NEW DELHI: After an unusually long silent spell, Sam Pitroda, chief of the Indian Overseas Congress, has struck again, giving BJP another handle to beat Congress with his statement to a news agency that “there’s no need” for India to fight Pakistan and its other neighbours who “need help and are going through difficult times”.“Our…
NEW DELHI: A Sikh delegation, including Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri, on Friday submitted recommendations to PM Narendra Modi for the safekeeping and display of the “Jore Sahib,” a pair of footwear belonging to Guru Gobind Singh and his wife.After the meeting, Modi said the holy relics would inspire generations to follow the 10th Sikh…
Afridi has responded to Irfan Pathan on the ‘dog meat’ comments made in an earlier interview (Images via X/Screengrab) Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has dismissed Irfan Pathan’s recent account of a mid-air altercation during India’s 2006 tour of Pakistan, calling the claims fabricated and questioning Pathan’s intentions.About a month earlier, Pathan had recalled on…
NEW DELHI: Security agencies as well as police forces are now convinced that CPI(Maoist) statement to lay down arms – released Monday in name of ‘Abhay’, the nom de guerre used by its top leader and spokesman Mallojula Venugopal Rao – is authentic, thanks to the statement’s audio version put out simultaneously in which the…
NEW DELHI: Counter Intelligence Kashmir on Saturday carried out searches at multiple locations across seven districts of the Valley in connection with an ongoing terror-related investigation.Officials said the coordinated operation covered eight locations in Srinagar, Baramulla, Anantnag, Kupwara, Handwara, Pulwama and Shopian.The searches were conducted under warrants obtained from a competent court.The raids come months…
NEW DELHI/PATNA: BJP Friday accused Congress neta Rahul Gandhi of “systematically and deliberately trying to weaken democracy in the country” through his “vote chori (vote theft)” allegations against EC. “Rahul is trying to create anarchy,” senior BJP member Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters in Patna.Referring to Gandhi’s post on X Thursday, Prasad said, “He wrote…
To prepare for the future, investing in human capital is key, and early childhood education can offer the highest returns. Betting on this, non- profits across India are decentralising education using tech & innovationIndian children born today will enter the workforce as young adults by 2047. At this point, India has largely won the battle…
MUMBAI: A woman director and senior chartered accountant of a well-known finance company has lodged a complaint that a man who befriended her on social media has been stalking her even while she was flying abroad, sending obscene messages on Linkedin for the last two years and proposing her. When the woman blocked his mobile…
CHENNAI: Madras HC Friday dismissed a plea by J Deepa, niece of J Jayalalithaa, challenging a notice issued by the I-T dept demanding payment of pending tax dues of the former TN CM amounting to Rs 36 crore. The notice was sent to Deepa as she was declared Jayalalithaa’s sole legal heir.The dept said the…
Congress’ Pramod Tiwari (File photo) NEW DELHI: Amid acerbic reaction from BJP netas to Rahul Gandhi’s tweet about “vote chori”, Congress Friday alleged members of the governing party are seeking a civil war by threatening violence and using unparliamentary words against opposition netas. It asked BJP to disapprove of the comments from its netas and…
