JAMMU: Amid tight security, a batch of 8,605 pilgrims set out from Jammu’s Bhagwati Nagar base camp for the Himalayan cave shrine of Shri Amarnath early Monday.The sixth batch — largest so far — included 6,486 men, 1,826 women, 42 children, and 251 sadhus and sadhvis. Of them, 3,486 pilgrims opted for the shorter Baltal…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear challenges by Congress and and 10 other opposition parties, including DMK and NCP (Sharad Pawar), to the Election Commission‘s decision for special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar.Appearing before a bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi, senior advocates Kapil Sibal, A…
NEW DELHI: India’s top drug regulatory body, Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), has released a list of 17 drugs which, it says, should be flushed down the sink if lying unused or expired at home.This includes fentanyl, Tramadol and several other painkiller drugs and Diazepam which is an anti-anxiety medication.According to the CDSCO, these…
Of the 200 choppers, 135 were meant for Army and 65 for IAF BENGALURU: The Indo-Russian joint venture (JV) to manufacture 200 Kamov helicopters in India has remained in limbo as the Ukraine war, Western sanctions on Russia, and post-Covid supply chain disruptions have hampered its progress.India and Russia signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement in 2015….
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India B R Gavai lamented that in the recent past, the principle of “bail is the rule, and jail is the exception” has been forgotten. Though judicial pronouncements over the decades have integrated this norm, it has not been implemented in true spirit in recent years, he said. Delivering the…
NEW DELHI: Brics countries should work to make supply chains for critical minerals and technology secure and reliable, so that no country can use these resources for its own “selfish gain or as a weapon” against others, said PM Narendra Modi at the Rio summit. The remarks are significant as they come at a time…
Happy Passia arrested in California NEW DELHI: Pro-Khalistan terrorist and ISI’s key henchman Harpreet Singh, alias Happy Passia, is expected to be extradited from the US to India soon. Passia was held on April 17 in Sacramento, California, by FBI and US Immigration & Customs Enforcement and is lodged at a detention centre in the…
NEW DELHI: There are “compelling national security considerations” that led the Centre to revoke security clearances of a Turkish-owned entity for handling airport-related operations, Delhi high court said on Monday, upholding the move.It dismissed Celebi Airport Services Private Ltd’s plea challenging the aviation watchdog BCAS’s decision to revoke its security clearance, noting that “once national…
MUMBAI: Bombay high court said on Monday that the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 will not apply to complaints by advocates to bar councils as there is no employer-employee relationship between them. Hearing a petition seeking direction to bar councils to set up committees to address sexual harassment…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir on Monday rejected Indian claims that China supported Islamabad in the recent conflict as a “desperate distortion” to cover up what he claimed was India own military failure.He warned that any future aggression against Pakistan would be met with a “more than reciprocal” and “deeply hurting” response.Addressing…
