North Sikkim’s South Lhonak glacial lake, the epicentre of the massive flash flood that ravaged the region on Wednesday, had been literally bursting at the seams after more than tripling in size from 0.42 sq km to 1.35 sq km in less than three decades. As Lhonak grew between 1990 and 2019 into a giant…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao wanted to join the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance after the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections, but he turned down the request of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supremo. At a rally in poll-bound Telangana, PM Modi said: “Let me tell you…
NEW DELHI: The Army is now going back in time to reclaim “India’s age-old wisdom in statecraft, strategy, diplomacy and warfare” to prepare for the battles of future. It has launched “Project Udbhav”, a “pioneering initiative to rediscover the profound Indic heritage of statecraft and strategic thoughts derived from ancient Indian texts”, an Army spokesperson…
KOLKATA: CRPF troopers will replace officers of Kolkata Police in the office and residential sections of the Raj Bhavan, with the Union home ministry clearing the move following a complaint that the state cops were conducting surveillance on Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose’s activities.The shuffle is the latest turn in an ongoing tussle between the…
GUWAHATI: The Manipur government extend Wednesday the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (Afspa) in the state for another six months, beginning from October 1, reports Prabin Kalita.However, it will not be enforced in areas under the jurisdiction of 19 police stations, maintaining the same status as the previous term that lasted from April to September.The…
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi on Sunday asserted that Congress will win in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana, and has a strong chance of returning to office in Rajasthan, even as he claimed that the cohesion in the opposition INDIA bloc was unprecedented and seat-sharing was pending in just some small states. He said the “BJP…
JALANDHAR: Canada‘s public safety department denounced a video message by Sikhs for Justice telling Hindus to leave the country. Public safety minister Dominic LeBlanc, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Sikh MPs Harjit Singh Sajjan and Randeep Sarai also reassured Canadian Hindus of safety. “There is no place for hate in Canada. The video is offensive…
NEW DELHI: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said that Canada shared evidence on allegations behind Khalistan leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing with the Indian government weeks ago.“Canada has shared the credible allegations that I talked about on Monday with India. We did that many weeks ago,” Trudeau told a news conference in Ottawa….
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the women’s reservation bill with near-unanimous backing, setting it on course to be cleared by the Rajya Sabha possibly by Thursday evening.It was the first time that the women’s quota bill, the Constitution (128th Amendment) Bill in Parliament’s terminology, had been put to vote in the Lok…
NEW DELHI: In a big move for women’s empowerment, the Narendra Modi government is set to table a constitutional amendment bill in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday for reserving one-third of seats in Parliament and state legislatures across the country.The decision, pushed by the Prime Minister and cleared by the Union Cabinet at a meeting…
