NEW DELHI: Delhi’s iconic sports venue, Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN) Stadium, which was originally built for the 1982 Asian Games and later refurbished at a cost of over Rs 900 crore ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, will likely be demolished and undergo a major makeover, according to sports ministry officials. The ministry is considering plans…
After RJD neta Tejashwi Yadav questioned EC for having deployed over 20,000 policemen from BJP-governed states for poll duty in Bihar, EC clarified that state armed police component constitutes only 20% of total forces deployed. “Nearly 80% of police forces are deployed from the central armed police forces and only 20% of forces are deployed…
NEW DELHI: At least nine people were killed and 30 others injured following a high-intensity explosion in a car near Red Fort in Old Delhi on Monday evening. The powerful blast also set at least three other vehicles moving alongside ablaze. The impact of the blast was such that human body parts along with parts…
NEW DELHI: Observing that 33% reservation for women in legislative bodies is meant to bring social, economic and political justice for “the largest minority of the country” that is women, Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea seeking immediate implementation of quota for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies, instead of waiting…
Photo: Piyal Bhattacharjee NEW DELHI: A deafening noise, car parts tossed into the air, and several bodies strewn across – eyewitnesses who found themselves near the spot of Monday evening’s blast outside Red Fort metro station recalled scenes of complete chaos, destruction and trauma. The force of the explosion was immense, felt far and wide….
The building in Dhauj, Fbd, from where the explosives were found GURGAON/SRINAGAR: A Kashmiri medical professor’s arrest has triggered one of the largest counterterrorism hauls in recent years, with investigators in J&K, Haryana and UP uncovering nearly 2,900kg of IED-making material, multiple assault rifles, pistols, chemicals, electronics and flammable substances. Police said a transnational module…
NEW DELHI: NIA on Monday urged Delhi HC to conduct in-camera hearings on its plea seeking the death penalty for Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik in a 2017 terror-funding case, citing national security concerns.HC posted the matter for further hearing on Jan 28. Malik is serving a life term in Tihar Jail…
Protesters filled the campus in an assertion of identity CHANDIGARH: The Panjab University Senate issue, believed to have been resolved after the Centre’s quick U-turn on its plans to restructure the body, erupted on Monday in a campus turmoil not seen in decades. What was a students’ call for a campus shutdown to demand quick…
The 30th session of the annual UN climate conference (CO) kicked off on Monday in Belem, Brazil, with a focus on climate finance to mobilise $1.3 trillion annually for developing countries by 2035. Discussions on the inaugural day, however, were centred around setting key agenda points, involving five critical issues, for negotiations. reports Vishwa Mohan….
Missing Surat father-daughter duo found buried under snow in Nepal SURAT: The bodies of Surat-based teacher Jignesh Patel (52) and his teenage daughter Priyanshi (17) — who went missing during a trekking expedition in Nepal — were found buried in snow on Sunday afternoon near the Maleripa Monastery in the Manang district, officials in Nepal…
