RAIPUR: After an aggressive campaign against Maoists, inflicting the heaviest toll on insurgents in any year, the Vishnu Deo Sai govt in Chhattisgarh aims to move to phase-2 for Bastar – to turn the once-battleground into a tourism destination. “Chitrakote Falls (in Bastar district) is as beautiful as Niagara. We will turn it into an…
PM Modi hails Assam Movement martyrs NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tribute on Swahid Diwas, commemorating the martyrs of the Assam Movement, by highlighting their “extraordinary courage and sacrifices”.He said efforts of the participants in the mass movement to preserve Assam’s unique culture and identity serve as enduring inspiration for the…
DEHRI (JAUNPUR): Sixty-seventy Muslims in this village in UP’s Jaunpur use Hindu surnames, claiming they have Hindu ancestry. They deny having embraced Hinduism, asserting they have no plans to do so. Naushad Ahmed is now Naushad Ahmed Dubey, Gufran is Thakur Gufran, Irshad Ahmed is Irshad Ahmed Pandey and Abdullah is Adbullah Dubey. This unusual…
NEW DELHI: French investigative news outlet Mediapart has accused BJP of “instrumentalising” its recent report for political gain.This accusation follows BJP’s claim that the US state department was involved in a plot to destabilise the Indian govt, referencing a Mediapart investigation into the funding of the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).Carine Fouteau, Mediapart’s…
HYDERABAD: In what could end the male-dominated work culture in coal mines – both underground and open-cast – the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) in Telangana has decided to allocate two coal mines exclusively for women workers in the Godavarikhani coal belt. One coal mine will be underground and the other will be open-cast.“From Jan…
NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over growing misuse of dowry harassment provision by women against her in-laws and relatives, SC Tuesday said that any complaint without specific allegation must be nipped in bud and the law should not be allowed to be misused for arm twisting tactics by a wife and/or her family, reported.A bench of…
NEW DELHI: In a significant decision, Supreme Court on Monday ruled that maintenance payable to the estranged wife and children would get priority over claims of secured, financial and operational creditors over the assets of a husband’s firm facing proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan refused…
NEW DELHI: CBI Tuesday informed SC that a request for sanction to prosecute Sandip Ghosh, former principal of R G Kar Medical College & Hospital, and Dr Ashish Kumar Pandey, is pending with Bengal governmentt since November 27, though the chargesheet against them was filed two days later.For CBI, SG Tushar Mehta submitted the probe…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh, during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, reaffirmed India’s support for Russia and highlighted the immense potential of the India-Russia partnership. Both leaders expressed confidence that their collaboration would pave the way for “remarkable outcomes” in the future.“Despite geopolitical challenges and great pressure on India, both…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met with victims of the recent violence in Sambhal in Delhi on Friday, a week after they were stopped by police from visiting the region.Congress, sharing photos of the meeting on X, said, “Today Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Congress General…
