NEW DELHI: DMK MP Kanimozhi on Wednesday accused Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan of “twisting facts” after Tamil Nadu government‘s letter of consent was for establishment of PM-SHRI schools was furnished amid the ongoing three-language controversy.Replying to Pradhan on a social media post on X, the DMK MP said that the letter provided by the…
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar was discharged from AIIMS on Wednesday after being admitted on Sunday due to uneasiness and chest pain. The 73-year-old was taken to the hospital around 2am and placed in the Critical Care Unit (CCU) under the care of Dr Rajiv Narang, Head…
NEW DELHI: The second batch of 266 people were airlifted back to India after being rescued from scam call centres in South East Asia. In a social media post on X, ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that Indian Embassies worked with Myanmar & Thailand governments to secure their release & facilitate their…
Jaffar Express Hijack (Generative AI image) In the autumn of 2018, Punjab-bound Jaffar Express had narrowly escaped twin blasts after Baloch rebels attempted to blow up the passenger train using remote-controlled explosive devices. The devices had exploded when the train was about 200 feet away.Tuesday’s attack isn’t an isolated incident. The train often carries personnel…
LONDON: Lalit Modi, who is wanted for criminal offences in India, has challenged Vanuatu govt’s decision to revoke the passport it had granted him and will argue his case in a court in the south-western Pacific island in person.UK sources close to Modi told TOI on Tuesday that he has filed a case in the…
NEW DELHI: An Indian startup’s commercial space surveillance satellite, capable of tracking objects as small as 5cm orbiting the Earth, was commissioned last Saturday as it captured images over South America.“Space just ran out of hiding spots,” Bengaluru start-up Digantara said in a post on X as its satellite SCOT (Space Camera for Object Tracking)…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin Tuesday described the National Education Policy (NEP) a “destructive plan of Nagpur” (referring to the RSS headquarters) and said DMK will never accept it.“Instead of bringing students into education, the NEP’s action plan is to push students out of it. I have already said that even if you…
KOLKATA: Bengal’s leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari sparked outrage on Tuesday by declaring BJP would “physically throw Muslim MLAs out of the assembly” after the party “forms the next govt” in the Trinamool-governed state that goes to polls in 2026.CM Mamata Banerjee’s party protested the remark, terming it “hate speech” and questioning Adhikari’s “mental…
BENGALURU: Karnataka’s Congress govt has ordered a probe into whether DGP (Police Housing Corporation) Ramachandra Rao had any role in the alleged gold-smuggling racket of his daughter and Kannada actress Ranya Rao. A one-man committee, led by additional chief secretary (ACS) Gaurav Gupta, will investigate the matter.Senior officers were reportedly unaware that a constable had…
Allahabad HC has warned UP authorities against using land of private citizens without acquiring them through proper legal procedures, warning of heavy penalties and recoveries from personal accounts of officials who flout the directive.A bench of Justices Manoj Kumar Gupta and Anish Kumar Gupta made the observation while ordering compensation for a Bareilly woman whose…
