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NEW DELHI: The NDA government’s muscular approach in rooting out Naxalism, brought forth by encounter killings of its armed cadre and top commanders in large numbers, has been a constant fodder for admirers of this hardline policy as well as for its critics. But what has been less talked about is a parallel focus on…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Army will witness a reshuffle at the top level on Wednesday as heads of two key commands — Western and Eastern — retired on Tuesday.Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Katiyar, the general officer commanding-in-chief (GoC-in-C) of the Army’s Western Command, retired after a distinguished 40-year career. He earlier served as Director General…
NEW DELHI: An encounter broke out in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district after terrorists opened fire on security forces during a search operation, officials said on Tuesday. According to the Army’s Chinar Corps, Operation Arahama was launched jointly by the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police in the Arahama area based on specific intelligence…
Vir Vikram Yadv (Image credit: ministry of environment, forest and climate change website) NEW DELHI: Senior bureaucrat Vir Vikram Yadav has been appointed Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), replacing Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, according to an official order issued on Tuesday, cited by PTI. Yadav, a 1996-batch IAS officer of the…
Amid a heated political row in West Bengal over alleged voter list manipulation allegation levied by Trinamool Congress (TMC) ahead of the Assembly elections, chief electoral officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal on Tuesday dismissed claims that his office has any mechanism to arbitrarily alter electoral rolls.The controversy centres on Form 6, the application used by first-time…
Bhabanipur, long seen as Mamata Banerjee’s safest political ground, is beginning to stir uneasy comparisons with Nandigram. In the 2021 assembly elections, her decision to contest from Nandigram ended in a dramatic setback, with Suvendu Adhikari defeating her in a high-stakes battle that reshaped the narrative of the polls and marked a symbolic leap for…
NEW DELHI: Many parts of the country may not be hotter than usual during April-June summer season due to normal to ‘below normal’ maximum (day) temperatures but most parts in east, northeast and coastal Peninsular India are likely to get two to eight days of extended heatwave duration, the IMD said on Tuesday.“Above-normal heatwave days…
People fall in love with scenic places and engineering marvels all the time, and so did I. The Sigandur bridge — inaugurated in mid-July last year and went viral on social platforms — captivated me instantly. Soon, I decided that I’d cycle there to get a glimpse of the engineering marvel across the Sharavathi river….
NEW DELHI: RSS affiliate Vidya Bharati Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Sansthan on Tuesday outlined an expansion roadmap anchored in “culture-linked, India-centric education”, even as it flagged its growing scale with over 24,000 institutions and 33 lakh students nationwide.The organisation said it is strengthening grassroots outreach while aligning its pedagogy with the National Education Policy (NEP). The…
NEW DELHI: Actor-politician Vijay and members of his party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), have been booked for alleged violations of the model code of conduct (MCC) during a campaign event ahead of the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, police sources told PTI on Tuesday. According to sources, the Peravallur police registered cases under multiple…
