[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary K C Venugopal Sunday wrote to home minister Amit Shah drawing his attention to what he referred to as a “chilling and heinous” death threat issued to leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi by Printu Mahadev – “a spokesperson of BJP” – during a televised debate. Venugopal…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: From Oct 2027 all electric cars, buses, and trucks will be required to have an Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS), which will automatically generate a sound alert, according to a draft notification issued by the road transport ministry. However, this requirement has not been proposed for electric two- and three-wheelers, as well…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: In a strikingly worded message early Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed Team India’s Asia Cup triumph over Pakistan, just minutes after result of finals, invoking “Operation Sindoor” to frame the win as a moment of national pride.“OperationSindoor on the games field. Outcome is the same – India wins! Congrats to our…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Election Commission is likely to announce assembly bypolls in seven states along with the Bihar polls, and will deploy a total 470 officers from various civil services as general, police and expenditure observers for the simultaneous exercises.EC, in a statement issued on Sunday, shared that the 470 observers – including 320…
[ad_1] External affairs minister S Jaishankar (ANI) NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar took a veiled dig at US president Donald Trump while speaking on the unpredictability of the global order, saying “we are seeing is that times are different and a few months, weeks and tweets make a difference”.“A few months ago, it…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Swachh Sujal Gaon exhibition of Jal Jeevan Mission Uttar Pradesh was awarded the Best Display Award at the International Trade Show. The pavilion, set up in Hall No 7, focused on the theme of water and environmental conservation.Spread across 496 square meters, the exhibition showcased the changes in Bundelkhand’s villages after…
[ad_1] Protests erupted in Bareilly (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Bareilly Police on Sunday detained 15 people involved in stone-pelting and acts of violence during the ‘I Love Muhammad’ protests held in the district on Friday. The detained individuals are being sent to jail, authorities said.SP City Bareilly, Manush Pareek said, “Fifteen rioters are being detained…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Taj Mahal tops the list in terms of visitor numbers for both domestic (6.26 million) and foreign (0.64 million) tourists in the financial year 2024-25 among the centrally protected ticketed monuments.Other popular sites for domestic visitors include the Sun Temple, Konark (3.5 million) and Qutub Minar (3.2 million). Foreign visitors favoured Agra…
[ad_1] CM Vijayan with governor Arlekar (L), governor with Tharoor (ANI photo) The launch of Kerala Raj Bhavan’s journal on Sunday turned into a three-way political face-off, with both CM Pinarayi Vijayan and Shashi Tharoor criticising the governor’s office in the presence of Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar.Vijayan, who was visiting the governor’s office for the…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Sunday sent Partha Sarthy alias Chaityananda Saraswati to five-day police custody in the case of the “molestation of a female student”.Chaityananda Saraswati is accused of allegedly molesting female students pursuing PGDM courses under the EWS scholarship and forgery.Chaitanyananda was apprehended from a hotel in Agra on Saturday night…