New Delhi: India and Japan are likely to revise and update the 2008 joint declaration on security cooperation during PM Modi’s visit to Japan next week. The renewed agreement is expected to reflect contemporary priorities and to be responsive to the current security challenges facing them. The two nations will explore possibility of security &…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has modified its controversial August 11 order on the removal of stray dogs from Delhi and NCR, clarifying that the animals will be released back into the same areas after sterilisation and immunisation. Dogs infected with rabies or showing aggressive behaviour, however, will not be released and will instead be…
Ghaziabad: An FIR has been registered against YouTuber Puneet Superstar after he referred to BSP chief Mayawati as “mummy” in a video. Puneet, who runs the channel ‘Puneetsuper_starrrr’ with 24.9 million subscribers, uploaded a 20-second clip where he used the term six times. The video sparked anger among BSP supporters, prompting Ghaziabad BSP president Narendra…
GUWAHATI: The Assam cabinet approved Thursday a proposal to freeze issuance of Aadhaar to first-time adult applicants in the state from October 1 as part of a revised SOP meant to curb fraudulent enrolment, especially by suspected illegal immigrants.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, who had announced in June that all new Aadhaar applications would need to…
AHMEDABAD: Twenty-nine years after then Gujarat minister Atmaram Patel’s dhoti was pulled during a BJP function at Sardar Patel Stadium, a city sessions court on Thursday dropped the criminal case against former Union minister A K Patel, one of the two first BJP Lok Sabha members.Another BJP politician, Mangaldas Patel, was also an accused in…
Representative image NEW DELHI: USAID did not provide funding of $21 million for voter turnout in India between 2014 and 2024, the US embassy has informed the Indian govt, according to a reply by ministry of external affairs in response to a Parliament question. US President Donald Trump had earlier questioned the alleged funding, saying…
MADURAI: TVK chief Vijay on Thursday positioned himself as the alternative to “Stalin uncle” saying the 2026 assembly election would be a straight fight between his party and DMK.In a fiery 34-minute speech at TVK’s second state conference at Parapathi, Madurai, Vijay accused DMK of hypocrisy. “You ask women to call you appa (father), but…
NEW DELHI: Expelled RJD leader and former Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav on Thursday alleged that five powerful families conspired against him to destroy both his political and personal life. The elder son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav claimed he would soon reveal their identities. ‘Threat To Life, But Not Scared’: Tej Pratap’s Explosive…
NEW DELHI: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla on Friday shared a breathtaking timelapse video of India from space, offering citizens a glimpse of his journey aboard the International Space Station (ISS).Posting the clip on X, Shukla wrote: “Watch the video in landscape with screen brightness high. While on orbit I tried to capture pictures and videos so…
Picture source: X/Giriraj Singh NEW: Union minister of Textiles Giriraj Singh inaugurated a retail and cultural space dedicated to Indian handicrafts and handlooms in Delhi on Thursday.The Kunj, set up in Vasant Kunj by the development commissioner (handicrafts), is designed to give artisans better access to buyers and to let visitors engage more closely with…
