NEW DELHI: Former union health minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday announced his decision to step away from electoral politics. This comes after the BJP released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, which included dropping four sitting MPs, including Harsh Vardhan.In the first list of 195 candidates declared by BJP on…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its first list of candidates on Saturday, naming 195 contenders across the country. Among the notable mentions was the surprising selection of Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a three-time Rajya Sabha member, as the BJP‘s candidate for the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala.The Thiruvananthapuram battleground has intensified with Chandrasekhar’s…
NEW DELHI: With changing strategic priorities, the Indian Navy is set to commission a naval detachment, INS Jatayu in the Minicoy islands of Lakshadweep on March 6 in the the presence of Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral R Hari Kumar .According to officials, the new base will give Navy a strong foothold in Indian…
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NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party, led by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, on Tuesday announced its candidates for four Lok Sabha seats in Delhi and one in Haryana, which it is contesting as part of a seat-sharing deal with Congress under the banner of INDIA.AAP put its faith in three sitting Delhi MLAs to contest from…
NEW DELHI: After deploying an unprecedented 10-12 frontline warships in Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden amid continuing attacks by Houthi rebels and Somali pirates, Navy has now undertaken “airborne insertion” of additional special forces in the region.Navy on Monday said elite marine commandos (Marcos) and inflatable crafts were airdropped from a C-130 Super Hercules…
NEW DELHI: The three newly-enacted criminal laws passed during the winter session of Parliament are set to come into effect from July 1, as per a government notification.The laws – the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Act will replace the British-era Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal…
NEW DELHI: Government is set to issue Google a notice after the firm’s AI platform Gemini threw up unsubstantiated allegations in response to a query on PM Modi.Minister of state for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar took a serious view of the matter after it was flagged by a user on X. “These are direct violations of…
JAIPUR: A cashier at Punjab National Bank (PNB) is fighting for life after being shot at on Friday while thwarting two armed men from robbing its Jaipur branch which, inexplicably, did not have a guard.Narendra Singh Shekhawat (49) waged a lone battle despite multiple gunshot wounds to defend the branch on Joshi Marg and forced…
VARANASI: In the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to shower his parliamentary constituency, Varanasi, with a slew of development projects worth crores of rupees on Friday. This visit is expected to mark the official start of his campaign for the upcoming polls.During his whirlwind tour, the PM…
