Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann (File photo) NEW DELHI: Punjab finance minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Harpal Singh Cheema on Thursday asserted that the individual seen in the alleged sacrilege video, which prompted the Akal Takht to issue an edict against Bhagwant Mann, was not the Punjab chief minister.Addressing a press conference in Chandigarh,…
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP in Rajya Sabha Sanjay Raut NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP in Rajya Sabha Sanjay Raut on Thursday used cuss words against the rebel party MPs again after they skipped the key Parliamentary meet in the national capital.Raut’s fury came out after just three of Shiv Sena (UBT)’s nine Lok Sabha…
Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar (Image/ANI) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Thursday said that the state will continue to follow the two-language policy and will urge the centre to reconsider the three-language formula, while also pushing for wider use of Tamil in official and judicial communication. Addressing the state assembly…
Photo credit: PTI, gagan.shux/Instagram Shubhanshu Shukla, India’s first astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS), has marked 20 years since his commissioning into the Indian Air Force (IAF). In a reflective post on social media, he looked back on his journey in uniform, describing it as ‘a life well-lived.’Group captain Shukla wrote in the…
NEW DELHI: India has taken another major step in building its long-range strike capability with the successful test of the Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM), a weapon designed to fly low, evade enemy radars and strike targets hundreds of kilometres away with precision.Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the missile…
NEW DELHI: In a fresh setback for TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, the Calcutta high court on Thursday refused to grant interim relief in a plea challenging the appointment of rebel TMC MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as leader of opposition in the West Bengal assembly, allowing the Speaker’s decision to remain in force pending further hearings.Justice Krishna…
Telegram founder Pavel Durov NEW DELHI: As Telegram founder Pavel Durov accused India of “punishing” more than 150 million users through a temporary restriction on the platform ahead of the NEET-UG retest, the Centre and cybersecurity experts argued that the measure was designed not to suppress discussion but to break an “active ecosystem of exam-related…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress leader Aroop Biswas has written to the party’s bank seeking an immediate freeze on transactions from its accounts, citing a leadership crisis following a large-scale rebellion within the organisation.Biswas claimed that rival groups were now asserting themselves as the legitimate representatives and office-bearers of the party, creating uncertainty over who was…
NEW DELHI: India’s rise in QS World University Rankings is no longer being driven by IITs, as gains are becoming more dispersed, with more private and state universities, and central institutions making it to the list.However, the flagship still matters — IIT-Delhi has climbed to 118th in the world, equalling the highest rank ever achieved…
NEW DELHI: The Madhya Pradesh high court has lifted the interim stay on an arrest warrant issued against Trinamool Congress MP and party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in a defamation case, potentially adding to the legal challenges faced by the senior TMC leader.A single bench of Justice Pramod Kumar Agarwal on Wednesday dismissed Banerjee’s petition…
