NEW DELHI: A day after the Supreme Court found it worth examining whether ‘NOTA’ could be deemed a rival in a constituency where a single candidate is in the fray, the Centre strongly opposed the reasoning on Friday and said NOTA, being a mere option or expression, cannot be given the status of a candidate…
NEW DELHI: The defence ministry on Friday dismissed a report by news agency Reuters which claimed that India has put on hold talks for major defence purchases from the United States, calling them “false and fabricated.”“The news reports on India pausing the talks related to defence purchases with the US are false and fabricated. It…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court rebuked an Air India passenger who moved the court on Friday for a safety audit of the airlines’ entire fleet in the wake of AI-171 crash at Ahmedabad on June 12, saying it was unfair to target a single airline for a tragic incident.The passenger had flown an Air India flight…
SRINAGAR: J&K’s governing National Conference (NC) on Friday decried banning books as “unfortunate and deeply ill-conceived”, days after LG Manoj Sinha-led home department banned 25 titles, including some by Booker-prize winning author Arundhati Roy and constitutionalist AG Noorani.The NC statement came with a reassurance that it was trying to see how the ban could be…
NEW DELHI: Indian Railways has launched its longest-ever freight train, ‘Rudrastra,’ measuring about 4.5 kilometres in length.Formed by linking six standard-length rakes, the train consisted of 354 wagons and was powered by seven locomotives. It travelled from Ganjkhwaja to Garhwa Road, covering the 200-km route at an average speed of 40 km/h.Union minister of railways,…
Arvind Kejriwal (left), Bhagwant Mann (PTI) NEW DELHI: AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday launched 24 sectoral committees aimed at transforming Punjab’s industrial governance model. The committees will be responsible for drafting policies for each sector, shifting decision-making power from the bureaucracy to business owners, both large and…
Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) Mk-III, indigenously designed and manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: The Indian army is set to replace the aging Chetak and Cheetah helicopters with modern light helicopters, the defence ministry indicated on Friday.The ministry issued a request for information (RFI) for 200 modern light helicopters, also…
Primary site for E-Roll download for all states working without any issues: ECI NEW DELHI: Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday clarified that its primary site for E-Roll download for all states has been working without any issues.“The primary site/link for E-Roll download for all states is https://voters.eci.gov.in/download-eroll?statecode=S25. The above site has been working…
Nishikant Dubey (left) and Manoj Tiwari NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday slammed the Jharkhand Police after he and five others, including Delhi BJP MP Manoj Tiwari, were booked for allegedly “forcibly” entering the sanctum sanctorum of the Baba Baidyanath temple in Deoghar, thereby “hurting religious sentiments.”Also Read: Deoghar’s Shravani mela deserves national…
Devendra Fadnavis, Rahul Gandhi (File photos) NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his allegation of “vote chori” (vote theft) against the Election Commission, accusing him of turning political discourse into scripted theatre. Addressing the media, Fadnavis referred to the Election Commission’s recent statement dismissing…
