SRINAGAR: Bridging the “dil ki doori” (distance between hearts) between Delhi and Srinagar by freeing Kashmiri prisoners is as crucial to establishing a connection as opening the Valley’s first rail link with the rest of the country, J&K’s chief cleric and separatist Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said Friday after PM Narendra Modi flagged off…
LUCKNOW: Hours after the abduction and rape of a three-year-old girl sleeping with her mother under a bridge near Alambagh metro station, the accused was killed in an encounter with Lucknow police early Friday.The accused, identified as Deepak Verma, a habitual offender with multiple criminal cases lodged across city police stations, was traced through CCTV…
Shashi Tharoor answers son’s question on Operation Sindoor at US press briefing NEW DELHI: In an unexpected turn, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor was left shocked when he received a question from his son on foreign soil during a briefing. As Tharoor sat poised, addressing a room filled with foreign policy experts, diplomats and journalists, a…
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted raids at multiple locations across Jammu and Kashmir in connection with an ongoing terror conspiracy investigation, officials said, reported news agency PTI. According to the officials, the searches were carried out in 32 locations and include the districts of Pulwama, Kulgam, Shopian, Baramulla, and Kupwara….
NEW DELHI: The Centre set to introduce an impeachment motion against Allahabad High Court Judge Justice Yashwant Varma in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, expected to commence in mid-July. Govt sources on Tuesday confirmed motion to be introduced in the upcoming session. The move follows a Supreme Court-appointed inquiry panel’s indictment of Justice Varma…
NEW DELHI: India’s flyer footfall is projected to more than double from the current 24 crore to almost 50 crore annually by 2030, which is more than the population of many countries, PM Narendra Modi said Monday while showcasing the country’s aviation success story at the International Air Transport Association’s 81st AGM here.Modi also said…
MUMBAI: Rajit Gupta of Kota emerged at the top of the JEE Advanced 2025 rank list, securing 332 out of 360 marks. Gupta, whose father himself ranked 48th in Rajasthan’s Pre Engineering Test of 1994, will join IIT Bombay‘s computer science department.Nipping at Gupta’s heels, Saksham Jindal from Hisar in Haryana, the son of doctor…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition challenging the Assam government’s push-back policy aimed at tackling alleged infiltration from Bangladesh.The plea was filed by the All BTC Minority Students Union, which alleged that the Assam government had launched a sweeping and indiscriminate campaign to detain and deport individuals suspected of…
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Friday again said he stopped India and Pakistan from fighting and that he told both countries that his government cannot trade with nations that are in conflict.“We stopped India and Pakistan from fighting. I believe that could have turned out into a nuclear disaster,” Trump said during a…
NEW DELHI: India has finalised a new ‘programme execution model’ for the indigenous fifth-generation stealth fighter called the advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA), under which private firms can also bid for the project along with defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL).The new model approved by defence minister Rajnath Singh, which aims to accelerate prototype development and…
