JAMMU: Ahead of Independence Day, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Lt Gen MV Suchindra Kumar visited forward locations of Counter Insurgency Force (Delta) in J&K’s Doda and Kishtwar districts Tuesday and exhorted officers of all ranks to maintain the tempo of anti-terror operations to ensure security of ongoing and upcoming national events in the region.In light…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury hit out at the Mamata government just as the political tussle over the Kolkata doctor rape-murder case went up a notch on Tuesday. The former Berhampore MP, while condemning the incident, accused the state government of being in a fix and wanting to help the preparator behind the…
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the investigation on Tuesday into the rape and murder of a woman doctor at a state-run medical college in Kolkata, as per officials. The agency promptly completed all necessary formalities within hours of the Calcutta High Court‘s order instructing the state police to transfer…
NEW DELHI: As the election race heats up in US, India’s external affair minister weighed in and reiterated that New Delhi is prepared to work with Washington, regardless of who reaches the oval office. Referring to last 2o years of relationship between the two democracies, the EAM said, “We have every confidence that we will…
NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Tuesday passed a resolution to organise a nationwide protest on August 22, pressing the government to establish a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to investigate allegations made by US-based firm Hindenburg Research against the Sebi chief and the Adani Group.“Today, we held a meeting with AICC general secretaries, incharges, and…
NEW DELHI: Union minster JP Nadda on Tuesday lashed out at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee‘s handling of the Kolkata rape-murder case and accused the government of conspiring to “suppress and hush” the matter. The union health minister charged that the state of West Bengal had spiraled into lawlessness and increasing “atrocities” against women,…
Despite having three laws to protect the public against false claims and misleading ads of drugs, affidavits of various state governments in the Patanjali case in the Supreme Court showed that “in most cases penalties imposed are nil” and “action taken is poor”. The court order noted that “despite the statutes being in place, the…
NEW DELHI: NEW DELHI: Delhi lieutenant governor V K Saxena has nominated Delhi home minister mini Kailash Gahlot to hoist the national flag at the state Independence Day event, according to officials at Raj Niwas. The event will take place at Chhatrasal Stadium.This decision, which overlooks several other senior government leaders, is expected to trigger…
NEW DELHI: Jagdambika Pal, a senior BJP Lok Sabha member, has been appointed the chairperson of the joint committee of Parliament that will examine the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill, according to a Lok Sabha notification issued on Tuesday. The official notification said Speaker Om Birla named Pal the head of the 31-member committee. The government…
NEW DELHI: Key congress meet led by president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday adopted resolution to hold nationwide agitation on August 22 to demand resignation of Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch following accusations by the US-based firm Hindenburg of a conflict of interest which prevented Buch from pressing charges on Adani Group.The Congress agitation on August…
