NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Monday asserted that India does not believe in being “taken-for-granted” in international relations, and that the world is realising trust and reliability alone make the foundation for good ties with the country. His remarks come at a time when Canadian PM Justin Trudeau‘s brinkmanship has pushed bilateral ties into a…
With both counties having overlapping claims in the region, sources said ‘patrolling will be done in all areas’, with a frequency of twice a month. (PTI) NEW DELHI: The India-China agreement on troop “patrolling arrangements” along the LAC, which will lead to disengagement at the remaining major faceoffs at Depsang and Demchok in Ladakh, will…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday trashed a fresh attempt to equate ‘Hindutva‘ with fundamentalism by outrightly rejecting a PIL by a 65-year-old doctor seeking to get the term, which he claimed was inimical to secular fabric, replaced with ‘Bhartiya Samvidhanatva‘.This was the third challenge in SC to “Hindutva” since 1994 when the apex court,…
NEW DELHI: “They (ED officers) should remember that there is something called Article 21 in the country (which guarantees right to life and liberty),” Supreme Court on Monday told the agency while expressing concern over the way in which PMLA was being implemented and made it clear that any high-handedness against any accused in violation…
SRINAGAR: J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah has retained Ganderbal seat and resigned from Budgam after having won from both in the recent assembly polls. Protem Speaker Mubarak Gul made the announcement Monday while administering oaths to the 90 newly elected MLAs, including Omar.Sources Omar’s move to give up Budgam would necessitate a bypoll, with Omar’s…
SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Amid grief and disbelief, two families — one from Kashmir’s Budgam district and the other from Jammu — find themselves bound by an unimaginable tragedy. What was meant to be a festive time of Karva Chauth for architectural designer Shashi Bhushan Abrol’s wife and children, and a hopeful return to routine life for Dr…
NEW DELHI: The agitating doctors decided to call off their ‘fast-unto-death’ strike after 16 days after meeting with the Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday. The meeting which was live streamed, lasted for more than two hours and witnessed discussions on several demands of the protesting doctors in RG Kar rape and murder case,…
Champai Soren (L) and his son Babulal get BJP tickets for assembly elections after quitting JMM. NEW DELHI: The BJP, which uses dynasty politics as a weapon to attack its political opponents, is facing charges of nepotism in ticket distribution in Jharkhand from its own leaders and workers. Kin of several prominent leaders, including three…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister, S Jaishankar, citing a Goldman Sachs study said that India is on track to reach a significant milestone by 2030, becoming the world’s third-largest economy.Addressing the NDTV World Summit 2024: The India Century on Monday, Jaishankar elaborated on the study’s projections, which estimate India’s economy to grow to an impressive…
NEW DELHI: With India and China reaching a significant breakthrough in their patrolling agreement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), top officials from both nations faced a barrage of media inquiries regarding the possibility of a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping during the upcoming BRICS summit in Kazan,…
