‘Will you take a sip from Yamuna?’: Akhilesh Yadav challenges Yogi Adityanath after UP CM targets Kejriwal | India News – The Times of India

Akhilesh Yadav and Yogi Adityanath (File photos: PTI) Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday took a veiled jibe at Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, questioning if he could sip water from the Yamuna river in his own state, specifically in Mathura.The remark followed Yogi Adityanath’s criticism of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal regarding the…

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One killed, several feared trapped in Maharashtra ordnance factory explosion | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: A person was killed while 10 people are feared trapped in a blast at an Ordnance factory in Maharashtra’s Bhandara district on Friday.According to PRO defence Nagpur, the rescue and medical teams are deployed for survivors and rescue is underway.District collector Sanjay Kolte said the explosion occurred around 10:30am in Jawahar Nagar area…

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Watch: Farooq Abdullah joins in singing ‘Sherawaliye’ bhajan at Katra | India News – The Times of India

Farooq Abdullah (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference supremo Farooq Abdullah on Thursday joined a group of singers to perform the devotional song, “Tune Mujhe Bulaya Sherawaliye, Main Aaya Main Aaya Sherawaliye.”The NC leader was attending a religious event at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine at Jammu’s Katra. He…

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Unwelcome office behaviour is sexual harassment, says Madras high court | India News – The Times of India

CHENNAI: Giving more teeth to the definition of sexual harassment at the work place, Madras high court has held that the “act” is more important than the “intention” behind the act.“Unwelcome behaviour at the workplace is sexual harassment irrespective of the harasser’s intent,” JusticeR N Manjula said. “If something is not received well, and it…

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Saif Ali Khan stabbed: ‘I’ll raise Shariful’s false arrest as ‘diplomatic issue’, says father of accused | India News – The Times of India

KOLKATA: Father of Shariful Fakir, the illegal Bangladeshi immigrant arrested by Mumbai police for allegedly stabbing actor Saif Ali Khan during a burglary attempt at his Bandra home, claimed that police have framed his son. He said Shariful is not the person shown in the video from the initial CCTV footage released the day after…

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Foreign secretary Vikram Misri to visit Beijing on Jan 26-27 for dialogue to revive ties | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Amid signs of improvement in ties with China, India Thursday announced that foreign secretary Vikram Misri will visit Beijing on Jan 26-27 for a meeting of the foreign secretary-vice minister mechanism between the two countries.This will be the second high-level visit from India after NSA Ajit Doval travelled to Beijing last month for…

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Defence ministry to hold talks with Mazagon Docks, German co for 6 submarines | India News – The Times of India

New Delhi: India has moved a step closer to finalising the long-pending mega project to acquire six new diesel-electric submarines for the Navy, with the opening of the commercial bid submitted by the Mumbai-based Mazagon Docks (MDL) in partnership with German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS). The defence ministry will now begin techno-commercial negotiations with…

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