NEW DELHI: Congress on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on Union home minister Amit Shah over the formation of a new political outfit, the Arunachal Janata Party.In a post on X, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh shared a “public notice” and alleged that the new party had been formed in a manner similar to the revival…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Tuesday allowed previously enrolled voters whose names were deleted from the draft electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) to submit Form 6 to seek their inclusion in the final list.In a letter to all state chief electoral officers, the poll body said it had received reports that some…
Dhirendra Krishna Shastri said he had no intention of insulting any deity. NEW DELHI: Bageshwar Dham head priest Dhirendra Krishna Shastri apologised after his flippant and ill-considered comparison of Lord Ram and Lord Krishna, deities widely believed identical divine forms in Hindusim.In a video message posted on social media from Kenya’s Nairobi, Shastri on Monday…
NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Samrat Chaudhary on Tuesday drew criticism for saying that “crime might happen in the state, but not apradh (also meaning crime in Hindi)” – a distinction that opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav seized on to mock him.Choudhary made the remark while addressing an event marking an agreement between the Union ministry…
The Supreme Court said no group can occupy a designated protest site indefinitely, stressing that the right to demonstrate must be balanced with the rights of other citizens. Sensex surged 1,225 points and Nifty gained 370 points, with softer crude prices, hopes of an LTCG tax review and foreign investor buying lifting market sentiment. Mahadev…
Rijiju’s remarks came a day after Rahul Gandhi launched an attack on the Prime Minister. NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday slammed Rahul Gandhi after the Congress leader accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of becoming PM with “foreign help”.Taking a swipe at Rahul, Rijiju compared his remarks to Islamic fundamentalists speaking about secularism,…
Neha Bora at a press conference at the CPI(ML) Liberation Parliamentary Office in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: Congress’s key ally, Samajwadi Party, has unequivocally distanced itself from the “Brahmanvaad” remark of Left-wing student leader Neha Bora, who, under the patronage of INDIA bloc leaders, gained limelight for fiercely criticising the poll body chief Gyanesh Kumar…
Bhutan’s glacial lake outburst has exposed a growing threat facing the Himalaya, where retreating glaciers, expanding glacial lakes and increasingly unstable mountain terrain are raising the risk of sudden, cascading disasters.The October 29 outburst from Sintaphu Lake in the country’s Gasa district sent a torrent of water and debris downstream, damaging roads and bridges, disrupting…
NEW DELHI: Centre on Tuesday said that it is planning to demolish a mosque on the premises of Krishi Bhawan, as the land is required for the redevelopment of Common Central Secretariat under the Central Vista project.In its status report, filed through the Land and Development Office, the Centre told the court that the property…
Ex-Punjab CM murdered on August 31, 1995 NEW DELHI: The Intelligence Bureau (IB) on Tuesday opposed the transfer of Jagtar Singh Hawara, convicted in the 1995 assassination of then-Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, from Delhi’s Tihar Jail to a prison in Punjab, telling the Supreme Court that the move could have a “huge impact” on…
