NEW DELHI: A top Army officer has called for a comprehensive policy on “gender neutrality” as well as a “pragmatic performance analysis” of Colonel-rank women commanding officers (COs) in the force, citing several instances of them not measuring up to requisite standards due to their lack of training for command, among other factors.Lt General Rajeev…
Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis (File photo) Sources indicated that this decision has been communicated to NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) which is comfortable with the idea of Fadnavis’s return to the office he held between 2014 and 2019 and then, briefly, for a few days in 2019. Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis (File photo) Sources…
NEW DELHI: In a reprieve for financially-crippled Vodafone Idea and the broader telecom industry, the Union Cabinet on Monday eliminated the need to submit hefty bank guarantees towards past spectrum purchases, with the relief expected in excess of Rs 30,000 crore for the various players.While a substantial part of the benefit will flow in for…
In the wake of the violence, the Sambhal District Magistrate issued a notice prohibiting outsiders, social organizations, or public representatives from entering the area without official permission. SAMBHAL: Two more people injured during Sunday morning’s violent clashes in Sambhal died on Monday, taking the toll in the incident to five. Meanwhile, seven FIRs have been…
NEW DELHI: Ending a five-decade-old debate on insertions of words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ in the Preamble of the Constitution, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Emergency-era amendment to the Preamble and said these words neither impede private entrepreneurship nor fetter govt from getting rid of obnoxious religious practices.Throwing out challenge to the 42nd constitutional…
Adani Group founder-chairman Gautam Adani, his nephew and Adani Green Energy’s executive director Sagar Adani, and others are charged with executing a $265m bribery scheme linked to the business of Adani Green Energy. MUMBAI: French oil major TotalEnergies has announced suspension of additional investments in Adani Group companies pending the resolution of US bribery allegations…
AFSPA has been at the heart of many public protests in Manipur over the years, with many residents and activists labelling it draconian and accusing it of enabling human rights abuses. GUWAHATI: Hundreds of people defied a curfew on Monday and participated in a protest march organised by civil society organisations in Manipur’s Imphal East,…
77-yr-old Mumbai woman kept under ‘digital arrest’ for a month. The complainant, a homemaker, lives with her retired husband (75) in the city while her two children are abroad. MUMBAI: In perhaps the longest ‘digital detention’ in the city by cyber fraudsters posing as law enforcers, a 77-year-old south Mumbai woman was kept under ‘digital…
The PM said he had been repeatedly urging opposition members that Parliament should function smoothly, adding that some of them agreed with him. NEW DELHI: PM Modi on Monday criticised frequent disruptions in Parliament and said those involved should reflect on their repeated rejections by the electorate but the opening day of the winter session…
UDAIPUR: A succession ceremony for Nathdwara MLA Vishvaraj Singh, the eldest son of the late Mahendra Singh Mewar, took place on Monday amidst a raging dispute over Udaipur royal family properties in Chittorgarh and Udaipur. The dispute saw Vishvaraj’s uncle, Arvind Singh Mewar, the younger brother of Mahendra Singh Mewar, place public notices in local…
