NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry on Thursday notified an amendment to the Citizenship Act allowing online application for Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cards. The digital application will be for both inclusion and renunciation.All applications will be submitted electronically through the portal https://ociservices.gov.in. The amended rule also provides for inclusion of minors as OCI…
NEW DELHI: Government on Friday released a detailed clarification on the Great Nicobar Project, calling it a strategic initiative to strengthen India’s presence in the Andaman Sea. It said the project sought to “balance port-led growth with calibrated environmental safeguards” while keeping protection of indigenous communities at the core of its overall planning.The clarification, in…
NEW DELHI: USTR has retained India on its Special 301 priority watch list, along with five other countries including China, and said it will engage with New Delhi, including through Bilateral Trade Agreement negotiations. The annual report said India remained “inconsistent in its progress” on protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP).Vietnam was identified as…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress on Friday moved Supreme Court, challenging the additional chief electoral officer’s decision mandating “at least one among the counting supervisor and counting assistant at each counting table shall be a central govt/central PSU employee” for counting of votes for the recently concluded assembly elections.The party sought an urgent hearing, as the…
NEW DELHI: Many parts of the country may not be hotter than usual this month due to ‘above normal’ rainfall, but certain states, especially those along the Himalayan foothills such as southern Himachal and Uttarakhand, along the eastern coast, and some parts of Maharashtra and Gujarat, are likely to face ‘above normal’ heatwave days (an…
KOLKATA: Police locked down neighbourhoods within a 200-metre radius of all seven designated EVM strongrooms in the city Friday after Trinamool Congress’s allegations of vote tampering triggered overnight confrontations with BJP at two locations.Prohibitory orders issued by police commissioner Ajay Nand under Section 163 of BNSS bars assembly of five or more people, processions and…
While Mamata Banerjee camped at the Bhowanipore strongroom on Thursday evening, Suvendu Adhikari visited the premises on Friday KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress and BJP traded allegations over EVM strongroom security on Friday, with a delegation from CM Mamata Banerjee’s party meeting Election Commission officials to demand answers on alleged CCTV blackouts and sealed rooms being opened…
JAMMU:Security forces busted a terrorist hideout in J&K’s Kishtwar district Friday and seized a massive cache of arms, ammunition and explosive material.“The recovery included one Under Barrel Grenade Launcher with one 51mm rocket, a carbine, one pistol, a sling, four detonators, 97 live rounds of 9mm, 18 live rounds of 7.62mm, one pull-through, 1kg of…
JAMMU: Two workers died after a portion of an under-construction bridge in the Bantalab-Thathar area on the outskirts of Jammu collapsed Friday, prompting a massive rescue operation by multiple agencies, including Army, NDRF and SDRF.A 55-year-old worker, Tarsem Lal, was rescued and admitted to Govt Medical College and Hospital in Jammu with injuries, while two…
LEH: Home minister Amit Shah on Friday led thousands of Buddhists to celebrate the return of the mortal remains of Lord Buddha to, what he called, the “living land of Dhamma”.With the holy bone relics returning to Ladakh after 1950, Leh city wore a festive look, and men, women and children — dressed in traditional…
