NEW DELHI: Countering petitions filed in Supreme Court challenging Election Commission’s decision for special intensive revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral rolls, a PIL has been filed in the court for a direction to the poll panel to conduct SIRs across the country at regular intervals, particularly before elections, to ensure that only Indian citizens cast…
AGRA: A group of kanwariyas vandalised a roadside dhaba and assaulted workers at the eatery after they were allegedly served food prepared with onion. Kanwariyas avoid non-vegetarian food, or those that are prepared with onion, garlic and other “tamasic” ingredients during the yatra.The incident happened at an eatery on the Delhi-Dehradun national highway in Purkaji…
NASHIK: A car with Maharashtra MLA Suresh Dhas’s son at the wheel ran over a 34-year-old farmer on a motorbike along Ahilyanagar-Pune road around 10.30pm Monday.SI Mangesh Nagargoje confirmed the driver’s identity as “Sagar Dhas, the son of MLA Suresh Dhas”.Investigators said medical tests for blood alcohol level and other markers were carried out soon…
PM Modi with Brazil President Lula India and Brazil signed six agreement, including one on combating international terrorism and transnational crime, as PM Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in capital Brasilia. In his media remarks after the meeting, PM Modi underscored India’s position on terrorism as he…
Dassault AviationCEO Eric Trappier (File photo) NEW DELHI: Dassault Aviation on Tuesday denied its CEO Eric Trappier made any “operational or technical” comments regarding any loss of Rafale during Op Sindoor.“In response to certain press reports quoting Dassault Aviation Chairman & CEO, Eric Trappier, about the Sindoor operation, Dassault Aviation formally denies Eric Trappier has…
NEW DELHI: Global terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has raised concerns about the exploitation of e-commerce platforms and online payment services to fund terrorist activities, citing cases from India, including the 2019 Pulwama attack, in which the Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) bought on Amazon a chemical that was added to the RDX used to…
P Harish, India’s permanent representative to the UN NEW DELHI: India and China were among 12 countries that abstained in UN General Assembly from voting on a resolution on Afghanistan, seeking political inclusion and urging Taliban to reverse its repressive policies resulting in the “grave, worsening, widespread and systematic oppression” of all women and girls….
KULLU: Call it a miracle in Mandi. Finding herself buried in a landslide at Sharan village in Seraj valley of Himachal’s Mandi district, a 20-year-old woman clawed out a breathing nook for herself and kept digging with her bare hands for five hours until she was found and rescued.Every second, the mound of mud, stones…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday attacked Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, accusing him of insulting President Droupadi Murmu and former President Ram Nath Kovind with “derogatory and casteist” remarks, and demanded an unconditional apology.Kharge allegedly made the derogatory remarks while speaking at an event in Chhattisgarh, where he referred to President Murmu as “Murma ji” and…
NEW DELHI: An average child under the age of 5 years in India spends close to 2.2 hours daily in front of screens, double the recommended limit, according to a new study.The mean screen time for children under two years of age is 1.2 hours when most guidelines stipulate that it should be completely avoided,…
