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NIA said Red Fort bomber Umar-un-Nabi initially tried to target Lal Mandir but changed plans due to traffic and police presence before detonating an IED near Red Fort. Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit India for the Brics summit on September 12-13, marking his first trip to the country in seven years amid efforts to…
Activist Sonam Wangchuk (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Ladakh groups have expressed disappointment after a meeting with the ministry of home affairs sub-committee, saying the Centre failed to present the much-awaited draft for a proposed elected body for the Union Territory.Climate activist and Leh Apex Body (LAB) member Sonam Wangchuk said there had been “no special…
JD(U) says Nitish Kumar has never believed in renaming places after ‘Nitishpur’ proposal NEW DELHI: JD(U) on Thursday appeared to distance itself from an alliance partner’s proposal to rename Bakhtiyarpur, the birthplace of former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, as “Nitishpur”.JD(U) working president Sanjay Kumar Jha, when asked about the proposal by Hindustani Awam Morcha…
The court cited ‘strong suspicion of abuse of office’ against Lalu in IRCTC hotels case NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday ordered the framing of charges against former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and others in the alleged IRCTC hotels money laundering case, observing that there was a strong suspicion of abuse of office…
FIR has been registered against five people, including Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan NEW DELHI: An FIR has been registered against five people, including Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, over alleged irregularities in the use of Hajj Committee land.The FIR has been registered under charges of fraud, criminal conspiracy and provisions of the Prevention of…
AI-driven defence as cyber threats increasingly operate at machine speed, with India seeing a sharp rise in cyber fraud. Mumbai: Visa is shifting from periodic cybersecurity checks to continuous, AI-driven defence as cyber threats increasingly operate at machine speed, with India seeing a sharp rise in cyber fraud.Visa said it has moved from schedule-based vulnerability…
‘Administration cremated the body forcibly, without our consent,’ says Gulzar Singh’s son. NEW DELHI: The family of Gulzar Singh, a Dalit labourer from Punjab’s Sangrur district who died by suicide after allegedly facing harassment, has accused the “government of forcibly cremating his body without their consent.“Gulzar’s son Lakhwinder Singh alleged that the family was not…
In an official statement, Vijay urged party functionaries and cadres to work towards a “historic victory” with a “single goal”. CHENNAI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam president and chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Thursday announced Maragatham Kumaravel and P Sathyabama as the candidates of the party-led Secular Social Justice alliance for the upcoming by-elections to Mathurantagam…
The 1987 ghost: Vande Mataram row and why Omar Abdullah won’t let Congress call the shots in J&K. The latest Congress-National Conference (NC) clash may have begun with a song, but it is really about something much older: who gets to set the political terms of the alliance in Jammu and Kashmir?CM Omar Abdullah and…
Notices were generated because details of Nandan Nilekani’s names were not found in the 2002 voter list. Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, who is currently heading a government task force on examination reforms, and his family members have been named in Election Commission notices generated under the ‘no-mapping’ category, according to Bengaluru South City Corporation officials.The…
