NEW DELHI: Defence ministry on Tuesday gave its preliminary approval for five military modernisation projects worth Rs 21,772 crore, which include fast attack crafts for Navy, electronic warfare suites for Sukhoi-30MKI fighters of IAF and helicopters for Coast Guard.The Rajnath Singh-led defence acquisitions council (DAC) granted the acceptance of necessity (AoN) for the procurement of…
New Delhi: Bhutan king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck will pay a day-long visit to India on Thursday, govt said in an official announcement. During the visit, the king will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. External affairs minister S Jaishankar will also call on the king.Significantly, the visit follows Chinese ambassador to India Xu…
NEW DELHI: A Congress delegation raised concerns with Election Commission on Tuesday over alleged anomalies in updation of electoral rolls and post-poll surge in electoral turnout in Maharashtra elections, leading the poll panel to respond with a point-by-point clarification on all the doubts expressed by the opposition party. The Congress delegation, comprising Rajya Sabha MP…
New Delhi: Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Amendment Bill, which seeks to create an enabling environment for investors by promoting “ease of doing business” and delinks petroleum operations from mining, was passed by a voice vote in RS Tuesday.In a post on X, PM Modi said, “This is an important legislation which will boost energy security…
NEW DELHI: Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said he does not feel like visiting Delhi due to severe air pollution here and often gives it a second thought every time before coming to the capital. Delhi’s air pollution has been an annual affair with the onset of winter, resulting in curbs on…
NEW DELHI:A soldier, who was part of ‘Operation Rakshak‘ and deployed near LOC in J&K lost his life in extreme climactic conditions, while discharging his duty in the wee hours of a chilly Jan morning in 2013 but his widow was denied Liberalised Family Pension (LFP) despite getting order in her favour from armed forces…
The ‘honorarium’ for working six to eight hours as cooks-cum-helpers in the midday meal programme has remained unchanged at Rs 1,000 per month since it was fixed in 2009. Adjusted for inflation, the value of Rs 1,000 now is just over Rs 540 per month 15 years back. The actual money they get depends on…
NEW DELHI: Differences among INDIA bloc parties became more visible Tuesday as TMC and SP refrained from joining Congress-led protests over the Adani issue in Lok Sabha.MPs from Congress, AAP, RJD, Sena UBT, DMK and Left parties, among others, raised slogans against PM Narendra Modi demanding accountability be fixed for alleged corruption by the corporate…
S Jaishankar (File photo) NEW DELHI: Disengagement with China in eastern Ladakh, including at the remaining and contentious friction points of Depsang and Demchok, has been fully achieved through a step-by-step process, setting Sino-Indian ties in the direction of “some improvement”, said foreign minister S Jaishankar in Lok Sabha on Tuesday as he briefed MPs…
Ajit Pawar (left) and Eknath Shinde NEW DELHI: Has the dynamics within Maharashtra’s ruling Mahayuti changed? Ajit Pawar‘s NCP, which had come under intense attack from several quarters, including the RSS, after Mahayuti’s dismal performance in Lok Sabha elections, seems to have moved closer to the BJP after the assembly elections. With the Shiv Sena…
