NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said that India’s relationship with China should not be viewed through the prism of its ties with the United States. Speaking at The Economic Times World Leaders Forum 2025, Jaishankar said, “What I want you to understand is it’s not black and white. It’s not that…
NEW DELHI: A former sanitation worker in Karnataka’s Dharmasthala, who alleged he had been coerced into burying multiple murder victims over several years, has been arrested by a Special Investigation Team (SIT), sources told news agency PTI on Saturday.According to PTI, SIT and its chief, Pranab Mohanty, have questioned the complainant on Friday.Officials said the…
Dr S Jaishankar (File photo) NEW DELHI: External affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar on Saturday took a sharp swipe at Washington and Islamabad, saying both countries had a habit of “overlooking history.”Speaking at Economic Times World Leaders Forum, the foreign minister cited the 2011 US raid in Abbottabad that killed Osama bin Laden. He reminded…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested Karnataka Congress MLA KC Veerendra in Gangtok for his alleged involvement in illegal online and offline betting.The MLA, along with his associates, had travelled to Gangtok in Sikkim, where he was allegedly leasing a piece of land for a casino.Veerendra was arrested a day after the…
A couple of animal welfare NGOs are illegally picking up strays, including neutered dogs and puppies, from across Delhi and relocating them on the pretext of sterilisation and vaccination, animal rights activists have alleged.This was despite the Supreme Court on Friday scaling back its earlier order on street dog management and directing municipal bodies in…
NEW DELHI: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, targeting the government’s announced economic reforms and highlighting issues such as massive unemployment, falling wages, declining savings, and rising liabilities.“Your recent lofty speeches about ‘reforming’ the Economy are meaningless,” Kharge said through a post on X. “Pick up some REAL data and…
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday registered an FIR and conducted searches at premises linked to Reliance Communications (RCOM) and its Promoter Director Anil Ambani in connection with an alleged large-scale bank fraud, officials told news agency PTI.The case involves an alleged fraud that resulted in a loss of Rs 2,000…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed the nation on the occasion of National Space Day, greeting citizens and lauding the achievements of India’s scientists, space startups and astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla. Declaring that India is moving forward with great speed in the global space race, PM Modi said, “Today India is rapidly progressing…
Kiren Rijiju and Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju reamed Rahul Gandhi out in a veiled dig over his “vote chori” charge, claiming the “credibility of the spoiled brat is hitting a new low!”Sharing a clip of CSDS psephologist Sanjay Kumar apologising for his Maharashtra data mishap, the Union parliamentary affairs minister said:…
NEW DELHI: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen raised concerns over the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar, cautioning that without sensitivity, the exercise could “disenfranchise” large sections of the poor and marginalised. He questioned the fairness of a bureaucratic process that requires strict documentation from citizens who may not have easy access…
