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Prime minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed the recent outcomes of his visit to the Netherlands, saying they reflected the expanding scope of bilateral ties across sectors of long-term strategic and economic importance.In a post on X, PM Modi said the wide-ranging outcomes would impart fresh momentum to India-Netherlands relations and contribute to the growth…
NEW DELHI: Captagon, widely known as the ‘jihadi drug’ for its rampant use by extremist networks active in the conflict zones across the Middle East/West Asia, enables its users to remain awake for extended periods, suppress fear and exhaustion, increase aggression and risk-taking behaviour, thus sustaining prolonged combat-like activity under stressful conditions.According to sources in…
NEW DELHI: Keeping up his party’s attack on BJP over repeated NEET fiascos, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said education minister Dharmendra Pradhan should be sacked for the paper leaks that “destroyed the hard work and future of crores of students” under Modi govt.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said PM Narendra Modi should hold “paper…
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday approved the Union Cabinet’s decision to increase the sanctioned strength of the Supreme Court from 33 to 38 judges, including the Chief Justice of India. In a post on X, Meghwal said the ordinance amended the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956, raising the number of judges…
With PM Narendra Modi in The Hague, Dutch foreign minister Tom Berendsen decodes the new India-Netherlands strategic partnership, semiconductor focus and the geopolitical imperative for trust-based ties in an exclusive interview to Sachin Parashar.This is the second visit by PM Modi to the Netherlands and the first since the India-EU FTA was announced. What are…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court granted Saturday pre-arrest bail to businessman Robert Vadra in a money laundering case tied to a land deal in Haryana, ruling that his “detention in judicial custody is neither necessary nor warranted” after ED chose not to arrest him during its investigation. Special judge Sushant Changotra of Rouse Avenue Courts…
NEW DELHI: Govt on Saturday appointed two joint secretaries and two joint directors to National Testing Agency (NTA), which is under fire over the NEET-UG paper leak.According to orders issued by the personnel department, Anuja Bapat, an Indian Statistical Service officer of the 1998 batch, and Ruchita Vij, an Indian Revenue Service officer of the…
Photo credit: Delhi Customs NEW DELHI: Customs officials at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Saturday said they had seized 115 smuggled gold bars weighing 3.5 kg from an American national of Indian origin, news agency PTI reported.The seizure comes amid a recent rise in gold smuggling attempts following the increase in Customs duty on…
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday once again rejected the constitution of the Court of Arbitration under the Indus Waters Treaty, declaring the decision as ‘null and void.’External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India had never recognised the establishment of the court and would not accept any proceedings, awards or decisions issued by it.“The…
NEW DELHI: Security forces on Saturday launched a multi-area search operation across multiple areas in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district to trace suspected terrorists believed to be operating in the region, officials said. The operation comes days after an infiltration bid was foiled in the Mankote area of Mendhar tehsil on May 12, in which…
