NEW DELHI: Pakistan has invited PM Modi along with other Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) leaders for the council of heads of govt (CHG) in-person meeting it will host in October. While there is no question of Modi travelling to Islamabad, it will be interesting to see if he deputes a minister to represent India at…
DINDIGUL: The Dravidian model of governance has never been a barrier to different faiths and is benevolent to all religions, Tamil Nadu chief ministerM K Stalin said on Saturday.DMK govt was focusing on the overall development of the state, including social and other sectors; and religious places of worship should be free from any discrimination,…
NEW DELHI: A new report highlights that nearly 61% of 543 MPs in the 18th Lok Sabha possess assets valued at Rs 5 crores or more and nearly 32% of members have a dynastic background, indicating entrenched familial ties in politics. Of these dynasts, 20.9% are first-generation, 72.1% are second-generation, and 6.4% are multi-generational politicians.This…
NEW DELHI: A day after the country celebrated the first National Space Day, Tamil Nadu-based startup Space Zone India launched India’s first reusable hybrid rocket, Mission RHUMI-2024, on board a mobile platform from the TTDC Ground in Thiruvidandhai, East Coast Road, Chennai on Saturday. RHUMI-1 rocket launched three Cube satellites and 50 PICO satellites to…
SRINAGAR: BJP has positioned itself to defend the “rights granted to marginalised communities in J&K”, as a joint manifesto by the Congress-National Conference (NC) alliance for the assembly polls promised revisions and rollback of the reservation policy for ST/SC and other backward classes (OBC) instituted after the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the…
SRINAGAR: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti vowed Saturday to “completely support” the National Conference (NC)-Congress alliance in the J&K assembly polls if the partners accept her party’s agenda, primarily resolution of the Kashmir issue.Mehbooba was speaking while releasing PDP’s manifesto, which promised among other things to revoke the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami and take…
SRINAGAR: A terrorist was killed and a soldier injured in a brief firefight between security forces and terrorists in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district Saturday. A pistol, grenades and some rounds of ammunition were seized from the encounter site, police said.The gun battle erupted around afternoon when terrorists shot at security personnel during…
RAIPUR: The time has come to deal a “ruthless final blow” to left-wing extremism and liberate the country from this scourge by March 2026, Union home minister Amit Shah said in Raipur on Saturday.Shah, who arrived in the Chhattisgarh capital on a two-day tour to review security operations and development strategy in Maoist-affected states, said:…
NEW DELHI: The Union cabinet on Saturday approved internships for Class 11 and 12 science and technology students under the ‘Vigyan Dhara’ scheme of department of science and technology.The scheme has three broad components — science and technology institutional and human capacity building; research and development; and innovation, technology development and deployment.“The proposed outlay for…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP and the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that approximately 90% of the population, despite having the required skills and talents, remains disconnected from the system and that’s why there is a demand for a caste census.Speaking in an event at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, the…
