NEW DELHI: Indian deportees from the US, who landed in Amritsar on Wednesday, recounted the ordeal of “donkey route“, which is an illegal immigration pathway, used by their travel agents to take them to the United States.From barely surviving on any food during the journey to witnessing death, Harwinder Singh, a deportee from Punjab shared…
Pariksha Pe Charcha with PM Modi. NEW DELHI: The eighth edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC) 2025 is scheduled for February 10 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, marking its largest event to date for school students of classes 6 to 12. The event is scheduled to feature distinguished personalities like Deepike Padukone, Sadhguru, Mary…
NEW DELHI: With US major General Electric promising the revised delivery of aero-engines for Tejas jets from March onwards, India plans to progressively crank up production of the much-delayed indigenous light combat aircraft and stem the rapid depletion of fighter squadrons in IAF.Tejas-manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) already has three Tejas Mark-1A “ready in the flight…
NEW DELHI: The fate of three major political players and 699 candidates is now sealed with over 60.42% (data updated at 11:30 pm) of the 1.56 crore voters of Delhi coming out to cast their votes on Wednesday for electing their representatives for the 70-member assembly in the capital.The voter turnout this year is the…
NEW DELHI: Two exit polls released on Wednesday gave BJP an edge over AAP in the Delhi assembly polls, one of the four analysed here gave the incumbent a third consecutive decisive mandate and another gave BJP an even clearer win. If the BJP does win, it will end a near three-decade drought – 27…
NEW DELHI: The blame game between AAP and BJP continued on Wednesday, with both parties accusing each other of indulging in malpractices and violating the model code of conduct.While AAP alleged BJP distributed cash and kept campaign material on polling tables in Jangpura and Kondli assembly constituencies, the saffron party claimed that fake votes were…
NEW DELHI: Directing the security forces and agencies to counter infiltration and acts of terror in Jammu & Kashmir with a ruthless approach, Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asked them to set their sights on achieving two key goals – ‘zero infiltration’ and ‘uprooting the existence of terrorists’ in the Union Territory.Chairing a…
AMRITSAR/CHANDIGARH: A US military C-17 Globemaster aircraft landed in Punjab’s Amritsar Wednesday afternoon with 104 deported Indians, grounding their ‘American dream’ that led them to stake their all in its pursuit.The Union govt didn’t rule out more deportation flights from the US, saying all repatriated citizens whose antecedents had been verified – like in the…
NEW DELHI: Punjab police on Wednesday dropped the alleged illegal immigrants deported by the US after President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.One of the deported Indian immigrants, Jaspal Singh from Punjab’s Fatehgarh Churian, claimed that the deportees were unaware that they were being taken to India and were handcuffed and in shackles.“We were not…
JIND: After US President Donald Trump deported the first batch of illegal immigrants from an army plane, families in Haryana are deeply concerned. Family members who are now filled with fear are now unable to sleep at night due to the growing anxiety and action being taken by Trump.Family members say that the children insisted…
