NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday that “even as state-of-the-art weapons and platforms are being inducted into the defence forces to address the challenges posed by the evolving nature of warfare, ports, airfields, roads and tunnels will continue to play an indispensable role in future, emphasizing that while the outcome of war…
Former Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal chief minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday reacted on the wave of ongoing exodus from Trinamool Congress following the party’s crushing assembly poll defeat in May. Reacting to actor-politician Koel Mallick’s resignation from the Rajya Sabha, Mamata suggested that several…
Sonam Wangchuk at Jantar Mantar NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday reached out to activist Sonam Wangchuk, who is on a hunger strike seeking Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation, urging him to end his indefinite fast while assuring him that the party would continue to press for the minister’s removal.The appeal marks the Congress’…
J&K CM Omar Abdullah (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the National Conference’s planned protest in Delhi on July 20 over the delay in restoring statehood to Jammu and Kashmir will go ahead as scheduled, though the venue or the format of the demonstration may change.He,…
Kharge writes to PM Modi, seeks all-party meeting before revised Delimitation Bill is tabled on Monsoon session NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to convene an all-party meeting before the government reintroduces its revised delimitation proposal during the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament.In his letter,…
Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia are among three AAP leaders yet to file their replies NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Thursday granted three Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, one final opportunity to file their replies to the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) revision petition challenging a trial…
Baramulla MP Rashid Sheikh (File photo) NEW DELHI: Patiala house court on Thursday reserved its order on a petition filed by Baramulla MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh, who has sought permission to attend the upcoming Parliament session while remaining in custody in a terror funding case probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).The plea was heard…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday carried out searches at multiple locations across four states as part of a money laundering investigation into the illegal infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas into India, officials said.According to officials, the probe is focused on a purported syndicate that operated through public charitable trusts registered under…
NEW DELHI: TMC leader and actor-turned-politician KoelMallick on Thursday resigned from the Rajya Sabha, adding to the growing exodus of MPs and MLAs from the Mamata Banerjee-led party, news agency ANI reported, citing sources.“Rajya Sabha MP from TMC, Koel Mallick, met Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman C P Radhakrishnan and submitted her resignation,” sources…
The top court also advised the Tamil Nadu government not to oppose the Centre’s education policy merely because it originated from the Union government. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed apprehension over the Centre’s decision to introduce the third-language curriculum under the National Education Policy from Class 9.While hearing the Tamil Nadu government’s…
