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Trinamool leader Shibu Hazra,accused by villagers for torturing people and assauling women in Sandeshkhali, was arrested by police on Saturday. This is second major arrest after arrest of Uttam Sardar another close aide of absconding Trinamool leader Sheikh Shajahan. DGP Rajeev Kumar said, «We will be reviewing all the 19 areas where Section 144 is imposed. In a day or two we will remove it in some areas to ensure people continue to lead a normal life..» «Some questions were raised about imposing Section 144 when there was no loss of life. It was because some people were trying to give a communal colour or spread lawlessness around the incident, which is why we imposed it to maintain law and order,.» Kumar added

DUBAI (Reuters) -Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack on the oil tanker M/T Pollux, which U.S. officials said the previous day had been hit by a missile.

ISRO has undertaken with US' NASA was not for surveillance purposes, but aimed at studying the Earth with focus on sustainability, the space agency chief S Somanath said on Saturday. The Bengaluru-headquartered ISRO is involved with The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for developing Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite to study the Earth following the impact of climate change, he said. «The next mission of GSLV (rocket) is going to be the NISAR mission-- the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar mission, which is a very big satellite. The configuration and capability of the rocket has been steadily increasing in terms of payload capability as well as volume which is going to be extremely useful», he said. Somanath was talking to reporters here after the successful launch of GSLV-F14 INSAT-3DS satellite.

₹21,740.77 crore from the Income Tax Department. The country's largest insurer had received refund orders for Assessment Years 2012- 13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20, according to a report by Economic Times. The total amount of refund was ₹25,464.46 crore.

Chandrayaan-4 mission and was involved in developing a 'novel design' and 'high-end technology' in this connection, a top official said on Saturday. After successfully launching the Chandrayaan-3 rocket on the south pole of the Moon in August 2023, ISRO has drawn up a more «complex» mission of bringing back the soil from the surface of the Moon to the Earth. On Saturday, after the successful launch of GSLV-F14/INSAT-3DS satellite, ISRO Chairman S Somanath said the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency wanted to send Chandrayaan 4, 5, 6 and 7 missions, in future, following the success of Chandrayaan-3 mission. «We are working on what Chandrayaan-4 spacecraft should contain. The first question is what Chandrayaan-4 should be having (as the payload).; this is the question we are asking,» Somanath said.

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Indian Space Research Organisation on Saturday launched INSAT-3DS meteorological satellite onboard a Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle F14 (GSLV-F14), from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. INSAT-3DS satellite aims to augment the study of the Earth's surface and oceanic observations. «The second stage performance is Normal and the payload bearing has also been separated as ISRO launched INSAT-3DS meteorological satellite,» said ISRO after the launch.

GSLV-F14/INSAT-3DS Mission: The vehicle has successfully placed the satellite into the intended geosynchronous transfer orbit," the ISRO tweeted. The INSAT-3DS Satellite is a follow-on mission of Third Generation Meteorological Satellite from Geostationary Orbit. This is the second mission for the ISRO in 2024 after the successful launch of PSLV-C58/EXPOSAT mission on January 1.

Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. The decision to resume the yatra from Prayagraj on Sunday afternoon was announced by the party, highlighting the significance of Gandhi's presence in his constituency amid pressing issues. Gandhi's visit to Wayanad follows a tragic incident wherein a man, seriously injured in a wild elephant attack, succumbed to his injuries at the Kozhikode medical college.

Police camps have reached areas that were once considered Naxal strongholds in Gadchiroli and soon the menace will be eradicated with the support of citizens, Maharashtra Director General of Police Rashmi Shukla said on Saturday. The state's first woman DGP was speaking during her visit to Gardewada, an area once deeply affected by Left Wing Extremism, where a police post was set up recently. «Due to Naxal activities, this area was away from the mainstream. However, the police department has removed their fear from the minds of the people by setting up a police post in Gardewada,» she said. The state government is reaching out to people from the region with various welfare schemes, she added.

AAP is the biggest challenger to the BJP and that is why it is under attack from all sides, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday during a discussion on the motion of confidence he moved in the Budget session of the assembly. Speaking on the motion of confidence, Kejriwal asserted that even if the BJP wins this year's Lok Sabha polls, the AAP will «liberate» the country from the saffron party in the 2029 elections. The Delhi chief minister, who is also the AAP convenor, said his government has a majority in the House but it needed to bring the motion of confidence because the BJP was trying to poach party MLAs and topple his government. The House later passed the motion of confidence through a voice vote, with 54 of the AAP's 62 MLAs present during the voting.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Saturday that they had fired missiles at oil tanker Pollux, which U.S. officials said the previous day had been hit by a missile. The U.S. State Department said on Friday that the Pollux, a Panamanian-flagged tanker carrying crude oil bound for India, was hit by a missile on its port side. «The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a targeting operation against a British oil ship (Pollux) in the Red Sea with a large number of appropriate naval missiles, and the strikes were accurate and direct», the Houthis' military spokesperson, Yahya Sarea, said in a statement.

