NEW DELHI: Afghanistan’s foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi urged Indian policymakers to push for the removal of US restrictions on the strategic Chabahar port.At an interaction organised by industry chamber Ficci, Muttaqi said Afghanistan wants “optimum utilisation” of Chabahar and wants India to raise the matter with the US. “Both countries (India and the US)…
KOLKATA: Amid outrage over the alleged gang rape of a medical student in Durgapur, governor C V Ananda Bose on Monday expressed deep concern over the “shocking” incident, saying he lacked confidence to say West Bengal is safe, and called for a “second renaissance” to make the state secure for women.Bose, who travelled to the…
ISI-backed smugglers up game CHANDIGARH: In past few weeks, security agencies manning anti-drone systems along Punjab border began noticing a strange trend – drones from Pakistan would be detected and tracked, but would whirr back behind the fence before they could be brought down. ISI-backed smugglers in Pakistan routinely try to send arms, including AK-47s…
National Commission for Women (NCW) has termed the gang rape of the medical student as a case of “brutality” enabled by “administrative and security lapses”, while recommending her transfer to AIIMS-Bhubaneswar or Kalyani for treatment and relocation to another college to continue her studies, if she felt unsafe. It has also recommended trial in fast-track…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court framed Monday charges against former railway minister Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi Yadav, and 11 others in the alleged IRCTC scam that rigged railway hotel contracts for favoured private players.Rabri and Tejashwi prima facie emerge as participants in the criminal conspiracy of which Lalu Prasad was seemingly…
NEW DELHI: Amid China’s expansion of dams on the Brahmaputra, India on Monday unveiled a Rs 6.4-lakh crore ‘Master Plan’ to wheel 76 gigawatt (GW) of power from ongoing and proposed projects on the mighty river’s 12 sub-basins across the North-East.The plan prepared by Central Electricity Authority, power ministry’s technical planning arm, envisages building a…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has identified more than 31 lakh beneficiaries of the income support scheme (PM-Kisan) as suspected cases where both husband and wife had received cash simultaneously against the rule of getting the benefit by only one member of the landholder family.Finding such cases during scrutiny, the agriculture ministry has asked states and…
DURGAPURA: The elder sister of the main accused in the alleged gang rape of a medical student in Bengal’s Durgapur on October 10 helped police track down her absconding brother and arrest him early Monday.Rozina Sk, who said she wanted Safiq Sk to face the law, accompanied a police team to a spot below a…
A candle light vigil is held for Udit Gayaki in Bhopal BHOPAL: A 21-year-old BTech graduate out partying with friends in a car in Bhopal died after alleged thrashing by two constables who turned on the group on the pretext of traffic rule violations.Constables Santosh Bamnia and Saurabh Arya have been booked, arrested and sent…
NEW DELHI: Health ministry Monday launched a nationwide CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation) awareness drive, amid concerns about people falling ill and dying due to sudden cardiac arrest. The initiative will be led by all leading medical institutions.Inaugurating the campaign, Union health secretary Punya Salila Srivastava said the vision behind the drive is to ensure every household,…
