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The Uttarakhand government has recommended the immediate dismissal from service of the-then municipal commissioner, Varun Chaudhary, in the Haridwar Municipal Corporation land purchase case.The state government has also imposed major penalty proceedings against then-Haridwar District Magistrate Karmendra Singh, who was found guilty of serious negligence in the discharge of his official duties and responsibilities. Directions…

Abhishek Banerjee meeting Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee Friday met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to submit a disqualification petitions against party MPs who have sought to merge with the lesser-known Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI).Banerjee, who is former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew,…

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MK Stalin’s DMK and Rahul Gandhi’s Congress had an acrimonious split after Tamil Nadu assembly polls NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi on Friday thanked MK Stalin and Kanimozhi for their birthday wishes, with their social media exchange coming days after Congress and the DMK ended their alliance following the Tamil Nadu assembly election results.Also Read |…

NEW DELHI: The government on Friday highlighted what it described as a major milestone in India’s fight against Left-Wing Extremism (LWE), stating that the country became effectively free from Naxalism on March 31, 2026 after decades of insurgency-related violence.The outcome, the government claimed, was the result of sustained efforts over the past 12 years that…

Defence minister Rajnath Singh and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis at the ceremony in Nagpur NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday “that a nation capable of meeting its own requirements moves forward with the greatest confidence towards safeguarding its interests”. He made the remark while performing bhoomi pujan for a state-of-the-art 10,000-tonne aluminium…

More and more professionals are discovering the charm of working in smaller cities over metros and corporate hubs A quiet but significant shift is unfolding across the Indian landscape. Professionals are increasingly moving away from metro cities and settling in tier-2 or tier-3 cities.For decades, cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad were India’s biggest…

File photo: PM Modi with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim India’s growing soft-power presence and cultural diplomacy is witnessing a new vigour in Malaysia, one of India’s key economic partners and a historically connected Asean nation in the region.The centuries-old civilizational bond between the two countries, anchored by 2.9 million strong Indian origin diaspora, has…

Aaditya Thackeray (File photo) NEW DELHI: Staring at another political crisis at the party level, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray, who is also party chief Uddhav Thackeray’s son, called what’s unfolding in Maharashtra a “shocking example of dirty politics”.In his first reaction to the crossover of six of the nine Lok Sabha MPs, who…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi showcased India’s rich artistic, textile and intellectual heritage through a range of traditional gifts presented to leaders and dignitaries during his recent visit to France and Slovakia.The gifts, which included a hand-crafted Kalamkari Mahabharata painting, ancient Ayurvedic texts, handwoven textiles and tribal artworks, reflected India’s diverse cultural traditions and…