NEW DELHI: Citizens reported losses of over Rs 22,845 crore to cyber financial frauds last year, which marks a 206% surge from the Rs 7,465 crore losses reported in 2023, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.Replying to a question, junior home minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar said 36.4 lakh financial…
NEW DELHI: It is said there are no permanent friends or foes in politics. This was proved true once again when the surprise exit of Jagdeep Dhankhar as Vice-President on health grounds on Monday turned many of his sworn critics into well-wishers. This even as most of the NDA leaders – with whom Dhankhar had…
AIU suspends joint secretary; orders probe after 6 Indian players barred from World University Games NEW DELHI: The Association of Indian Universities (AIU) on Tuesday suspended its joint secretary and constituted a four-member inquiry committee to investigate serious administrative lapses that left six Indian badminton players unable to compete at the ongoing World University Games…
NEW DELHI Sanjay Singh, a Rajya Sabha MP and senior Aam Aadmi Party leader, said he will bring up in Parliament the problems that the porter community is facing at train stations all around the nation. Members of the porter community met with Sanjay Singh on Tuesday and asked him to bring up their issues…
NEW DELHI: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who is often accused of appeasement politics by her opponents, seems to be charting new waters to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the political temperatures rise ahead of the 2026 West Bengal assembly election.In the recent bypoll in Nadia’s Kaliganj assembly segment, BJP, which although lost…
Punjab government rolls out Land Pooling policy; promises farmer welfare and higher compensation CHANDIGARH: Punjab government has rolled out a new policy for farmers’ welfare that aims to prioritise partnership and transparency through its Land Pooling model.Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has introduced a land pooling model under which farmers receive…
Army gets the first 3 of the 6 Apache attack helicopters ordered from the US NEW DELHI: The`tanks in the air’ for the Army are finally here. Three of the six long-delayed Apache AH-64 attack helicopters, contracted under the Rs 5,691 crore deal with the US in Feb 2020, arrived in India on Tuesday.The three…
(Image credits: X @ChathamHouse) NEW DELHI: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares for his highly anticipated visit to the UK to formally sign the UK-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA), a new report by leading British think tank Chatham House is urging the UK government to broaden its Indo-Pacific strategy beyond the trade deal with India.In…
NEW DELHI: After serving for over six decades and participating in all major conflicts, the MiG-21 fighter jet is set to retire from the Indian Air Force, with a ceremonial farewell scheduled for September.The final MiG-21 jets, belonging to number 23 Squadron, known as the Panthers, will be retired on September 19 during a ceremony…
NEW DELHI: Facing open criticism from KeralaCongress leaders, Shashi Tharoor hit back on Tuesday, questioning the credibility of those making the claims.“People saying this also have to have a basis of saying this… who are they? what is their party position… I would like to know. Don’t ask me to explain other people’s behaviour… you…