J&K LANDSLIDES KILL 14: BOTH YATRAS SUSPENDED
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir remains on red alert after relentless rainfall triggered flash floods, landslides and shooting stone incidents across the Union Territory, claiming 14 lives over the past two days. The India Meteorological Department (MeT) has forecast heavy to extremely heavy rainfall until July 23, prompting authorities to suspend the Shri Amarnath Yatra […]
BJP LOSING UP’S SECOND LARGEST OBC VOTES
NEW DELHI: Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya lost his own hometown in 2022, and the upset turned out to be the first sign of something larger. The Kurmis, the second largest OBC community in Uttar Pradesh, were starting to leave the BJP. The Kurmis are numerous enough to swing thirty or forty seats, and […]
RS 10 & 20 PLASTIC CURRENCY NOTES FROM NEXT YEAR
(Photo) Courtesy : Coinbazzar.com NEW DELHI: India could see polymer, or plastic, currency notes in Rs 10 and Rs 20 denominations from next year, with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) moving ahead with preparations for a pilot rollout by inviting global suppliers to participate in the first phase of the project. According to official […]
SHARAD PAWAR FACTION TO MERGE INTO NCP BEFORE NDA ENTRY
NEW DELHI: The BJP wants Sharad Pawar’s NCP faction to reunite with Sunetra Pawar’s camp before joining the NDA. The talks have gained weight after the NCP(SP) signalled a softer stand on the proposed delimitation bill. The political landscape in Maharashtra is set for another churn? Over the past week, rumblings have grown louder of […]
MODI DIALS SKYROOT TEAM AFTER HISTORIC FLIGHT
NEW DELHI: The Skyroot team broke into celebrations. Claps, whistles, and congratulatory notes filled the room. A phone rang. On the other side of the line was Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who dialed in to be part of the celebrations at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, which witnessed history being made with the successful launch […]
REMOVAL FROM ELECTORAL ROLLS DOESN’T MEAN CITIZENSHIP LOSS: SUPREME COURT
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday orally reiterated that deletion from the electoral roll after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise will not automatically result in the loss of the citizenship status. The Court pointed out that it had made it clear in the Bihar SIR judgment that the ultimate authority to determine citizenship […]
AUSTRALIA TO RETURN STOLEN INDIAN ARTEFACTS
NEW DELHI: Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, who also holds the arts portfolio, has made one of the strongest public commitments yet to the repatriation of stolen Indian cultural artefacts, declaring that unlawfully held items in Australian institutions amount to theft and pledging his government will act on its own initiative rather than waiting […]
TRUMP ACCUSES CHINA OF MEDDLING IN US ELECTIONS
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump is expected to make fresh allegations about China’s role in US elections during his primetime address on Friday morning. According to CBS, the speech will include claims that Beijing gained access to US voter data and that the CIA knew about it but did not inform Trump while he […]
FORMER JAPANESE MINISTER BLAMES INDIA FOR BULLET TRAIN FAILURE
NEW DELHI: In a scathing critique of the India-Japan High-Speed Rail (HSR) project, Hideki Makihara, Japan’s former Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, has publicly accused India of stalling the project. Taking to the social media platform X, the former minister did not mince his words regarding the bilateral negotiations and accused the Indian […]
NHRC SEEKS DETAILS OF RAJASTHAN MATERNAL DEATHS
NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of the reported maternal deaths in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara and Banswara districts and issued a notice to the Chief Secretary of the Rajasthan government, seeking a detailed report within two weeks. The Commission acted on media reports highlighting the deaths of women […]
