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Nihang Sikhs interact with officials and a delegation from Punjab after ending their standoff at Nagrasu Gurudwara, in Rudraprayag. Five Nihangs, who had remained stationed on the roof of the gurdwara since Saturday, relented after talks with a delegation of Nihangs from Punjab and local authorities. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: A standoff between a group…
In a complaint emailed to the NCW chairperson in New Delhi, Waghmare sought the immediate registration of a criminal case against Raut NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Jyoti Waghmare has approached the National Commission for Women (NCW) against Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut, accusing him of repeatedly using abusive language,…
NEW DELHI: Describing the amendments to FCRA rules as designed “not to regulate but to strangulate” independent civil society, Congress leader KC Venugopal Thursday wrote to PM Narendra Modi demanding that they be withdrawn.Venugopal called the recently notified rules an “overt and systemic assault on India’s civil society”, warning that they would financially and operationally…
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay joins thousands during the ‘Start Run, Stop Drugs’ anti-drug awareness run at Chennai’s Marina Beach on the International Day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. (Photo: X/@CMOTamilnadu) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday flagged off the “Start Run, Stop Drugs” anti-drug awareness run…
Abhijeet Dipke shared videos on X alleging that BJP workers assaulted reporters and protesters at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. (Screengrab/X/@abhijeet_dipke) NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Friday alleged that BJP workers physically assaulted reporters and protesters at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, sharing videos of the incident on X.In one of the videos, a…
Govt Thursday announced a steep increase in passport fees across categories, including a 67% hike for issuance or reissue of ordinary passport and a 250% increase in charges under the Tatkal scheme. The new charges will be effective July 1. MEA said an ordinary 36-page fresh passport for applicants aged 18 years and above will…
India’s envoy to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi NEW DELHI/DHAKA: In a decision that underscores the importance New Delhi attaches to its diplomatic engagement with Dhaka, India’s new high commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi has been accorded status equivalent to Union cabinet minister.Soon after presenting his credentials to President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Thursday, Trivedi — the first…
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday accused Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government of “protecting big fish” after an FIR was registered against eight persons over the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.In a social media post on X, Akhilesh alleged that all the evidence may have been cleaned…
NEW DELHI: Amid easing of sanctions on Iran, India and Tehran on Thursday discussed enhanced cooperation in the hydrocarbon sector.Oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri met his Iranian counterpart Mohsen Paknejad days after the US-Iran MoU to end the West Asia conflict and amid the possibility of Iranian crude returning to the market following a 60-day…
Sharad Pawar has asserted that Nationalist Congress Party (SP) will remain united NEW DELHI: “None of our MPs will split. Not a single one of our MLAs is going anywhere … ” this was Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar’s confident, if not bold, assertion that his party remains united and will not tread…
