Pilot dead as Dhruv copter crashes in J&K
Chandigarh: A pilot was killed and another injured after a Dhruv helicopter belonging to the Army Aviation Corps crashed near Lakhanpur in Kathua district of J&K on Monday. The two pilots were evacuated to a military hospital in a critical condition where one of them, a Lieutenant Colonel, was declared brought dead. — TNS
Naidu inaugurates hi-tech weapon unit
Hyderabad: M Venkaiah Naidu, Vice-President, on Monday inaugurated the Integrated Weapons System Design Centre at DRDO’s APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex here. He was briefed on the technological developments at the DRDO Laboratory and Research Centre Imarat (RCI). — TNS
SC refuses to transfer ‘love jihad’ law pleas
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain the Uttar Pradesh Government’s petition seeking transfer of pleas challenging it’s ordinance on religious conversion from the Allahabad High Court to the top court.
India successfully test-fires Akash missile
Balasore: India on Monday successfully test-fired the new-generation Akash missile from an integrated test range off the Odisha coast, an official statement said. The surface-to-air missile was launched from Chandipur ITR in the afternoon, it said. The Akash-NG (new-generation) missile will be used by the Indian Air Force to intercept high-manoeuvring low radar cross-section aerial threats, it said. PTI
HC extends protection from arrest to Kangana
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday extended till February 15 the interim protection from arrest granted to actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel in connection with an FIR registered against them by the Mumbai Police on sedition and other charges following their tweets. PTI
Superstitious parents kill daughters in AP
Hyderabad: In a bizarre incident, a highly educated couple, allegedly killed their two daughters in their 20s in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, hoping that they would come back to life within hours due to spiritual power as the Kaliyuga ends, turning into the Satyuga, the police said on Monday. The man himself was said to have called one of his colleagues over the phone soon after the incident on Sunday night and disclosed about the killings. TNS