The US State Department announced on Friday that a Panamanian-flagged tanker transporting crude oil destined for India, was targeted by a missile in the Red Sea. According to the State Department, the missile, originating from Yemen, struck the M/T Pollux on its port side. Prior to this, both the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency and the British maritime security firm Ambrey had reported that a Panama-flagged tanker was allegedly hit approximately 72 nautical miles (133 km) northwest of Yemen’s port of Mokha.

Madras High Court has directed the Petroleum and Explosive Safety Organisation (PESO) to conduct due enquiry while granting prior site approval and satisfy themselves that the site, where fuel outlets are to be located, satisfy all the criteria mentioned under relevant rules. According to PESO, formerly known as Department of Explosives, it is the nodal agency for regulating safety of hazardous substances such as explosives, compressed gas and petroleum. The first bench comprising Chief Justice S V Gangapurwala and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy gave the directive in a recent order while disposing of a Public Interest Litigation filed by advocate VBR Menon, which among other things sought a direction to the authorities to formulate and notify, within a prescribed time limit, appropriate site inspection and verification procedures for adherence while issuing prior site approvals and final explosive licences in Form No.XIV to the Petroleum Retail Outlets. The bench said for aforesaid purpose, it was not necessary to carry out physical inspection in each and every case, but whenever any doubt arises or in any situation which they deem fit and proper, a physical inspection shall also be made by PESO.

temporary structure near Gate number 2 of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi collapsed on Saturday, injuring over eight people, according to Delhi Police. Rescue operations are being carried out on the spot by emergency services, such as the Delhi Police and fire department. A man working as a security guard on Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru stadium premises told ANI that the incident happened when the labourers were on lunch.

meteorological satellite aboard the GSLV-F14 rocket, excitement crackles through the nation. Scheduled for liftoff from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Saturday at 5.35 pm, this isn't just a fiery spectacle; it's a pivotal step towards strengthening India's weather forecasting and disaster management capabilities. Let's delve deeper into the GSLV-F14/INSAT-3DS Mission and explore its transformative potential. What exactly is ISRO aiming to achieve with this mission? According to ISRO, the objective of Saturday's mission GSLV-F14/INSAT-3DS would provide continuity of services to existing operational INSAT-3D (launched in 2013) and INSAT-3DR (September 2016) for enhanced meteorological observations, monitoring of land and ocean surfaces for weather forecasting and disaster warning, as well as to provide Satellite aided Research and Rescue services (SAR) among others.

Read more The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday extended by 15 days the deadline for stopping deposit transactions at Paytm Payments Bank, part of One 97 Communications that runs the digital payments firm Paytm. Customers now have time till 15 March to deposit money into their accounts, wallets, FASTags, and prepaid cards.

Two juveniles have been charged with crimes connected to the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally, authorities said Friday.

Intel Corp, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Negotiations are underway, and Intel's award package will likely include both loans and direct grants, according to the report.

BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) for the slow pace of their land monetisation process, especially in the metro cities. They have released only ?550 crore from land monetisation in the past few years, compared with the estimated potential of over ?20,000 crore. «BSNL and MTNL have been asked to speed up the process of land monetisation as the Centre is looking to reduce the debt of both telecom-sector PSUs,» a senior official aware of the matter told ET. Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba called a review meeting with the senior officials of BSNL and MTNL earlier this week to take an update on the monetisation process. «They have been asked to prepare a detailed circle-wise report, with the land parcel and reason for the delay or possible hurdles, by May 31,» another official said.

income tax department will press ahead with recovery of income tax dues totalling Rs 115 crore from the Indian National Congress, for the financial year 2018-19, people familiar with the matter said. They said that multiple bank accounts of the party was attached and frozen as part of routine procedure followed by the income tax department to recover tax dues, if an assessee fails to pay due tax. They said the party had not deposited tax demand claimed by the department and move was aimed at safeguarding the claimed amount, and added that the accounts were operational without any restriction on deposit of cheque. However, a balance of Rs 115 crore has to be maintained in the bank account.