NEW DELHI: The United States on Friday said that it continues to expect accountability from India regarding the alleged involvement of an Indian government employee in an attempted assassination of a US citizen on American soil last summer, according to a US official.“We continue to expect accountability from the Government of India, in relation to…
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that the government is planning an Enforcement Directorate raid on him following his recent ‘Chakravyuh speech’ in the Parliament during the discussion on the Union Budget. The Congress MP said he will wait for the central probing agency with open arms after ED ‘insiders’ informed…
NEW DELHI: Hours after the government of Kerala imposed a gag order on scientific community in the state barring them from visiting the landslide zone in Wayanad and sharing their views with the media, the Pinarayi Vijayan government decided to withdraw the order with “immediate effect”.The government clarified that the notification issued was not meant…
NEW DELHI: Rainfall in the second half of monsoon season (August-September) is most likely to be ‘above normal’ as there is strong possibility of formation of La Nina conditions by the end of this month, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday.Though Aug may see a short break in the monsoon phase towards the middle…
GUWAHATI: Several displaced Meitei people living in a relief camp in the valley region of Manipur were wounded in a clash with police during a rally, organised in Imphal Thursday to demand their right to return home in the India-Myanmar border town of Moreh in Tengnoupal district.These people were displaced 15 months ago due to…
NEW DELHI: University Grants Commission (UGC) announced on Thursday that central universities have the option to conduct their own entrance exams or admit students based on marks in the qualifying exam if seats remain vacant in undergraduate and postgraduate courses after admissions through Common University Entrance Test (CUET). It emphasised that CUET scores will remain…
MUMBAI: In a win for the scientific community, the finance ministry has rolled back a customs duty hike levied on lab chemicals. In the recent Union budget, government had hiked customs duty on laboratory chemicals from 10 per cent to 150 per cent , throwing research budgets astray.TOI, on July 31, had reported that customs…
BENGALURU/NEW DELHI: In a dramatic U-turn, JDS on Thursday announced it will join BJP padayatra from Bengaluru to Mysuru, after the saffron party’s top brass moved quickly to pacify the regional outfit’s Karnataka chief, HD Kumaraswamy.The 7-day padayatra, to begin from August 3, was called to press for a CBI probe into the alleged MUDA…
KOZHIKODE: Aranikkal Azeez walked into what was once a classroom at govt vocational higher secondary school in Meppadi – 16km from Mundakkai, a town uphill where a gushing wall of water, mud and stones buried all in its path early Monday. The room, typically filled with the chatter of students, had transformed into a temporary…
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday summoned the Sri Lankan acting high commissioner and registered a strong protest over the collision earlier in the day between a Lankan navy vessel and an Indian fishing boat that left an Indian fisherman dead. Another Indian fisherman was reported missing after the collision.Indian government expressed shock and anguish at…
