NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Thursday appealed to insurgents in the North-East to follow in the footsteps of nearly 10,500 militants who have surrendered across the region since 2014, by also abjuring the path of violence and joining the mainstream.“I appeal to all those insurgents who have not surrendered yet, to lay down…
NEW DELHI: The issue of USAID giving a grant of $21 million to boost voter turnout in India promised to snowball into major row, with US President Donald Trump saying the money was meant to influence elections and “get someone else” elected, and declaring he would share details of the funding with Modi govt. “……
Congress is facing consequences of its ‘own karma’, said MP CM Mohan Yadav in an exclusive interview with TOI’s Akhilesh Singh and Prasenjit Mund. Criticising the opposition for its devotion to a single family, he suggests it should have democratised its structure instead. Ahead of hosting an investment summit in Bhopal, Yadav exuded confidence in…
NEW DELHI: The two Class X Board exams CBSE is planning to conduct are likely to be held in Feb and May every year, allowing students the flexibility to choose their preferred schedule. CBSE is finalising its plan to introduce this schedule starting in 2026, with the draft likely to be made public for feedback…
NASHIK: Maharashtra agriculture minister Manikrao Kokate and his brother, Vijay, on Thursday were convicted and sentenced to two years’ rigorous imprisonment for securing a flat each in 1995 under the state govt’s 10% housing quota for economically weaker sections by fudging income documents. Apart from two years’ RI for each of the five offences relating…
PRAYAGRAJ: With the rush of devotees for Maha Kumbh leading to ‘unofficial’ closure of the wholesale medicine market in Prayagraj, the city is facing a crisis of medicines, including life-saving drugs, but the authorities have so far ignored the SOS messages from traders.Leader Road, which happens to be the wholesale medicines hub, falls on the…
BAREILLY: UP Police‘s special investigation team in Sambhal submitted chargesheets in six cases related to the Nov 24 violence, totalling over 4,400 pages, on Thursday. Officials said their investigation revealed that Shariq Satha, a native of Sambhal who is believed to be in the UAE, orchestrated the violence that resulted in the deaths of five…
NEW DELHI: The defence ministry on Thursday inked contracts worth Rs 1,917 crore for procurement of software-defined radios and rough terrain forklift trucks for the armed forces.The Coast Guard will get 149 software-defined radios, which will enable secure and reliable information-sharing, collaboration, and situational awareness through high-speed data and secure voice communication, under the Rs…
NEW DELHI: A full bench of the Lokpal headed by former Supreme Court judge A M Khanwilkar appears to have wasted its time in rediscovering that sitting judges of constitutional courts are public servants, for the issue had been settled by a five-judge SC bench in 1991 in the K Veeraswamy judgment.In holding that sitting…
Deportees from US cry for help from Panama hotel (Image credit: AFP) A group of about 50 Indian deportees from the US arrived in Panama on Wednesday, en route to India. According to diplomatic sources, they have been temporarily relocated to the central American country before they are deported to India in a US aircraft….
