SRINAGAR: J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah rejected Thursday Union minister JP Nadda’s claim linking “National Conference (NC) and Congress” to a govt job exam leak in the Union territory, pointing out that the fiasco occurred in 2022 under the lieutenant governor’s (LG) administration when his govt was not in place.Omar indicated that Nadda was correct…
An NDRF personnel evacuates a youth from the middle of the Tawi river JAMMU: A joint team of J&K Police and SDRF rescued two individuals stranded in the Tawi near Prambli, in Jammu’s Phallian mandal, following a sudden rise in the river’s water level Thursday, even as the Army launched relief and evacuation operations in…
Sonam Wangchuk ended his hunger strike after 26 days NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Friday ended his 26-day hunger strike in the presence of Union ministers JP Nadda and Jitendra Singh, saying the decision followed prolonged negotiations and was taken to avoid any possibility of violence in the country. In a post on…
NEW DELHI: A delegation of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) will meet government ministers at 12.30 pm on Friday, PTI reported, citing sources, marking the first formal engagement after days of deadlock between the Centre and the student-led outfit over the alleged NEET paper leak.The meeting comes after repeated efforts by the government to initiate…
File photo: Activist Sonam Wangchuk NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Thursday appealed to supporters to maintain peace during the ongoing protests over the alleged NEET paper leak, saying some “antisocial elements” were trying to provoke violence and urging demonstrators to respond only with non-violence.In a post on X marking the 26th day of…
India rejects Pakistan’s ASEAN forum remarks NEW DELHI: India on Thursday categorically rejected Pakistan‘s comments at the Asean Regional Forum in Manila, calling them “baseless and unwarranted”.New Delhi slammed Islamabad of using the multilateral platform to peddle “state-sponsored disinformation” and divert attention from its record of sponsoring cross-border terrorism.“The Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir…
Tanul Thakur’s ‘Wild Wild East’ Uncovers the Human Cost of the American Dream Excerpts:Q: How did this book come about? A: I was an H1B worker in the US from 2011 to 2013. And during my time there as an electrical engineer, I got more than a whiff that there was some scam going on…
Gujarat rains wreck havoc NEW DELHI: Around 1,200 people have been rescued and hundreds more relocated as heavy rains battered south Gujarat, with Umbergaon taluka in Valsad district receiving over 1,100 mm of rainfall in just 16 hours, officials said on Thursday.One rain-related death was reported in Tapi district. The Indian Air Force and Coast…
‘UP ke ladke’ delivered in 2024. Can they survive the battle over 2027? NEW DELHI: What does the size of one’s heart have to do with political alliances? Perhaps quite a lot when the allies are the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, and at stake is the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly election.The ‘UP ke ladke’…
Rahul Gandhi leads INDIA bloc leaders to Gandhi Smriti amid heavy barricading NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said Opposition MPs took to the streets in solidarity with protesting students over the alleged NEET-UG paper leak, alleging that they were stopped by authorities while attempting to march to…
