The board approved key military projects, including a battalion camp, telecom tower and an ammunition storage facility NEW DELHI: National Board for Wildlife (NBWL), the apex body which takes calls on wildlife conservation issues, has given clearance to 11 proposals of the defence ministry to create strategic infrastructure, including telecom network and ammunition storage facility,…
Uddhav Thackeray, Rahul Gandhi. (Photo/Agencies) MUMBAI/PUNE/NAGPUR: A day after Jammu & Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah sought clarity on whether INDIA bloc had reached its expiry date, the alliance’s Maharashtra-specific version, MVA, on Friday seemed to implode into a blame game over its recent assembly election defeat.Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said that now his…
KOTTAYAM: A teenage girl has claimed she was allegedly sexually abused by around 64 people over approximately four years in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district. Police said five suspects have been arrested in this connection and a sixth is already in prison. The girl turned 18 two months ago.According to Pathanamthitta child welfare committee chairman Rajeev N,…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a podcast with Nikhil Kamath, in Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: PM Modi said the decision of US authorities to cancel his visa was taken on the basis of “falsehoods” peddled by some people and it rankled with him because it was an insult to a democratically elected govt and…
BJP headquarters in New Delhi. (File photo) NEW DELHI: Two major national political parties have continued occupying govt bungalows in Lutyens’ Delhi for their party offices, even years after building their own headquarters or getting land for the purpose, flouting norms.Though the policy specifies that three years after getting land for office or completing construction,…
NEW DELHI: Can Arvind Kejriwal sweep Delhi elections once again to score a hat-trick of victories or will a determined BJP succeed in stopping the AAP juggernaut this time around with the Congress playing a “spoiler” for the ruling party? The AAP and the Congress had contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Delhi together…
NEW DELHI: Former cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin made a strong statement as the chief guest at a college event in Tamil Nadu, saying, Hindi is not the national language of India but merely an official language.He made these comments on Thursday while attending the convocation ceremony of a private college. During the event, Ashwin asked the…
NEW DELHI: A special MP MLA court in Pune on Friday granted bail to Congress leader and leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, in connection with a defamation case. The Congress leader appeared before the court through video conferencing.The complaint was filed against the Raebareli MP Gandhi by the grandnephew of VD…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his podcast debut on ‘People by WTF‘ hosted by Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath, shared his perspective on the changing landscape of politics and the abuses faced in public life. Addressing a question on social media’s impact on politics and the advice he would offer aspiring politicians, PM Modi…
PM Modi on a podcast with Nikhil Kamath NEW DELHI: In a podcast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi engaged in a candid conversation with Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath. Reflecting on his tenure as Prime Minister, he shared insights into his evolving approach, saying, “My thinking in my third term has changed vastly in terms of vision…
