AYODHYA: A three-member BJP delegation on Sunday met the 12-year-old rape survivor and her family members here, and urged the state government to raise the compensation to the girl’s kin from Rs 5 lakh to 25 lakh.Rajya Sabha MP Sangeeta Balwant Bind, who was part of the delegation, said her blood boiled when she heard…
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav launched a fierce attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, accusing the ruling party of politicizing the Ayodhya rape case for electoral gain. Yadav alleged that the BJP is orchestrating a conspiracy to tarnish his party’s reputation with an undemocratic and unconstitutional approach.“The Bharatiya Janata…
Starting August 1, 2024, new FASTag regulations have been implemented by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to enhance toll collection efficiency and reduce congestion on roadways. These changes are crucial for all FASTag users to comply with by October 30, 2024, to avoid inconveniences at toll plazas.New FASTag regulations: Key changesKYC updates: FASTags…
PATNA: Political strategist-turned activist Prashant Kishor has said that the people of Bihar are fed up with the JD(U), BJP and RJD and on October 2, they will float a new political party to end this ‘vicious cycle’. Prashant Kishor was speaking in Patna after a function of the ‘Jan Suraaj’ campaign he had launched…
The ongoing gender row in boxing at the Paris Olympics continues to make headlines, despite the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stepping in to support the two athletes at the center of the controversy—Algeria’s Imane Khelif (66kg welterweight) and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting (57kg featherweight). Both boxers have now advanced to the semi-finals, securing medals in their…
“Why not you!” That’s what Noah Lyles tweeted after being crowned the new men’s 100m Olympic champion in Paris in the most dramatic sprint in the history of athletics. A five thousandths of a second separated USA’s Lyles and Kishane Thompson of Jamaica as both clocked 9.79 seconds in the first such wind-legal 100m race…
BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi NEW DELHI: Former minority affairs minister and senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has urged the Waqf system to move beyond its “touch-me-not” syndrome, following the government’s plan to introduce a Bill to amend the 1995 law governing Waqf boards. This amendment aims to ensure more accountability and transparency in…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday took suo moto cognisance of the deaths of three civil service aspirants due to flooding of a coaching centre basement in Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar last month. The bench, comprising Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan, issued notices to the Centre and Delhi government and sought responses from…
Representative image The Indian diamond market is looking at a big opportunity to add a new shiny feather to its already glittering cap. India is positioning itself as the world’s largest producer and exporter of lab-grown diamonds (LGDs), leveraging a significant drop in prices and undercutting global competitors with more affordable production methods, ToI reported…
NEW DELHI: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti alleged that she was placed under house arrest on the fifth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Mufti said that the party office had been locked amid heightened security measures. “I have been placed under house arrest while the PDP…
