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NEW DELHI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai, in a rare dissent, has publically opposed the CBSE’s revised three-language mandate, triggering a fresh political chatter in Tamil Nadu.Annamalai urged the Union education ministry to withdraw the CBSE notification that made three languages compulsory for Class IX students from the current academic year, saying the…

NEW DELHI: Abdul Rauf, a top-ranking commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba, has publicly acknowledged the devastating impact of the Indian military’s Operation Sindoor on the group’s headquarters. Addressing a fresh cohort of graduates at a ceremony in Muridke, he provided a rare and vivid account of the destruction visited upon their primary training facility during the strikes…

NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented move, ED Thursday moved SC seeking to implead Union home ministry and DoPT (department of personnel & training) in its ongoing legal battle with Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over her alleged attempt to foil ED’s search operation against I-PAC in Kolkata in a coal ‘scam’ case.ED’s fresh appeal comes at…

CM Mamata Banerjee outside the I-PAC director’s residence last Thursday NEW DELHI: The hearing on Mamata Banerjee vs Enforcement Directorate in Supreme Court witnessed sharp exchange of words with the former blaming the agency for trying to “steal” data and information of its party ahead of assembly election and the central agency accusing the CM…

Three suspects were arrested in Odisha‘s Balasore Thursday for allegedly lynching a 33-year-old man after a video emerged of the victim being asked to chant a religious slogan and being assaulted the previous day. The victim, Sheikh Makarand Muhammad of Astia village, was a helper in a pickup van that was waylaid for ferrying cattle….

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The court has restrained NHAI from encashing insurance surety bonds and bank guarantees furnished by the contractor NEW DELHI: Citizenry cannot be deprived of a well-constructed highway to ensure smooth and free movement of vehicles, Delhi high court has said, allowing NHAI to take steps to terminate the contract with Pune-based Roadways Solutions India Infra…

NEW DELHI: The road transport ministry has notified that failure to pay toll or user fees on a national highway (NH) will result in the denial of a no objection certificate (NOC) for renewal of registration and insurance, change of ownership, transfer, and issuance of a fitness certificate. This notification comes barely a month before…

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah spoke on Thursday with external affairs minister S. Jaishankar on the situation in Iran and cited assurances that all steps will be taken for the safety of hundreds of students and others from J&K stranded in the protest-wracked country.J&K Students Association (JKSA) put the number of students…

SRINAGAR/LUCKNOW: Ladakh and UP saw a coordinated surge of pro-Iran sentiment as thousands rallied in Kargil district Wednesday and prominent Shia clerics in Lucknow called for sanctions relief, dialogue and Indian support for Tehran.In Kargil, a Shia-majority district in eastern Ladakh bordering PoK, large crowds gathered at multiple locations to back Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah…