New Delhi: In a major organisational rejig ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress on Saturday appointed Avinash Pande the general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, replacing Priyanka Gandhi Vadra while Sachin Pilot was made the general secretary in-charge of Chhattisgarh. Priyanka Gandhi will...
Paris: French authorities grounded a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Nicaragua carrying 303 Indian passengers after receiving a tip that it could be carrying victims of human trafficking, prosecutors said on Friday. Special investigators are questioning all those aboard and two people are...
New Delhi: Olympic medallist grappler Bajrang Punia Friday decided to return the Padma Shri award in protest over the election of Sanjay Singh, a Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh loyalist, as the president of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). Thursday, Sanjay Singh was elected as the...
Jammu: Four soldiers have been killed in the ongoing anti-terror operation in J&K’s Poonch district, said officials Friday. Army’s Nagrota-headquartered White Knight corps said on its official X-post handle Friday, “Corps salutes the bravery and supreme sacrifice of four soldiers in #Surankote 21 December 23...
Poonch/Jammu: Security forces Friday launched a massive cordon and search operation in the forest area of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, a day after five army personnel were killed and two others injured in a terrorist attack. An official said aerial monitoring is also being...
New Delhi: Three new bills that seek to overhaul the colonial-era criminal laws, making punishments more stringent for crimes such as terrorism, lynching, and offences endangering national security, were approved by Parliament Thursday. The bills were passed in the Rajya Sabha by voice vote. The...
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Wednesday passed three key bills that seek to overhaul the criminal justice system, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserting that the focus is on delivering speedy justice rather than handing down punishment. Replying to the debate, Shah said the three...
New Delhi: Opposition lawmakers Tuesday hit out at the government after 49 more Lok Sabha members were suspended from the House, calling Parliament a graveyard of the Constitution and comparing it with the North Korean assembly. The suspension of 49 Lok Sabha MPs came a...
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha (LS) was Tuesday adjourned amid uproar by opposition MPs and 49 opposition MPs were suspended for the remainder of Winter Session, including Congress MP Manish Tewari, Shashi Tharoor, NCP's Supriya Sule and NC MP Farooq Abdullah. Other MPs suspended included...
Beijing/Jishishan: At least 116 people were killed and nearly 400 others injured when a powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck a remote mountainous region in northwest China just before midnight, the local earthquake relief headquarters said Tuesday. According to the China Earthquake Networks Centre, the shallow quake...
The Pentagon’s announcement on 2 May to significantly reduce American troop presence in Germany marks a pivotal moment in the...
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Americans must have heaved a sigh of relief that a man rushing with a gun and firing shots at the...
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Iran has made an intelligent move to send its Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. The...
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