Modi government rushes to extend tenure of Agniveers by two years
photo courtesy :Jansatta New Delhi, 04 November—Growing resentment with the BJP-RSS ecosystem in the rural countryside seems to have forced the Modi government to amend its much-touted Agnipath scheme today which enables the absorption of all Agniveers across the three services into the Armed Forces as regular soldiers. This will be done by extending a […]
INDIA GETS IRAN’S EXEMPTION TO TRANSIT STRAIT OF HORMUZ
NEW DELHI: Iran has reiterated that Indian vessels are exempt from restrictions imposed on shipping through the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, with a senior parliamentary official confirming that ships from India, China, Iraq and Qatar can pass through the waterway without limitations. Ahmad Hayat-Moghaddam, Vice Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign […]
HEART ATTACK AT 9?
NEW DELHI: A nine-year-old Class 3 student at a school in Delhi’s Mayur Vihar died on Wednesday after she collapsed in her classroom. Police are going through CCTV footage and other material to establish what happened. Delhi Police said they got a PCR call about the girl at about 9:52 am on November 4. She […]
CHINA TURNS PAK INTO A MILITARY NIGHTMARE FOR INDIA
NEW DELHI: The China-Pakistan military partnership is no longer confined to arms sales or diplomatic support. It is evolving into a multi-domain strategic arrangement spanning air power, missiles, naval warfare, electronic warfare, intelligence, cyber, and space-based surveillance. For India, the challenge is not simply how to defend two geographical fronts, but how to confront an […]
DEMOCRATS TAKE CONTROL OF US CONGRESS: WHAT IT MEANS TO INDIA
NEW DELHI: Democrats have taken control of the US Congress after picking up five Senate seats in the 2026 midterm elections, as well as more than a half-dozen House districts. The outcome is seen as a direct repudiation of US President Donald Trump, who urged voters to pretend he was on the ballot. The elections […]
2-CHILD NORM HAS LOST RELEVANCE: SC REFERS ISSUE TO LARGER BENCH
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Wednesday referred the constitutional validity of laws barring people with more than two children from contesting local body elections to a larger bench, observing that the declining fertility rate and changing demographic trends have eroded the rationale for such restrictions. “We are of the strong opinion that the laws which […]
