NEW DELHI: India is learnt to have tested a nuclear-capable submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), designed for a strike range of 3,500-km, from the newly commissioned nuclear-powered submarine INS Arighaat on Wednesday, reports Rajat Pandit.There was, however, no official word on the missile test that took place off Visakhapatnam in the Bay of Bengal in the…
NEW DELHI: The measure of hunger used in the Global Hunger Report-2024 index is “flawed” and doesn’t reflect India’s true position, govt told LS on Wednesday, while asserting it is making serious efforts to address the issue of malnutrition. India has been ranked 105 out of 127 countries in the study released by Concern Worldwide,…
Congress MP Hibi Eden (L) confers with BJP MP and Waqf Amendment Bill JPC chairman Jagdambika Pal at Parliament House on Wednesday NEW DELHI: After protests by opposition members on the panel, the Joint Parliamentary Committee scrutinising the Waqf (Amendment) Bill passed a resolution seeking extension of time for presentation of its report till the…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would direct persons accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to give an undertaking that they would not seek adjournments as a condition to grant them bail, in order to ensure they do not misuse the liberty by resorting to delaying tactics in trial…
Asked if he was disappointed that he would not get a second term, Shinde said, “There is no such thing. You must remember BJP supported my tenure as CM.” Outgoing Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said he would not be an obstacle to govt formation and would accept any decision taken by PM Narendra…
NEW DELHI: Strongly denouncing the arrest of Iskcon priest Chinmoy Krishna Das in Bangladesh, senior members of the organisation on Wednesday demanded the Indian and Bangladeshi govts intervention for his immediate release, while also strongly condemning a Bangladeshi SC lawyer dubbing it a radical fundamentalist outfit.“It is outrageous to make baseless allegations that Iskcon has…
NEW DELHI: Launching a nationwide campaign- “Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan” with the aim to free the country of the menace of child marriage, minister for women and child development Annpurna Devi on Wednesday highlighted that available data shows that about two lakh child marriages were prevented in the past one year.“In our country today,…
Supporters of the former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), stop traffic along a road during a protest demanding the release of Khan, in Islamabad. (Reuters) ISLAMABAD: At least eight supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were killed and dozens of others injured in Islamabad following what the party said was a sweeping…
The 4-day protests against the proposed ropeway project in Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Katra town in Jammu’s Reasi district were suspended on Tuesday after talks between the government and the protesters. JAMMU: J&K Police registered an FIR against eight people Tuesday for provocation and instigating violence, a day after protests against the proposed ropeway…
NEW DELHI: A probe into a 15-year-old boy’s suicide revealed that a 26-year-old sales executive allegedly committed sexual assault and harassed him, according to Pune Police on Wednesday.“The investigation showed that an unidentified person had sent messages to the boy threatening to make his photos and videos public. Police tracked down the accused,” a police…
