NAGPUR: The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court granted anticipatory bail to Nitin Bode, an insurance agent accused of promoting Naxalism and calling for an armed struggle against central govt through provocative WhatsApp messages. The court granted the relief citing absence of demonstrated intent to create unrest or immediate threat to public order.Bode, 45, was…
SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah submitted Thursday his nomination papers from Budgam in central Kashmir, choosing to contest from two constituencies in the J&K assembly elections. The day before, he had filed his papers for the family stronghold of Ganderbal, where the race intensified with some contestants apparently complicating matters for Omar.Both…
SRINAGAR: J&K Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra pushed back Thursday against allegations by BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav that former militants are assisting National Conference (NC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in their campaign for the Sept 18-Oct 1 assembly elections.“Madhav seems unaware of his party inducting ex-militants into its fold,” Karra said after…
India and Singapore upgraded bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership as PM Narendra Modi held talks with his counterpart Lawrence Wong to boost cooperation in a range of areas from advanced manufacturing and digitalisation to skills and healthcare. Four MoUs were signed, including one for establishing a semiconductor ecosystem partnership that was hailed as…
Former President and Republican candidate Donald Trump on Thursday announced that if he wins the upcoming presidential election, he plans to appoint billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk as the head of a new government efficiency commission. Speaking at the New York Economic Club, Trump outlined his vision to tackle inefficiencies within the federal government,…
NEW DELHI: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Thursday hinted at a conspiracy behind the deaths of 12 aspirants during physical tests for excise constable recruitment drive in the state as he claimed “faulty” Covid vaccines were administered to people in the state. “The Covid vaccines administered to people in Jharkhand were faulty. Its impact…
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday chargesheeted an Indian-origin UK national for allegedly playing a key role in last year’s violent protests at the Indian High Commission in London. The protests were allegedly organised to express solidarity with the chief of pro-Khalistan outfit Waaris Punjab De Amritpal Singh after the Punjab police…
WASHINGTON: An American historian dubbed the “Election Nostradamus” for getting nine out of the last ten presidential elections correct, says Kamala Harris will be the next President of the United States.Prof Allan Lichtman predicts the outcome of the US Presidential elections not on the basis of polls and surveys, but on “13 keys” he developed…
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has cancelled and withdrawn the recently published Competency-Based Medical Education Curriculum (CBME) Guidelines for 2024. According to a notice released by the Commission on Thursday, September 5, 2024, the guidelines associated with the CBME 2024 curriculum have been officially cancelled and will no longer be in effect.The NMC has announced…
NEW DELHI: Writer-activist Taslima Nasreen said on Thursday that “Islamic radicals” are trying to make Bangladesh another Afghanistan with their “anti-India, anit-Hindu and pro-Pakistan” propaganda in the country that witnessed violent protests recently.“When you brainwash youths like this, they would become a generation who are against Hindus, against India, against women and are pro-Pakistan, pro-jihad,…
