NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday welcomed US President Donald Trump’s proposed peace plan for Gaza, calling it a “significant step” toward ending the conflict.Sharing a post on X, PM Modi said, “We welcome President Trump’s leadership as peace efforts in Gaza make decisive progress. Indications of the release of hostages mark a…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur Skill University on Saturday. By honouring Thakur, NDA govt signalled a strategic outreach to these communities and reinforced backward caste consolidation in the poll-bound state.The launch anchors a series of Bihar-centric youth empowerment initiatives worth over Rs 62,000 crore nationally, with a sharp focus…
JAIPUR: Rajasthan HC Thursday ordered the commercial taxes department to release within seven days the full salary and arrears of one of its officers who has been without pay for over a year since slipping into a coma in Aug 2023.HC passed the order after hearing a plea by the officer’s wife. The petitioner’s counsel…
Around three-fourth of all prison inmates in India in 2023 were undertrials, according to the latest report released by NCRB. The numbers are staggering: India has 5.3 lakh people in jail; of them, 3.9 lakh are yet to be convicted — they are on trial.But this is actually an improvement over the previous years. The…
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh High Court has termed right to a dignified death and cremation an intrinsic part of the fundamental right to life enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution. The observation came Monday in response to a PIL registered suo motu by division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru over…
NEW DELHI: Indian govt slammed Pakistan for the ongoing protests in POK, saying Islamabad must be held accountable for its “oppressive approach” and “horrific” human rights violations. Pakistan authorities had on Thursday confirmed that eight people had died in four days of violent protests in the region that India maintains is illegally occupied by Pakistan.According…
NEW DELHI: While Canadian police focus on tackling the Bishnoi syndicate, pro-Khalistan elements attempted arson at a cinema theatre in Ontario twice within a week. The theatre has stopped screening Hindi movies since. The attacks were carried out on Oct 2 and Sept 25. In the second incident, the suspects fired gunshots to cause a…
National Medical Commission (NMC) is yet to act against 30 doctors found guilty of accepting a foreign trip funded by pharma company AbbVie as the matter is still “under consideration”. An audit committee of the department of pharmaceuticals had in Dec last year found them guilty, and their names were sent in July to the…
NEW DELHI: IAF destroyed 9-10 Pakistani fighters like US-origin F-16s and Chinese JF- 17s, as well as at least two special aircraft, if the ‘kills’ in the air and ground are both taken into account during Operation Sindoor, Air Chief Marshal A P Singh said on Friday, while rejecting Islamabad’s counter-claims as “manohar kahaniyan (fanciful…
NEW DELHI: The Bangladesh interim govt has failed to maintain law and order in the country and is looking to shift blame elsewhere for its failure to protect minorities, the govt said on Friday. The ministry of external affairs (MEA) was responding to allegations by Dhaka that India fuelled the recent unrest in the Khagrachhari…
