JAMMU: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan on Monday reviewed security situation and operational preparedness in J&K in the wake of back-to-back terrorist attacks in the Jammu region.He visited Srinagar-based Chinar 15 Corps and 16 Corps Hq in Jammu’s Nagrota where top Army commanders briefed him, a source said.CDS’ day-long visit to Jammu…
NEW DELHI: Contrary to earlier media reports that the loco pilot of goods train involved in the fatal train crash in Darjeeling had got the authority to cross the signals during a defect in the automatic signalling system, railway ministry officials said the deceased driver did not follow norms and speed restriction. They cited the…
NEW DELHI: Finally, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has agreed to take the plunge into electoral politics. Priyanka has had a long association with politics. But till now, she has chosen to play the role of a facilitator, nurturing the constituencies of her mother Sonia Gandhi and also her brother Rahul. “I’m not nervous at all… I…
NEW DELHI: Indian national Nikhil Gupta, accused of involvement in an unsuccessful plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist, pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in the US on Monday.Gupta, 52, who had traveled to Prague from India last year, was arrested by Czech authorities and extradited to the US last week.He is accused of being…
NEW DELHI: New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson wreaked havoc, producing the best-ever spell in a T20 International in the Group C clash against Papua New Guinea in Trinidad on Monday.The right-arm speedster was at his absolute best against minnows PNG in New Zealand’s final game of the T20 World Cup.In an unbelievable spell, Ferguson bowled…
NEW DELHI: Political scientists Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar, chief advisors for political science textbooks, threatened legal action against the council for allegedly publishing the new “politically biased” books under their names without consent, amid the ongoing controversy around the revised NCERT textbooks.In a letter, Palshikar and Yadav expressing their objection to the new textbooks…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Raul Gandhi’s decision to retain Rae Bareli seat in Uttar Pradesh prompting his sister, Priyanka Gandhi, to contest the bypolls for the Wayanad seat in Kerala sparked criticism from BJP leader Shehzad Poonawala, who accused the Congress party of operating as a ‘family business.’Poonawalla on Monday said, “Congress is not a…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan head coach Gary Kirsten stunned the cricketing world by making startling revelations about his team. Kirsten claimed that there is “no unity” in the side and he has “never seen such a situation” in his long coaching career.In response to his stunning expose of his team, former India star spinner Harbhajan Singh…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday chaired a high-level meeting in Delhi to review the security situation in Manipur. The meeting was held as fresh violence was reported in the north-eastern state.As per a statement by the ministry of home affairs, Shah conducted a holistic review of the security situation in Manipur…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday said that NCERT had become an “RSS affiliate” since 2014. It also criticised National Testing Agency over NEET ‘grace marks’ row.In a post on X, Jairam Ramesh said, “The National Testing Agency has blamed the NCERT for the ‘grace marks’ fiasco in NEET 2024. That is only drawing attention away…
