Delhi Police ban drones, hot air balloons ahead of PM Modi's swearing-in

IANS | June 8, 2024 12:14 AM

New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Cabinet's swearing-in on Sunday, Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora has banned the use of sub-conventional aerial platforms like para-gliders, para-motors, hang-gliders, UAVs, microlight aircraft, remotely piloted aircraft, hot air balloons, small sized powered aircraft, quadcopters and even by para-jumping from aircraft on June 9 and June 10.

ECI allots 700 companies of security forces to prevent post-poll violence in West Bengal

IANS | June 7, 2024 10:59 PM

Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) In wake of reports of post-poll violence surfacing from different pockets in West Bengal since the counting for Lok Sabha polls on June 4, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to engage a total of 700 companies of both the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and State Armed Police (SAP) for the time being.

30 killed in Israeli bombing on Gaza school (Ld)

IANS | June 6, 2024 9:12 AM

Gaza, June 6 (IANS) Thirty Palestinians were killed, most of them children and women, and dozens injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a school housing displaced people in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, medical sources told the media on Thursday morning.

Time for US to take extradition of terrorists Rana and Headley to India seriously

Rahul Pawa | June 5, 2024 5:54 PM

New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) While both Washington and Ottawa take an aggressive stance on alleged Indian clandestine operations, are they equally committed to extraditing American and Canadian terrorists like David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Rana? Or is there a deeper disregard for India's legitimate national security and criminal justice concerns?