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New Delhi, Jan 7 (PTI) A Delhi court on Saturday sent Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on a woman co-passenger on an Air India flight, to judicial remand for 14 days while rejecting a plea by police for his custody. The police sought his remand for three days for custodial interrogation, saying he was required to be identified by three cabin crew members and two captains and other co-passengers were also to be examined. Metropolitan Magistrate Anamika passed the order to send Mishra to judicial remand, noting that his custody was not required by the police for recording the statements…
JAMMU, JANUARY 07: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha visited GMC Jammu on Saturday to inquire about the health of civilians, who were injured in Rajouri terror attack. Dr. Shashi Sudan, Principal, GMC Jammu and other senior doctors briefed the Lt Governor on the health condition of Sanvi Sharma, Prince Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Pawan Kumar and medical procedures being followed. The Lt Governor also met the family members and assured all possible assistance. He directed the Hospital Administration for ensuring the best possible medical care and assistance for their speedy recovery.
New Delhi, Jan 7 (PTI) Delhi on Saturday recorded a minimum temperature of 2.2 degrees Celsius, five notches below the average and the season’s lowest so far, according to the India Meteorological Department. Very dense fog reduced visibility at Palam to around 50 metres, affecting road and rail traffic. The visibility at the Palam observatory near the Indira Gandhi International Airport was 25 metres at 5:30 am. A Railways spokesperson said 36 trains were delayed by one to seven hours due to the foggy weather.
Karnal (Hry), Jan 7 (PTI) Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said the Bharat Jodo Yatra has not been organised to project Rahul Gandhi as a prime ministerial candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, asserting that the foot march has nothing to do with elections. The former Union minister also said Gandhi has succeeded in highlighting three big issues during the yatra — economic inequality, social polarisation and political authoritarianism. Replying to a reporter’s question here, the Congress general secretary in-charge communications said, “The Bharat Jodo Yatra has not been taken out to project Rahul Gandhi as a prime…
London, Jan 6 (PTI) A British Indian liver specialist battled for five hours to save the life of a passenger on a long-haul flight from London to Bangalore, a media report said. Dr Vishwaraj Vemala, 48, who works at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital, was on his way to India with his mother when a fellow passenger went into cardiac arrest, BBC reported. Aided by medical supplies on board, including a pace monitoring device and blood pressure monitoring machine, and other items from passengers, Dr Vemala twice resuscitated the 43-year-old in November.
Washington, Jan 7 (PTI) The United States has announced another military assistance package of over USD 3.75 billion for Ukraine to fight the battle against Russian aggression taking the total US military assistance for Ukraine to an unprecedented USD 24.9 billion. The latest tranche of assistance will include for the first time 50 M2-A2 Bradley armoured vehicles for the Ukraine military. These armoured vehicles — enough to outfit a mechanised infantry battalion — will come with 500 tube-launched, optically sighted, wire-guided, or TOW, anti-tank missiles and 250,000 rounds of 25 mm ammunition, the Pentagon said.
Washington, Jan 7 (PTI) US President Joe Biden on Saturday congratulated Congressman Kevin McCarthy on his election as the Speaker of the House of Representatives and said that this a time to govern responsibly. McCarthy, 57, was elected as the House Speaker in a historic post-midnight 15th ballot on Saturday. He replaced Nancy Pelosi, 82, of the Democratic Party. “This is a time to govern responsibly and to ensure that we’re putting the interests of American families first,” Biden said in a statement soon after McCarthy was elected as the Speaker of the US House of Representatives.
Washington, Jan 7 (PTI) Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives in a historic post-midnight 15th ballot on Saturday, which elevates him to a powerful position in the chamber and is expected to bring an end to political paralysis that the country has seen for days now. McCarthy, 57, replaces Nancy Pelosi, 82 of the Democratic Party, which lost the majority in the House after the November 8 midterm elections wherein the Republicans won 222 seats in the 435-member House against 212 of the Democrats. McCarthy defeated 52-year-old Hakeem Sekou Jeffries by 216 to 212…
Firozabad (UP), Jan 7 (PTI) The police on Saturday claimed to have safely recovered a five-year-old boy who was kidnapped on Thursday and arrested one person in connection to the crime. Additional Superintendent of Police Ranvijay Singh said: “A five year old boy named Sunny was forcefully kidnapped by one Akash on Thursday from Shikohabad police station area. The family members informed police about the incident on Friday”. “When the family members informed us about the incident we formed a team and recovered the boy within a couple of hours using local intelligence and mobile surveillance,” he said. The accused…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (PTI) Over 96 per cent of income of the Trinamool Congress in 2021-22 came from electoral bonds, according to the party’s annual audit report, which also showed that its income from these bonds rose from Rs 42 crore in 2020-21 to Rs 528.14 crore in 2021-22. An electoral bond is a financial tool for enabling donations to political parties. The report, which was released on Friday, stated that out of a total income of Rs 545.74 crore of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in 2021-22, as much as Rs 528.14 crore came from electoral bonds. It also…
Itanagar, Jan 7 (PTI) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed another FIR in the cash-for-job scam of the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) and will formally take over the case, a senior police officer said here on Saturday. The CBI filed the FIR on Friday against a case pertaining to all irregularities committed in the examinations conducted by the APPSC since 2014, Special Investigation Cell (SIC) SP Anant Mittal said. The SIC has been investigating the case and arrested 46 persons so far including 39 government officials.
Kasaragod, Jan 7 (PTI) In another suspected case of food poisoning, a 20-year old woman died on Saturday after allegedly consuming Kuzhimanthi, a biryani dish from a local hotel. Police said Anju Sreeparvathy from Perumbala near here, had consumed Kuzhimanthi which she purchased online from a restaurant named Romansia at Kasaragod on December 31 and was undergoing treatment since then. “A case has been registered after her parents filed the complaint. The girl died early Saturday morning,” police told PTI, adding that further action will be taken based on the post-mortem report.