Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and election commissioners Vivek Joshi and S S Sandhu will visit Patna for two days beginning Saturday to review poll preparedness in Bihar, officials said.The term of the 243-member Bihar assembly ends on November 22 and polls in the state are likely to be held in multiple phases beginning at…
NEW DELHI: India on Friday strongly rejected accusations by Bangladesh’s interim government that New Delhi was involved in fuelling the recent violence in Khagrachhari district of the Chittagong Hill Tracts terming it “false and baseless”.Responding to a question on Bangladesh home adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury’s remarks, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said:…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Friday called the Pakistani forces’ brutality on protestors in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) “horrific”, adding that it is a “natural consequence of Pakistan’s oppressive approach,” after 10 people were killed and many injured. Addressing the weekly press briefing in New Delhi, the MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that…
Chaitanyananda Saraswati in police custody (ANI) NEW DELHI: Self-styled godman Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, also known as Parth Sarthy, was remanded to 14 days’ judicial custody by a Delhi court on Friday after the completion of his five-day police custody, reported news agency ANI.The 62-year-old, Chaitanyananda, was produced before a judicial magistrate Animesh Kumar at Patiala…
NEW DELHI: The Madras high court on Friday said that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) had been formed to investigate the Karur stampede that killed 41 on September 27. It prohibited political rallies along state and national highways in Tamil Nadu until Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) were put in place. The court also dismissed a…
Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh addresses a press conference ahead of the 93rd Indian Air Force Day, at the Air Force Auditorium, Subroto Park, New Delhi. (Pic credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force Chief A P Singh rubbished tech billionaire Elon Musk‘s recent claim that manned aircraft will be replaced…
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Friday launched an unusual jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying he is suffering from “Modi-a-bindu.”By ‘Modi-a-bindu’, Trivedi explained, he meant someone who is blind to or unwilling to see the development taking place under PM Modi‘s rule.Speaking at EIA University in Medellín, on Thursday in Colombia, Rahul…
Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh addresses a press conference, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal A P Singh on Friday said that terrorist groups in Pakistan are shifting their bases deep inside the country following Operation Sindoor, but India has the…
NEW DELHI: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi issued a stark warning to Pakistan on Friday saying that armed forces would not exercise any restraint “like in Operation Sindoor 1.0” if the neighbouring nation did not stop “state-sponsored terrorism.” “This time we will not maintain the restraint that we did in Operation Sindoor 1.0… this time…
NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force Chief Amar Preet Singh on Friday hailed said Operation Sindoor saying that will be remembered as a conflict that achieved its objectives with speed and precision, and brought Pakistan “to its knees”. Singh said that India struck multiple targets in Pakistan and also destroyed 4-5 Pakistani fighter jets.Speaking at a…
