New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Friday said that stockpiling missiles is important, but equally essential is staying upright and maintaining high standards of propriety, stressing that the nation’s true strength lies in both. Rajnath Singh said this while participating in a programme at Delhi’s...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday said it will hear October 16 pleas of voters deleted from electoral roll under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in West Bengal for early disposal of their appeals against deletion. The voters said alternatively they should be allowed...
Mumbai: The All Indian Cine Workers Association (AICWA) has strongly condemned actress Tanushree Dutta’s ‘Evil Dead’ remark about late actor Nana Patekar following his demise Thursday. In a statement, the association described her comments as insensitive, objectionable and shameful, urging her to exercise restraint while...
New Delhi: INDIA bloc MPs will meet at the Central Hall of the Samvidhan Sadan at 3 pm Friday and could proceed for another protest against "vote chori", sources said. They also said the INDIA bloc has sought time from President Droupadi Murmu and if...
Kolkata: BJP candidates Hasirani Rath and Sakharav Sarkar were leading in Nandigram and Rejinagar assembly seats, respectively, as counting of postal ballots was underway for the West Bengal bypolls Friday, according to television reports. However, the EC is yet to come out with any official...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday orally remarked that due to its forgiving nature in commutation of death sentences, the country is witnessing an increase in crime and this has to “come to an end somewhere”. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu...
New Delhi: India’s benchmark Sensex slumped to its lowest in 32 months Thursday as surging oil prices, rising global bond yields and a weak er rupee heightened inflation concerns, adding to pressure from the central bank’s hawkish rate increase a day earlier. The Nifty 50...
New Delhi: The government has proposed that prescription drugs, including those with a high potential for abuse and addiction, cannot be advertised without prior approval of the Centre. The Union health ministry, in a draft notification issued September 28 and published in the Gazette of...
New Delhi: Flyers will have to shell out more for plane tickets as Air India and Air India Express have announced an increase in fuel surcharges on domestic and select international routes due to the rise in Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) prices amid the continuing...
New Delhi: India and Greece discussed defence and strategic cooperation Thursday, with emphasis on maritime cooperation, coastal security and shipbuilding. The discussions were held during a meeting between Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and Greece's Deputy Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Stefanos Gkikas,...
By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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