02 November 2025
Khabar Bureau
Road Transport and Highways Secretary Sanjay Mitra was on Wednesday named the country's next Defence Secretary. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved his appointment initially as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Defence Ministry. The officer will take over as Defence Secretary on completion of tenure of the present incumbent G Mohan Kumar on May 24.
Khabar Bureau
A young army officer was kidnapped in Kashmir by terrorists from a wedding last night and shot dead.The bullet-riddled body of an army officer was found on Wednesday morning in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said. The body was identified to be of an Army Lieutenant Umar Fayaz. The officer was on leave and had gone for his cousin's wedding at Kulgaon in south Kashmir when he was kidnapped around 10 pm.
Khabar Bureau
Amid a row over corruption allegations against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Aam Aadmi Party legislator Saurabh Bharadwaj on Tuesday sought to demonstrate in the Delhi Assembly how an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) can be tampered with to rig results. AAP, which has alleged that EVMs had been tampered with in the assembly elections in Punjab and the civic polls in Delhi, both of which it lost, used the day-long special session of the assembly to demonstrate how the voting machines can be rigged.
Khabar Bureau
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted people on the occasion of Buddha Purnima saying that Gautam Buddha "inspires" us to work towards "harmonious society". "Buddha Purnima greetings to everyone. Today we remember the exemplary ideals of Gautama Buddha. His noble thoughts will continue to guide generations," Modi said in a statement. "Gautama Buddha inspires us to work towards harmonious, just and compassionate society," the Prime Minister said.
Khabar Bureau
Justice CS Karnan was today sentenced to six months jail by the Supreme Court, which held him guilty of contempt and ordered the Kolkata police chief to arrest him. Karnan, 59, is the first sitting HC judge to be convicted of contempt and sent to prison. A seven-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar passed the order. The seven-judge bench had earlier given Justice Karnan four weeks to respond to the contempt notice. While appeared before the apex court on March 31, becoming the first HC judge to do so in Indian history, he refused to abide by any of its order including taking a medical test. Justice Karnan had issued a suo motu order against seven judges, directing them to "appear" before him on April 28 for "violating" Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. They did not appear before him. On Monday, Karnan had sentenced Chief Justice of India JS Khehar and seven other SC judges to five-year rigorous imprisonment after holding them guilty under the SC/ST Atrocities Act-1989 and amended Act of 2015. In his order, Justice Karnan imposed sentences of five years each and a fine of Rs one lakh on three counts, under sub-sections (1)(m), (1)(r) and (1)(u) of Section 3 of the SC/ST Atrocities Act. Justice Karnan directed that all the three sentences would run concurrently and said that if the fines were not paid, they would "undergo further six months of imprisonment."
