WASHINGTON: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during which they exchanged views on a wide range of global and regional issues and discussed deepening the bilateral strategic partnership.Blinken, who has just arrived from a trip to the Middle East, including Israel and Egypt, met Doval on Wednesday. “The […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea that had sought to restrict a candidate from contesting the election for the same office from more than one constituency simultaneously, saying it is a matter of “legislative policy”.A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud observed that candidates may contest elections from different seats […]
NEW DELHI: India has started building a strategic road along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh that will, in the most part, trace the Indus and mirror a blacktop surface link on the Chinese side. The road will plug a vital gap in connectivity between the strategically important Chushul south of Pangong […]
NEW DELHI: A day after Union law minister Kiren Rijiju shared on Twitter former Delhi high court judge R S Sodhi’s interview clip on the Supreme Court “hijacking the Constitution” by deciding to appoint judges itself through the collegium system, the former judge on Monday said instead of shooting off his shoulder, the government and […]
NEW DELHI: Congress has set a target of April 2023 to create a new party leadership among four marginalised sections in select 56 reserved constituencies, with the objective of bolstering its chances in 2024 Lok Sabha elections.Under the “leadership development mission”, the coming three months will be spent identifying promising individuals from SC, ST, OBC […]
BHOPAL: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of creating hatred among people in order to regain power, and alleged that he was tarnishing India’s image on international platforms.Addressing a programme organised by the Madhya Pradesh government to provide land rights of residential plots to the poor in Singrauli district of […]
NEW DELHI: Congress on Saturday released a “chargesheet” against the Narendra Modi government, which its cadres will take to every household in the country along with a letter from Rahul Gandhi. The one-page chargesheet refers to BJP as the ‘Bhrasht Jumla Party’ and says the saffron party’s mantra has always been “kuch ka saath, khud […]
CHANDIGARH: A retired Major was Monday arrested in Mohali for a hit-and-run two days ago in which his allegedly speeding SUV left a 25-year-old woman feeding stray dogs by the roadside grievously wounded. Police identified the man at the wheel of the vehicle that hit Tejashwita Kaushal, an architecture student and civil services aspirant, as […]
BHUBANESWAR: The famous Jagannath temple in Puri has been invaded by hordes of rodents – nibbling away at the attires of sibling gods Jagannath, Balabhadra and goddess Subhadra – worrying shrine officials, who have raised an alarm.Servitors said the imminent threat to the sanctum sanctorum and the wooden idols of the deities from rodents is […]
NEW DELHI: The 3,000-strong administrative staff of the Supreme Court will have a novel experience of toning their muscles and working on their fitness during their work hours every day as five of its oldest employees on Friday inaugurated a big state-of-the-art health and wellness centre. Five employees, who were retiring on Friday, cut the […]
