Rahul Gandhi named Captain Amarinder Singh as his favourite BJP leader. NEW DELHI: Can a party install a new captain, retain the old team and still leave the door open for a former captain who quit the dressing room five years ago? With the leadership chanting ‘O Captain! My Captain!’ the Punjab Congress seems to…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Monday rejected remarks made during the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of foreign ministers’ meeting on Jammu and Kashmir, saying the organisation had no locus standi to comment on matters that were strictly internal to India.In a statement, the ministry said the references to India during…
Zelenskyy says Ukraine received no early warning from partners before Russian strike Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that Kyiv received no early warning from its international partners ahead of Russia’s latest ballistic missile attack on Monday. The overnight strikes across 11 Ukrainian regions damaged more than 10 energy facilities and left at least 5,50,000 households…
‘We believe in peaceful protest’: Tharoor rejects BJP’s India-Bangladesh comparison NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday rejected comparisons between India and Bangladesh or France amid the political row over the opposition’s use of the phrase “regime change”, asserting that the demand was for free and fair elections and not an attempt to topple…
Tharoor drew attention to Navi Pillay’s ancestral roots NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday criticised the Union government for not congratulating this year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, a South African jurist of Indian origin.The Thiruvananthapuram MP took to social media to question the government’s silence six days after Pillay…
Tiger Shroff firing revives focus on Bishnoi gang’s threats against Salman Khan NEW DELHI: Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi‘s long-running feud with Salman Khan brought actor Tiger Shroff into the spotlight on Sunday after gunmen opened fire at his car in Mumbai’s Juhu. Seven rounds were fired in the incident, but the actor escaped without bullet injuries.Shroff’s…
Lal hit janta party held a meeting in Delhi and called for constitutional values, accountability and responsible participation in protests NEW DELHI: As the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) intensifies its campaign demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, a group calling itself the Laal Hit Janta Party has emerged as a satirical counter to the…
The India Meteorological Department has launched an advanced WebGIS platform designed to boost disaster preparedness against cyclones. NEW DELHI: As an additional disaster preparedness tool to support ground-level action ahead of cyclones, India meteorological department (IMD) has launched an interactive WebGIS-based platform that will serve as a decision support system (DSS), bringing critical cyclone warnings…
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Shinde said five rounds had been fired during the incident, but the actor was safe NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde met Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff at his residence on Sunday night after a firing incident in Mumbai’s Juhu area, assuring the actor and his family of…
The chargesheet filed on Saturday in the court of the Kishtwar principal district and sessions judge JAMMU: A J&K Police SIT has filed a 1,000-page chargesheet against 15 people in connection with a 15-year-old girl’s repeated rape in Kishtwar by a teacher and her death during a botched abortion attempt in Aug this year.The chargesheet…
