DEHRADUN: A book fair scheduled for Feb 15-16 at Uttarakhand’s HNB Garhwal University, the state’s only central university situated in Srinagar (Pauri Garwhal), has been cancelled, with organisers alleging pressure from right-wing groups for the cancellation. The event, titled ‘Kitab Kauthik’, a popular platform for book lovers which is annually organised by the group Creative…
BHOPAL: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Friday asked how CJI can get involved in executive appointments, and said it was time to “revisit” such rules. “How can, in a country like ours or in any democracy, by statutory prescription, CJI participate in selection of CBI director! Can there be any legal rationale for it? I can…
NEW DELHI: Influencer Ranveer Allahbadia, in the eye of a storm for his recent alleged offensive comments on social media, on Friday moved Supreme Court objecting to Assam Police registering an FIR against him for his unsavoury remarks despite Mumbai Police already inquiring into it.For Allahbadia, whose petition was e-filed before SC at 2.37 am,…
NEW DELHI: Nearly 36,000 children are missing without a trace across India since 2020 even though the state and central police have recovered majority of the nearly 3 lakh children who went missing in the last four years, Centre informed SC on Friday.Appearing for petitioner, senior advocate Aparna Bhat told a bench of Justices B…
CEC Rajiv Kumar (File photo) PM, Shah, Rahul to meet next week to select new poll panel chief NEW DELHI: With chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar retiring on February 18, govt has initiated the process of appointing his successor, besides appointing the third election commissioner, a vacancy that will occur after Kumar’s exit.The meeting of…
RAIPUR: Nearly a week after the Feb 9 encounter in Bijapur in which 31 Maoists were gunned down, police were yet to identify three of them. The other 28 carried a cumulative bounty of Rs 1.1 crore. Police said 17 of them were ‘senior cadres’; some were part of Maoists’ IED squad and involved in…
Bhagwant Mann (ANI file photo) AMRITSAR: Two more planeloads of Indians deported from the US are scheduled to land in Amritsar over the weekend, with the first of these flights expected around 10am Saturday with 119 illegal immigrants.The impending sorties, just over 10 days after a US military C-17 Globemaster aircraft brought back 104 deportees,…
NEW DELHI: Amid pressure from the United States, govt has slashed the import duty on bourbon whiskey from 150% to 100% and lowered tariffs on several varieties of wines.Duty on wines made of fresh grapes, and vermouth, as well as some other fermented beverages and unadulterated ethyl alcohol with 80% alcohol strength have been cut…
NEW DELHI: Alliance first or party first? For the Congress, one of the biggest dilemmas has been how to recalibrate its relationship with the regional parties which have dislodged it from power in states but are allies at the national level under the banner of the INDIA bloc. The Congress has been engaged in a…
<p>Image credit: Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on X<br></p> NEW DELHI: The Delhi CMO sent an email to social media platform X on Friday requesting the restoration of its official handle “CMO Delhi,” which was allegedly changed to “@KejriwalAtWork”. This action followed the BJP’s appeal to Lt Governor VK Saxena regarding the handle’s renaming.The CMO’s…
