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Explosives, IS flag recovered from IS operative’s house

THE Delhi Police has recovered a large quantity of explosives and an IS flag from the house of Mohammad Mustakim Khan in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur two days after he was arrested in the national capital, officials said on Sunday. An alleged IS operative, Khan, armed with two pressure cooker IEDs, was arrested in central Delhi’s Ridge Road area on Friday night following a brief exchange of fire. A Delhi Police Special Cell team took him to his Badhiyaa Bhaisaahi village in Balrampur district. ..

Bus with 34 on board hijacked by recovery agents of finance firm

 A PRIVATELY-OPERATED bus with 34 passengers on board was hijacked by recovery agents of a finance company in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra on Wednesday morning, officials said. The incident took place in the Malpura police station area when the bus was en route to Panna in Madhya Pradesh from Gurgaon in Haryana, according to police. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said the bus driver, staff and passengers are safe. “Regarding the bus incident in Agra, the finance company ..

Modi becomes India’s 4th longest-serving PM

 NEW DELHI : PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday became the fourth longest-serving Prime Minister in Indian history, after Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Dr Manmohan Singh. However, PM Modi is the first longest-serving Indian prime minister of non-Congress origin, surpassing Atal Behari Vajpayee. Narendra Modi took oath as the 14th Prime Minister of the country on May 26, 2014. He started with his second innings as the PM again on May 30, 2019. Jawaharlal Nehru remains the longest-serving ..

. Air chief Marshal flies Mig 21 Bison jet at frontline base

 NEW DELHI ; CHIEF of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria on Thursday flew a Mig 21 Bison jet at a frontline airbase in the Western Command, and carried out a comprehensive review of the operational preparedness of the air warriors in the region, officials said. The Indian Air Force has kept almost all its air bases under the Western Command at a “very high level of readiness” in view of the over three-month border row with China in eastern Ladakh. The Western Command looks ..

Coronavirus live updates: India's Covid tally now over 24 lakh, deaths cross 48,000-mark

 India scaled a new high by testing over 8.3 lakh samples in last 24 hours, the highest tested for Covid-19 in a day so far, even as new cases continued to increase registering a record single-day surge of 66,999 cases. The government maintained that increasing number of positive cases should be seen in tandem with the positivity rate and recovery of patients...