NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar Friday said the govt is awaiting release of 69 Indians recruited into Russian army and that in many cases there are indications that the Indian nationals were misled into joining that country’s armed forces. So far, Jaishankar said there are 91 Indian nationals recruited into Russian army. Out…
The govt on Friday told the Lok Sabha that it had no plans to bring any law regarding electoral bonds for the funding of political parties, while replying to questions on electoral bonds. The govt added it had no plans for an alternative funding proposal to the electoral bonds either, for the political parties.Trinamool Congress…
SRINAGAR: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar Friday said Election Commission was committed to holding assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir at the earliest, but the suspense over poll dates continued as he underscored that the timeline would be finalised only after a final security assessment in New Delhi.Addressing a presser in Jammu on the…
NEW DELHI: Congress functionary and Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh submitted a notice to initiate privilege proceedings against Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, on Thursday, for “misleading” the House regarding the removal of the Preamble to the Constitution from NCERT textbooks for classes III and VI students.In his letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar,…
NEW DELHI: Cabinet committee on economic affairs Friday approved eight new rail line projects across seven states, including Odisha, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar and Andhra, with an estimated cost of Rs 24,657 crore to provide connectivity, facilitate ease of travelling, minimise logistical costs, reduce oil imports and cut carbon footprint. One of the projects will provide…
The Bund Garden police registered a case of obstructing public servants, intentional insult and criminal intimidation against probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar’s father, Dilip Khedkar, based on a complaint lodged by a tehsildar at the Pune district collector’s office. Dilip Khedkar retired in 2023 as a regional officer with MPCB.On June 12 and 13, he…
In the next two years, you may be able to buy a residential plot in a new satellite township in Srinagar, which will be developed by the govt-owned National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC). The PSU on Friday said it will develop the greenfield township spread over 406 acres in the valley entailing an investment of…
PETRAPOLE: Tapan Kumar Das and his mother, who had arrived in Kolkata on Aug 4 for his medical treatment, had been spending sleepless nights, fearing their house back in Bangladesh might have been vandalised or looted since they left.On Friday, as the mother and son were walking across the Petrapole border In Bengal, Tapan stopped…
KOLKATA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) workers Nizamuddin Minto and Zakir Hossain in Dhaka were arrested on July 22. They walked out of Dhaka Central Jail on Wednesday after the Awami League government collapsed and all prisoners arrested during the month-long protests were released.While Minto works in the automobile industry, Zakir is in the cable business.Both…
DHAKA: Hundreds of Bangladeshi Hindus protested in Dhaka on Friday against violence targeted at the community since Sheikh Hasina quit as prime minister and fled the country on Aug 5.Asserting that the country “belongs to all”, the protesters, who had gathered from various parts of the country, demanded measures for the safety and security of…
