NEW DELHI: The Niti Aayog’s recent withdrawal of its working paper, which had suggested opening up import of genetically modified (GM) soybean and corn from the US, has given a peek into India’s red-line on transgenic food items.Though the US, during its trade negotiations with India, considered the stand as one of the non-tariff trade…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha proceedings were washed out on Friday, amid opposition’s protest to demand a discussion on special intensive revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls.In Rajya Sabha, deputy chairman Harivansh rejected 20 notices given by members seeking suspension of listed business to discuss on five issues, including the SIR exercise, saying it…
Maniki’s left foreleg was crushed in a logging accident two years ago and never healed DIBRUGARH: Her journey was meant to be a quest for healing but it soon turned out to be a painful ordeal as she was forced to walk nearly 95km to Dibrugarh for medical care, breaking the hearts of netizens and…
NEW DELHI: As EC stuck to its insistence on Congress’ Rahul Gandhi furnishing a signed declaration to the chief electoral officers of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Haryana, affirming his ‘massive voter fraud’ allegations, a commission official said the only other option for him, if he fails to do so, is to “apologise to the nation for…
NEW DELHI: ED on Friday opposed in Delhi HC a plea by UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari against a trial court order declaring him a “fugitive economic offender”. The agency said when the order was passed in July, the trial court was aware of an assessment order showing property worth Rs 655 crore being surreptitiously…
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi‘s disclosure to back his allegations of rigging in Maharashtra polls is akin to “someone cutting the branch he is sitting on” as Congress and its allies won most seats where the number of voters had increased, BJP said on Friday.“This false (Maharashtra) narrative has already been rejected by people thrice and…
NEW DELHI: EC on Friday raised remuneration of officers and staff involved in conduct of polls, while also revising honorarium for deputy district election officers (DEOs) and CAPF personnel engaged in election security.As per the revised rates, a presiding officer will get daily remuneration of Rs 500, up from Rs 350; a polling officer will…
NEW DELHI: A chilling CCTV footage has emerged capturing the brutal murder of Asif Qureshi, cousin of Bollywood actor Huma Qureshi, late Thursday night in Jangpura’s Bhogal Bazar Lane, under the Nizamuddin Police Station limits in Delhi.In the footage, Asif can be seen in a heated altercation with the attackers as several bystanders try to…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor threw his weight behind Rahul Gandhi‘s “expose” on “vote chori” as the party decided to take it forward with a nationwide campaign.Congress general secretary KC Venugopal announced that the party’s state units will screen Rahul’s “landmark press conference” in state capitals on Saturday “to expose the BJP-EC nexus”. Party…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has rejected the plea of alleged AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam middleman Christian Michel James for release on the grounds that he has undergone the maximum seven years of incarceration over charges that led to his extradition from UAE in 2018.“Considering the allegations under Section 467 (forgery of valuable security, will,…
