GUWAHATI: A prominent private school was set ablaze in Manipur’s Jiribam district Friday amid escalating tensions in certain regions of the strife-scarred state in recent days, reports Kangkan Kalita.The attack on Blooming Flower School in Jiribam town – an area predominantly inhabited by tribal groups – came three days after NDA legislators representing Meitei, Kuki…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will visit Russia on Oct 22-23 at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the 16th Brics Summit in Kazan under the chairmanship of Russia, the govt announced on Friday.While Modi will have a bilateral meeting with Putin on Oct 22, official sources did not confirm if he…
Congress MP Manish Tewari has said intelligence agencies should be put under the parliamentary oversight, arguing if his suggestions were accepted in the past, the country would not have been in an “embarrassing position” as it is now.In a post on X, Tewari said, “Parliamentary oversight of intelligence agencies is an idea whose time has…
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) has filed a complaint with the Election Commission (EC) seeking an immediate investigation and action against violations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by the Mahayuti over issuance of 359 govt resolutions and appointment of over 50 Mahayuti supporters to 27 newly formed state-run corporations – all in a single…
NEW DELHI: Congress is pushing for a third seat to contest in the bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, after having been given two by ally Samajwadi Party. Sources said a deal could be announced on Saturday.SP snubbed the demand from Congress for five of the ten seats that are scheduled to go for voting, even though…
TOI Correspondent from Washington: The statement accompanying the indictment filed by US department of justice against former RAW operative Vikash Yadav in connection with the alleged plot to assassinate pro-Khalistan extremist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York also suggested Washington is making an example of the episode to broadcast a larger message to other nations,…
TOI Correspondent from London: The Canadian govt has been monitoring individual Indian journalists and media and has compiled and submitted a dossier of social media posts by them to the foreign interference commission as part of its inquiry into Indian interference in Canadian affairs.The report, titled “Potential Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Following PM Statement…
SRINAGAR: The opposition in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday slammed the Omar Abdullah govt’s resolution on restoration of statehood for its silence on revival of Kashmir’s special status. “Omar Abdullah’s first resolution on statehood is nothing less than ratification of the Aug 5, 2019, decision (abrogation of special status). There’s no resolution on Article 370….
ED on Friday arrested Bihar cadre IAS officer Sanjeev Hans and former Jhanjharpur MLA Gulab Yadav of RJD in connection with a money laundering case.Hans was arrested from his official residence in Patna, while Yadav was taken into custody at a resort in New Delhi. A senior RJD functionary confirmed Yadav’s arrest. During its investigation,…
MUMBAI: A day after MVA failed to resolve differences over 28 assembly seats though it reached an agreement on seat-sharing on 260, a row broke out between Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Sanjay Raut and MPCC chief Nana Patole. While Raut said Congress netas in the state “are not capable of taking decisions” and Patole maintained the…
