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New Delhi : IAS officer Sanjeev Khirwar who came under fire in 2022 for clearing a Delhi sports stadium to "walk his dog, has now been appointed as the new MCD commissioner. Khirwar was transferred to Ladakh from Delhi in May 2022 after his move sparked a controversy. The Union Home Ministry appointed Khirwar, a 1994-batch Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre IAS officer, as the commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). In an official order, the Ministry of Home Affairs notified Khirwar 's appointment and communicated to the office of the Lt Governor of Delhi. The MCD Commissioner is tasked with overseeing the corporation’s daily functions, implementing policies and coordinating with various departments. What happened in 2022 Khirwar came under sharp criticism in 2022 amid allegations that the bureaucrat cleared the Delhi 's Thyagraj Stadium complex, got it closed earlier than usual and asked athletes to leave early so that he...
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump claimed that a "supersonic weapon" was used by the US military when it carried out a surprise midnight raid in Venezuela to capture its now-deposed president Nicolas Maduro. Trump, however, refused to divulge details about the device. Trump 's remark comes days after a Venezuelan security guard who was on night duty during the military operation had claimed that the US used a mystery weapon that made soldiers "bleed through the nose" and "vomit blood". Trump 's sonic weapon claim In an interview on the NewsNation programme Katie Pavlick Tonight, the US President confirmed that the secret weapon was used during the Venezuela raid on January 3, gloating about the strength of the US military and suggesting that no other country possesses similar technology. When asked if Americans should be concerned about the power of the weapon, Trump replied, “Well, yeah." “It’s something I don’t wanna… nobody else has it," he said, adding,...
Noida : Amid an outrage over the death of 27-year-old techie in Noida, the eyewitness who earlier alleged police and rescue personnel inaction took the young man 's life now claimed that he has been warned to stop giving statements over the incident in the media. The techie 's death has raised questions over civic lapses and the delay in rescue efforts. Yuvraj Mehta drowned after his Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara plunged into a water-filled pit dug for the basement of an under-construction building near Sector 150 around midnight on Saturday. Mehta, a resident of Tata Eureka Park society in Sector 150, was working as a software engineer with a company in Gurugram and was returning home from work. Noida techie death eyewitness alleges police pressure Moninder, the delivery agent, who was present at the incident spot, claimed that he was summoned to the Knowledge Park police station and was given a script and was made to record another video. "I was made to sit in a park near the...
New Delhi: National record holder in men’s pole vault Dev Kumar Meena and another athelete were allegedly harassed by a Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) and asked to get down the train at the Panvel railway station in Mumbai over their sporting equipment (pole). Meena and Kuldeep Yadav, who is also a top pole vaulter, were returning from All India Inter-University Athletics Championships in Bengaluru and travelling to Bhopal. The duo was allegedly asked to deboard the train at Panel station by the ticket examiner for carrying their pole vault poles worth lakhs, calling the highly specialised gear "unauthorised luggage." The sports gear costs approximately Rs 2 lakh each, measuring nearly 5 metres in length. Athletes express frustration The athletes said that they tried to explain to the ticket examiner about the pole and requested him to speak to senior officials and even offered to pay a fine but he dismissed their pleas. The duo were made to wait at the Panvel station for four to...
New Delhi: Heaping praise on India, US Congressman Rich McCormick said that alienating New Delhi would be "big trouble for all of us". McCormick said that India brings investments in the United States, whereas Pakistan, which has a population of 300 million, fails to do so. Speaking at an event hosted by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), McCormick who is a member of Donald Trump 's Republican party, said, "Pakistan is a country with 300 million people. But you don 't see it bringing investments into America. India not only takes investments, but it also brings investments into the United States." "Talent matters, and India is supplying a tremendous amount of talent. Not just in exporting talented people, but also in what they are filling in," he added. India-US ties turn sour The Republican leader 's remarks come at a time when the ties between India and the US are on a downward trajectory and US President Donald Trump has warmed up to...
