BENGALURU: Days after wine merchants alleged corruption in transfers and licence renewals in Karnataka excise department, minister RB Timmapur may be eased out of the ministry or assigned a different portfolio, and the crisis-hit department may go to chief minister Siddaramaiah.Sources indicated Tuesday that Timmapur may get a new role following tough signals from high…
NEW DELHI: IAF must keep adapting to evolving challenges while undertaking measures to make the process of capability and capacity-building more efficient and effective, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday.Addressing IAF commanders’ conference , Singh stressed the need for armed forces to focus on execution of projects in a time-bound manner to address operational…
GUWAHATI: The Assam cabinet on Tuesday approved the renaming of Karimganj district in the Barak Valley, bordering Bangladesh, as Sribhumi.Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while making the announcement, observed that it honours Tagore’s vision, who designated the current geographical area of undivided India as Sribhumi. “Over a century ago, Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore described modern-day Karimganj…
NEW DELHI: Adopting contrasting approaches to do complete justice in two matrimonial cases, Supreme Court on Tuesday told a woman seeking restitution of conjugal rights that courts cannot force a person to live with another, while in the other it ordered grant of alimony to a woman who had voluntarily deserted her husband.In the first…
MUMBAI: The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Tuesday attacked BJP over the controversy around Vinod Tawde allegedly distributing money to voters. Congress’s Rahul Gandhi said on X, “Modiji, this Rs 5 crore has come from whose safe? Who looted the public’s money and sent you in the tempo?” Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray said…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron reviewed bilateral cooperation, including in strategic areas such as defence, space and civil nuclear energy, and committed to accelerating it further with a view to reinforcing their “shared commitment to strategic autonomy” in a meeting at Rio. This was their third bilateral meeting this…
NEW DELHI: With disengagement at the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh having proceeded without a hitch, India and China focused on taking the next steps in normalising Sino-Indian ties as external affairs minister S Jaishankar met his counterpart Wang Yi in Rio on the margins of the G20 summit.According to an Indian readout, the…
Consignments of fresh hilsa, flown in from Myanmar, have taken fish-loving Kolkatans by a rather pleasant – if unseasonal – surprise. Fresh varieties of the much sought-after fish is usually sold in markets between July and October, rarely in November. Frozen hilsa, though, is available round the year.“We are getting four to six tonnes of…
VISAKHAPATNAM: If India displaced China and became the top country to send students to US universities in 2023-24, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana had a big role to play. Data from US consulate-general, Hyderabad, show that nearly 56% of Indian students who packed their bags for the US last year were from the two states –…
NEW DELHI: Jharkhand is all set for the second phase of the high-stakes battle of ballots. Voting will be held tomorrow in 38 constituencies spread across 12 districts of the state. The first phase of the Jharkhand polls was held in 43 of 81 assembly seats on November 13. Phase 2 elections will decide the…
