NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in a cleanliness drive at a school on October 2, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Swachhata campaign. Engaging with schoolchildren, he urged citizens to join the initiative and strengthen the spirit of ‘Swachh Bharat.’Coinciding with the 155th Gandhi Jayanti, PM Modi will also attend the Swachh Bharat…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday strongly defended India’s right to respond to US political leaders’ comments about Indian democracy during an address at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. In a pointed message, he said the US should not “feel bad” if India comments on their internal affairs in response.In a…
NEW DELHI: Summer monsoon, which ended on Monday in the ‘above normal’ category after recording nearly 8% higher than normal rainfall, is likely to fully withdraw from the country by mid-October and the winter monsoon will set in around the same time (by Oct 17) in the southeast peninsula, the IMD said on Tuesday. It…
NEW DELHI: After security checks on CCTVs, govt may expand the “trusted source” mandate to other segments – including smart meters, parking sensors, drone parts and even laptops and desktops – as it seeks to address growing concerns over Chinese imports and fears of threat following vulnerabilities noticed in the pager supply chain that was…
NEW DELHI: Ladakh-based climate activist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk and over 170 people, who were on way to the national capital as part of their Delhi Chalo Padyatra demanding sixth schedule status for the UT, were detained by Delhi Police at the Singhu border on Monday night for allegedly “violating prohibitory orders”. Wangchuk and…
NEW DELHI: The situation along the Line of Actual Control is “stable but sensitive and not normal”, Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi said Tuesday, stressing the armed forces “are operationally fully prepared to deal with any contingency” till China restores the status quo in eastern Ladakh as it existed before April 2020.“With China, you have…
Mahatma Gandhi, or Bapuji as I call him, was my grandfather. I lived with him till I was 19. This year, I turn 95 and I feel an urgency to pen my thoughts on PM Modi and Gandhiji. Generations to come may want to know the views of a family member of Gandhiji who, as…
VARANASI: All nine cops posted at Gursandi police outpost in Uttar Pradesh‘s Mirzapur district were suspended Tuesday after a 30-year-old man was shot dead in a group clash following a dispute over a donation box placed for collecting ‘bhandara‘ (community feast) funds for a local temple. Mirzapur superintendent of police Abhinandan suspended the cops, including…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court said Tuesday that it will soon frame guidelines on bulldozer action which will apply across the country and to all communities. It added that under these rules, there would be no restriction on govt authorities taking action against encroachers of public land, which can be done without prior notice. Even states…
NEW DELHI: As polls in Jammu and Kashmir wound up with no major law and order incidents, higher participation by candidates and better turnouts as compared to 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Election Commission claimed to have delivered on its promise of ensuring democratic resurgence in the Union Territory.While the first phase of polling on Sept…
