NCP(SP) to meet PM Modi, delegation to raise issues affecting Maharashtra,. NEW DELHI: A delegation of eight MPs from Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday during the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament.Ahead of the meeting, the Congress has urged its alliance partner to convey the INDIA bloc’s…
NEW DELHI: Jharkhand students protesting irregularities in recruitment exams rejected the Hemant Soren-led government’s claim that 98% of their demands have been accepted. They said only three of the 13 exams they wanted cancelled have been scrapped.The students accused the JMM-led government of “spreading lies” and said they would continue their peaceful protest. They have…
A security guard allegedly raped a 22-year-old student on a society terrace late Saturday TISS ex-student arrested after bail plea rejected Hours after anticipatory bail applications of two former TISS students were rejected in a case stemming from an unauthorised campus event to pay homage to late Delhi University professor G N Saibaba last year,…
Apart from logistical difficulty and cost, for any option to extend the rail link to India, New Delhi would have to deal with the fact that it would pass through Pakistan NEW DELHI: Russian deputy PM Marat Khusnullin has suggested exploring a direct rail link from Moscow to the ‘Indian Ocean’ to avert risks associated…
Both pilots have been taken off flying duty by the DGCA, pending investigation. NEW DELHI: The captain of Air India’s August 4 Phuket-Delhi flight, which experienced a sudden loss of altitude of about 300 feet, was subjected to a psychoactive substance (dope) screening test on arrival, whose result was “not negative” and has been sent…
The Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 25 but has not been taken up for discussion yet, amid fierce protest from opposition parties and minority groups, especially Christian bodies NEW DELHI: The passage of FCRA amendment bill is not in Lok Sabha’s agenda for Monday as Parliament’s monsoon session enters its last week,…
ED sought confiscation of properties worth Rs 8,078 crore attached earlier in the case, belonging to Reliance Communications and its promoters and directors, including assets of Anil Ambani. NEW DELHI: ED filed two chargesheets, one each against Reliance Communications (RCom) and Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, on Saturday before a special court here, naming Gautam Doshi, Sateesh…
After three years as ED director, Navin could get two more extensions and serve till Aug 2029, all through PM Modi’s tenure NEW DELHI: Rahul Navin has been granted a one-year extension as ED director as his two-year fixed tenure was due to end this month.The tenure of Navin, a 1993-batch Indian Revenue Service (I-T)…
The collegium is yet to decide on selecting judges for appointment as regular CJs to HCs of Rajasthan, J&K and Madhya Pradesh, which are manned by acting CJs NEW DELHI: At a time when seven of the country’s 25 high courts are without regular chief justices, the Supreme Court collegium, headed by CJI Surya Kant,…
IMD, however, predicted a rise in rainfall activity over Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar from Aug 13 onwards NEW DELHI: Good rains in the past one week over Delhi, Haryana and east Rajasthan helped offset the shortfall in these areas, but they did not reduce the overall country-wide monsoon deficit by much. In this…
