without any complaints. A bench of Justices K.M. Joseph and B.V. Nagarathna made it clear that such...

Border situation ‘generally stable’ with India: China

April 29, 2023

After India firmly told China that its violation of the border pacts has “eroded” the entire basis of bilateral ties, China’s defence ministry on Friday said the situation at the border is “generally stable” and both sides should put the boundary issue in an “appropriate position” and promote its transition...

Delhi wants increased Russian participation in ‘Make in India’

April 29, 2023

On the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ meeting in Delhi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a bilateral with his Russian counterpart General Sergei K Shoigu on Friday. The two Ministers spoke on a variety of topics related to bilateral defence cooperation, including industrial cooperation and military-to-military...

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