New Delhi : Amid a political crisis in Iran, country 's exiled crown prince, Reza Pahlavi said that a democratic Iran would look forward to have closer ties with India and seek cooperative relations with it. Pahlavi has emerged as a prominent figure in Iran 's fragmented opposition and is being seen as the next leader of a possible new government in Iran, as weeks of widespread protests have posed a threat to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s regime. Addressing a press conference, Pahlavi said, "A democratic Iran is committed to having the best possible relationship in the context of sovereignty and liberty with any country that adheres to the same values and can work with us and can partner with us in many different domains." Pahlavi recalls Indira Gandhi 's visit to Iran He also underscored that Iran and India had good relations in modern history and recalled when former prime minister Indira Gandhi had visited Tehran. "I was very young at the time, so the relationship goes...
Mumbai : Furious over the delay, some passengers created a ruckus onboard a Thailand-bound IndiGo flight on Thursday after the pilot allegedly refused to fly the plane as his duty hours ended. A video of the chaotic scene that unfolded inside the Mumbai-Thailand flight has gone viral on social media. The IndiGo flight, 6E 1085, bound to Krabi, was scheduled to depart from Mumbai at 4.05 am. The flight was delayed by more than three hours, according to the data available on the flight-tracking website Flightradar24. The flight reached Krabi at around 1 pm. It was supposed to land there at 10 am. In the widely-circulated video, a few passengers can be seen engaging in a heated argument with the cabin crew onboard the plane. The passengers alleged that the pilot was not ready to fly the plane after his duty hours. "What about our plans that we have had?" a visibly angry passenger was heard asking the cabin crew. 2 passengers deboarded Another passenger was seen kicking the exit door of...
New Delhi: In a big setback to Allahabad High Court Justice Yashwant Varma, the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed his petition challenging the legality of the parliamentary panel probing the cash haul case involving him and the Lok Sabha Speaker 's decision to admit a motion to remove him. The bench of justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra rejected his plea. Justice Varma found himself in the middle of controversy after unaccounted cash was recovered from his official residence in Delhi last year. He was repatriated from the Delhi High Court to the Allahabad High Court after burnt wads of currency notes were found at his house on March 14, 2025. He refuted corruption charges against him and denied any link to the cash. SC examined Justice Varma 's plea Last month, the top court had decided to examine his petition challenging the action of the Lok Sabha Speaker to "unilaterally" constitute a committee under the Judges (Inquiry) Act to investigate him. Justice Varma...
New Delhi: Months after a bomb blast near Delhi 's Red Fort rocked the national capital, CCTV cameras are set to be installed in the iconic monument for security and surveillance. According to officials, as many as 150 CCTV cameras inside the complex will be installed in the first phase. As many as 15 people were killed and 20 others injured in the terror attack near the ASI-protected historical structure on November 10. A car, driven by suicide bomber Umar Mohammad alias Umar-un-Nabi, exploded in the middle of busy traffic near Red Fort. An official privy to the matter said that the installment of the CCTV camera in the Red Fort Complex will be first such installment, HT reported. The complex has no CCTVs as the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) earlier objected to it. The decision was reportedly taken after the Union Home Minister held several meetings with the officials of the Intelligence Bureau, ASI, Delhi Police, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). “As many as...
New Delhi : Amid a volatile situation in Iran and growing concerns over the safety of Indian nationals, the Centre has planned to bring them back. The first batch of the stranded Indian nationals is expected to be evacuated from the protest-torn country today, according to reports. Iran has been on edge amid widespread protests against the Islamic regime. The ongoing unrest in the country may escalate in the coming days as the US has repeatedly threatened Tehran with military intervention over the deadly crackdown on protests. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is making preparations to facilitate the return of Indian nationals from Iran who wish to travel back to India, in view of the evolving situation in Tehran, sources said. According to the sources, the embassy has already reached out to university students who wish to return to India and authorities in Iran, and collected the personal details and passports of some of the students. Earlier, the Indian embassy in Tehran...
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