MUMBAI:BJP announced a list of 22 candidates on Saturday, but the suspense remained over the names for three prominent seats in the city: Borivli, Ghatkopar East and Versova. Earlier, BJP had announced its first list of 99 candidates, which included the names of most sitting MLAs. Saturday’s list brings the total to 121 so far.The…
NEW DELHI: ED Saturday carried out searches across Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Bangalore in connection with alleged black-marketing and fake ticket sales for the forthcoming concerts of Coldplay and Diljit Dosanjh’s ‘Dilluminati’.ED said FIRs have been filed in various states, including one by Bookmyshow against several suspects believed to be exploiting concert-goers. It alleges these…
KOLKATA/RAJKOT/TIRUPATI: Nearly two dozen hotels across Kolkata, Tirupati and Rajkot went into a tizzy on Saturday after emailed bomb threats that eventually turned out to be a hoax, deepening fears that the festival season menace so far aimed at flights and airports was spreading to other key sectors.In Kolkata, at least 10 major hotels —…
NEW DELHI: Govt has issued a strict advisory to social media companies such as X and Meta, warning them to take immediate action to curb the spread of hoax bomb threats targeting flights or face criminal and penal consequences under BNS and IT Act.Over the past two weeks, nearly 400 flights operated by Indian carriers…
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina Saturday said restoration of statehood was not a political issue but a policy matter, and any haste on the subject should be avoided since J&K had already suffered immensely in the past 35 years because of Pakistan sponsored terrorism.He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of…
SRINAGAR: Security forces expanded Saturday their search for three to four heavily armed terrorists believed to be behind an ambush on a military truck that resulted in the deaths of two soldiers from 18 Rashtriya Rifles and two civilian porters near Botapathri along the LoC in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district Thursday evening.Baramulla SSP Zaid Mohammed…
NEW DELHI: Government has allowed special exemption for carrying coconuts in cabin baggage for Sabarimala pilgrims for about three months. Union aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu said on X (former Twitter) Saturday: “In a move to facilitate the ease of travel for Sabarimala pilgrims, we have issued a special exemption allowing the carrying of coconuts…
NEW DELHI: India expressed deep concerns on Saturday as the crisis-embroiled Middle East witnessed Israel retaliating to Iran‘s October 1 aerial attack by launching “precise strikes ” at Tehran’s military bases.As the war-torn region remains on the brink, India urged all sides to stick to dialogue and diplomacy while urging warring nations to exercise restraint…
RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale. (PTI) NEW DELHI: The Rashtriya Swamsevak Sangh (RSS), which is ruling BJP’s ideological fountainhead, strongly backed the saffron party’s “batenge toh katenge” remark raised in the backdrop of Hindu minorities being subjected to violence in neighbouring Bangladesh that was sliced from India in 1947 partition.Emphasising the need for unity and…
NEW DELHI: An army soldier lost his life and nine others were injured after their vehicle skidded off the road and overturned in the D H Pora area of Kulgam district in the Valley, officials reported on Saturday.The accident took place during an operational move late Friday night, according to a statement from the Army’s…
