NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi was conferred Nigeria’s Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on Sunday, making him the second foreign dignitary after Queen Elizabeth to receive the honour, which, he said, symbolised the bond between India and Nigeria as well as their collective commitment to democracy, development, and mutual prosperity.GCON, the…
BELDANGA: The internet was shut down in Murshidabad and Jangipur police district, including in areas like Behrampore, Salar, Domkal, Jangipur and Samsherganj, and prohibitory orders were issued in some parts on Sunday after tension between two groups in Murshidabad’s Beldanga led to clashes from Saturday night.Seventeen people were arrested for the violence. West Bengal Police…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin continued attacks Sunday on AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, saying the state’s leader of opposition “might merge his party with BJP” if there was another income tax search targeting his colleagues.Udhayanidhi recalled that three months ago, EPS had categorically ruled out an alliance with BJP for the…
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday hit out at PM Narendra Modi saying that since ‘Modi ki guarantee’ was not working, the PM had been forced to ask for votes in Balasaheb Thackeray’s name in Maharashtra. Accusing the MahaYuti govt of trying to bring “Adani ki sultani (Adani’s rule)” to the state,…
RANCHI: In a last-ditch effort to woo adivasi voters, Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren Saturday night said he would institute the state’s highest award after tribal icons Bhagwan Birsa Munda and Sido-Kanhu if his alliance wins the assembly elections.Ahead of the second phase of polling on November 20, Soren’s announcement came a day after Prime…
JAIPUR: Right-wing groups protesting what they termed “promotion of jihadist and Maoist ideologies” forced the organisers of 9th Udaipur Film Festival – featuring screenings dedicated to the children of Palestine and the late DU professor G N Saibaba – to hurriedly shift the event from an auditorium to a makeshift tent on Saturday.The fracas on…
HYDERABAD: An assistant professor from Government Medical College in Telangana’s Khammam, responsible for preventing ragging at the hostel, faces heat for getting a first-year student’s head tonsured to defuse a fight between seniors and juniors over his hairstyle on Tuesday.Health minister Damodar Raja Narasimha on Sunday ordered officials to enquire into the incident and advised…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The survivors of Chooralmala-Mundakkai landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad are planning to intensify their protests after RBI refused to instruct banks to waive their loans. Many of them have no jobs or income to repay loans taken from public sector and private banks, and NBFCs.A citizens’ collective called “Volunteers of Chooralmala Relief Centre” met with…
NEW DELHI: Nearly 28% of grains supplied by Food Corporation of India (FCI) and state governments never reach the intended beneficiaries and the economic loss to the exchequer is estimated to be more than Rs 69,000 crore, a paper by an economic think tank has revealed and called for urgent reforms of the system.Analysing data…
ISLAMABAD: Amid a ban on unregistered virtual private networks (VPNs) across Pakistan — allegedly aimed at preventing their use by militant groups for financial transactions and violent activities — Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has launched a registration process for companies and freelancers to use their VPNs.The nationwide ban, imposed on interior ministry’s direction on Friday,…
