A top ISRO scientist on Tuesday claimed he was poisoned more than three years ago. Tapan Misra alleged he was poisoned with deadly arsenic trioxide on May 23, 2017, during a promotion interview at ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru. "Fatal dose was probably mixed" with chutney along with Dosa, in snacks after lunch, he said.
There was reasonable ground to prima facie show that former JNU student leader Umar Khalid, suspended AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain and others conspired on north-east Delhi riots last year, a Delhi court said on Tuesday while taking cognisance of the supplementary charge sheet filed in the case.
Former president Pranab Mukherjee in his last book said that the Congress' failure to recognise the end of its charismatic leadership was among the many reasons for its defeat in the 2014 general elections. He felt lack of extraordinary leaders reduced the establishment to a 'government of averages'.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said that the government is reviewing the situation and it has allowed limited resumption of civil aviation with the United Kingdom. "We took a decision on limited resumption of civil aviation traffic between India and the United Kingdom-based on an assessment of available facts as available with our medical professionals. We decided that RT-PCR test which was done 72 hours ahead of travelling was not enough," Puri said. 
Uttarakhand BJP chief Bansidhar Bhagat has kicked up a controversy by calling leader of opposition Indira Hridayesh a “budhia” (old lady) and “doobta jahaz” (sinking ship) during a party meeting in Bheemtal recently. This comes two days after Hridayesh said that some BJP MLAs, who are not happy with the party, are in her touch.
A roadside vendor was taken into police custody in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district on Tuesday over a complaint that he was selling shoes which had a caste-identifying word inscribed on its sole, officials said.
Sporadic rains continued in Delhi for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday. According to the the India Meteorological Department's prediction, thunderstorm with light to moderate rain will occur at isolated places over and adjoining areas of South, Southwest, Northwest Delhi, Rewari, Bhiwadi, Manesar, Gurugram, Palwal, and Muzaffarnagar in the morning.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
