NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj supremo Prashant Kishore on Saturday criticised the 35-year rule of Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar, saying that it has stripped Bihar‘s children of their school bags and replaced them with the burdens of labor. Kishor explained the significance of the school bag as his party’s election symbol, saying that education is…
Swati Maliwal pours bottle of ‘polluted water’ outside Delhi CM Atishi’s residence Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Swati Maliwal arrived at the residence of chief minister Atishi on Saturday, holding a bottle of dark water allegedly supplied to residents in Sagarpur and Dwarka. The Rajya Sabha MP voiced her frustration over Delhi’s ongoing water crisis,…
NEW DELHI: Four sanitation workers lost their lives after being struck by Kerala express near Palakkad, according to news agency PTI quoting railway authorities.The police said that the Kerala express, bound for Thiruvananthapuram, struck four sanitation workers near Shoranur Railway Station while they were clearing garbage from the railway track near the Shoranur bridge, just…
New Delhi: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Saturday dismissed Canada‘s designation of India as an “adversary” in its National Cyber Threat Assessment, adding to ongoing diplomatic tensions and implying possible state-sponsored cyber surveillance activities by India targeting Canada.Reacting to the report MEA Spokesperson Randir Jaiswal said: “We see this as yet another Canadian…
Akhilesh Yadav and Yogi Adityanath (R) NEW DELHI: The Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday responded to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath‘s recent slogan, “Batenge toh katenge,” which has sparked headlines. Yadav condemned the slogan as “negative,” claiming it reflects the BJP‘s “disappointment and failure.” He added that this slogan will be…
NEW DELHI: India has lodged a protest in the strongest terms in regards to the “absurd and baseless” references made by a Canadian minister about home minister Amit Shah, the external affairs ministry said on Saturday, adding that it also formally protested to the Justin Trudeau government regarding recent revelations that Indian diplomats in Canada…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka’s home minister, G Parameshwara, announced that all district deputy commissioners have been instructed to cease issuing eviction notices to farmers under the Waqf Act, treating revenue records as the final authority on land ownership. “The chief minister has directed all deputy commissioners to withdraw any such notices or letters. The matter is…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday refuted the claims of recent surge in terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and said that attacks in the valley have been reduced compared to the earlier times.While speaking to the media, Rajnath termed the terrorists attacks as unfortunate and added that thee security forces are giving…
NEW DELHI: The security forces on Saturday gunned down two militants after an encounter broke out in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Anantnag.This comes as the security forces and the terrorists clashed other encounters in the state. Search operations are under way on Saturday in Srinagar and Bandipora .The security forces launched a search operation in Bandipora…
NEW DELHI: In a major security breach, Air India on Saturday reported the discovery of an ammunition cartridge in the pocket of a seat on a flight from Dubai to Delhi on October 27. The cartridge was found on flight AI916 after it had landed at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, with all passengers safely…
