LUCKNOW: Former UP CM Kalyan Singh’s enduring legacy was evident when top BJP members, including CM Yogi Adityanath and Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, descended on his native place in Aligarh to pay tributes to him on his fourth death anniversary on Thursday. Kalyan is credited with taking BJP beyond the moorings of primarily an upper…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hit out at the Opposition during a rally in Gaya, questioning how chief ministers can continue in office even after being jailed while government employees face suspension if imprisoned for more than 50 hours. “If a government employee is imprisoned for 50 hours, then he loses his…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court’s latest ruling on the treatment of stray dogs has been welcomed as a step forward by animal rights activist and BJP leader Maneka Gandhi, who described it as a “scientific judgement.” The court on Friday modified its earlier order barring the release of stray dogs in Delhi-NCR and directed that…
Photo/Agencies NEW DELHI The first uncrewed mission of the Gaganyaan human spaceflight programme is ready to launch with a robot and the liftoff is expected in December, said Isro chairman V Narayanan here on Thursday.“The first uncrewed mission, G1, is going to lift off by this year’s end, maybe close to December. And in that,…
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…
