Canadian govt has admitted it leaked sensitive information to The Washington Post about the alleged involvement of Indian govt officials and agents in criminal activities in Canada that led to the withdrawal of Indian high commissioner Sanjay Verma and five other diplomats from the country. Canada had said it “expelled” the diplomats after India refused…
NEW DELHI: The city’s air quality turned ‘very poor’ on Wednesday, a day before Diwali, worsening from ‘poor’ a day earlier due to calm winds and high locally generated pollution, with emissions from transport the leading contributor.As per IITM’s air quality early warning system under the earth sciences ministry, the city’s air is likely to…
NEW DELHI: The Army will begin initial patrols on Thursday to a few places where its access was blocked by Chinese troops in the Depsang and Demchok areas of eastern Ladakh for the last four and a half years, in a significant development that India hopes will eventually lead to de-escalation along the entire Line…
Mumbai: Actor Salman Khan and MLA Zeeshan Siddique received yet another death threat, along with a demand for Rs 2 crore, on Tuesday morning. Two threat messages were received on the city traffic police’s WhatsApp helpline around 10am, and within hours, Worli police tracked down the sender — Bandra West resident Azam Mohammed Mustafa (56),…
SRINAGAR: At least 12 people were injured after a mob allegedly attacked National Conference’s Gurez MLA Nazir Ahmad Khan’s rally in Gujran area of Tulail in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district Wednesday. No arrests have been made so far, even as police registered a case and launched a probe.The injured were hospitalised. Three of them were…
SRINAGAR: The governing alliance of National Conference (NC), Congress and CPM along with opposition PDP announced Wednesday their decision to boycott the Union territory’s (UT) foundation day celebrations Thursday, reiterating their demand for the restoration of statehood to J&K.PDP MLA Waheed Parra questioned the rationale behind the administration’s decision to observe the UT’s foundation day,…
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday announced reverting to the traditional Nov-Dec academic calendar in the UT, reversing the LG administration’s decision to implement the March-April examination schedule.The decision will be implemented up to class 9 this year. Omar said classes 10 and above will go back to Nov-Dec calendar from…
PM Modi and Spanish President Pedro Sanchez at the the the C-295 aircraft manufacturing complex in Vadodara.(LinkedIN/ Narendra Modi) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the inauguration of the C-295 aircraft manufacturing complex in Vadodara as a transformative milestone for India’s defence and aerospace sectors. The facility, developed through a collaboration between Tata Advanced…
NEW DELHI: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi launched a fierce attack on Congress party for its allegations against Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday. He pointed to the EC’s detailed 1,642-page response to Congress’s accusations, calling it evidence of grand old party’s “vengeful pride” and “suspiciously covert” motives.Trivedi raised questions…
India and China have completed pulling back their troops from two face-off points at Demchok and Depsang in eastern Ladakh, just days after signing a patrolling pact to ease tensions along the Line of Actual Control(LAC), several media reports citing Army sources said on Wednesday. Reports said the troops of both countries have fallen back…
