[ad_1] jagdeep Dhankhar (File photo) NEW DELHI: Before he surprised political circles by announcing his resignation, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar alarmed Rashtrapati Bhavan officials by turning up to meet President Droupadi Murmu without an appointment.The protocol-driven President’s secretariat has not had to deal with such unexpected developments in a long time. Not surprisingly, the unscheduled arrival…
[ad_1] JAMMU: A sessions court in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban on Monday sentenced two convicts to life imprisonment for the kidnapping and murder of a man in 2003.Mohd Mumtaz and Farooq Ahmed were held guilty of killing Mushtaq Ahmed Son after kidnapping him from his house in Gool valley late on Dec 16 in 2003.The…
[ad_1] SRINAGAR: As Congress launched protests in Delhi on Tuesday for restoration of J&K’s statehood, chief minister Omar Abdullah voiced displeasure at not being consulted or informed by its INDIA bloc ally.“Let them talk to us first. We only read about these things (protests) in newspapers. No one reached out to us. Even during the…
[ad_1] 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…
[ad_1] 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…
[ad_1] 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…
[ad_1] 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…
[ad_1] 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…
[ad_1] 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…
[ad_1] 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…