Sunday, 22 December 2024
Sunday, 22 December 2024
A Delhi court sent Lalit Jha, arrested in the Parliament security breach case, to 7-day police custody for his sustained custodial interrogation. The two persons who opened smoke canisters in the Lok Sabha chamber had smuggled them in cavities cut into the left sole of custom-made sports shoes supported by thick rubber layers, according to Delhi Police's FIR.
Supreme Court deferred the hearing on a plea of Trinamul Congress leader Mahua Moitra challenging her expulsion from the Lok Sabha till January 3, 2024. As soon as the matter was taken up for hearing, a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti told senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, who was appearing for Moitra, that the bench had not gone through the case files and it would like to hear it upon reopening of the court after winter break, which ends on January 3.
First-time MLA Bhajan Lal Sharma was sworn in as the chief minister of Rajasthan at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP's top leadership, 12 days after the party ousted the Congress in the assembly polls. Along with him, Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa were sworn in as the deputy chief ministers by Governor Kalraj Mishra.
Opposition INDIA alliance leaders staged a protest near the Gandhi statue in the Parliament complex, a day after 14 MPs were suspended. Derek O'Brien joined the Opposition MPs wearing a T-shirt saying he was on a 'silent protest'.
Supreme Court directed the Manipur government to apprise the apex court-appointed committee of the steps taken to secure places of public worship in the state where ethnic clashes have claimed more than 170 lives since May. The bench, also comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, clarified the identification of such structures shall cover all religious faiths and denominations.
Mumbai police’s crime branch, which is probing the Mahadev betting app case, has summoned actor Sahil Khan and three others to record their statements, an official said. The size of the scam is about Rs 15,000 crore, as per the first information report (FIR).
At least five law enforcement officials were killed in militant attacks on a regional police headquarters and a checkpost in the restive northwest Pakistan that also killed four rebels, in an uptick in violence against security forces in the country. The first attack occurred at the Police Lines in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Tank district.
BCCI has decided to 'retire' World Cup winning captain M S Dhoni's No.7 jersey to honour his rich contribution to Indian cricket. Even the great Sachin Tendulkar's No.10 has not been worn any other player since his retirement in 2013 except pacer Shardul Tahkur, who had opted for No.10 on his ODI debut against Sri Lanka in 2017 but was trolled heavily on social media.
Full body scanners are expected to be installed at the Delhi airport by May 2024, a senior official said. Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) Director General Zulfiquar Hasan said the deadline for installing the full body scanners and CTX machines at certain airports is being extended.
Prince Harry won his phone hacking lawsuit Friday against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and was awarded over 140,000 pounds ($180,000) in the first of his several lawsuits against the tabloids to go to trial. Fancourt found that 15 of the 33 newspaper articles in question at trial had been compiled with the help of unlawful means.
