NEW DELHI: The Congress and BJP engaged in a war of words after Congress MLA Vijayanand Kashappanavar accused the BJP of preparing a list of 55 Congress legislators who would face ED or CBI raids if they refused to join the saffron party.Congress MLA Vijayanand Kashappanavar accused BJP of planning to topple the government in…
S Jaishankar and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng External affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, who is on his first China trip in five years, met Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Monday, and expressed confidence that the two neighbours would maintain the positive trajectory of the recent improvement in their bilateral ties.“Pleased to meet Vice President…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways will install CCTV cameras in all its 74,000 coaches and 15,000 locomotives to enhance safety, the national transporter announced on Sunday. The cameras will be installed in the common movement area, near the doors, of coaches to ensure no breach of privacy of passengers.In a statement, the ministry said every…
A female ‘kanwariya’ carrying water from the Ganga river during her pilgrimage in the holy month of ‘Shravan’ in Haridwar. NEW DELHI: A petition has been filed in Supreme Court challenging Uttar Pradesh government’s directive to shopkeepers to put up QR codes at their eateries along the route of Kanwar Yatra, which could be scanned…
Nikita had a miraculous escape on the night of June 30 when a flashflood, triggered by a cloudburst, struck Talwara village in HP’s Mandi district. KULLU: It does take a village to raise a child. An 11-month-old baby was left all alone when her parents and grandmother were swept away in flashfloods following a cloudburst…
BHUBANESWAR: The 20-year-old student posted on X days before setting herself on fire outside her college in Balasore that she would end her life if no action was taken against a faculty member she accused of sexual harassment.She created the account in June and on July 1 shared a copy of her complaint to the…
NEW DELHI: In a special message read out at a day-long conference organised here to mark his 90th birthday, the Dalai Lama said “we Tibetans” are deeply indebted to the govt and people of India for the warm hospitality they have shown since 1959, even as he indirectly questioned China’s claim over Tibet.The Tibetan spiritual…
Mumbai: The heirs of Partition, who were displaced from their homes for a second time, are finally experiencing a modicum of relief. Residents of 19 Mhada buildings in GTB Nagar near Sion, which were declared dilapidated and demolished by BMC in 2020, see a ray of hope with the sanction of the redevelopment proposal. These…
Horrific tales of the next of kin who were given jobs emerged, ironically, on a date opposition parties in the UT want designated ‘Martyrs’ Day’ (Picture credit: ANI) BARAMULLA: As the J&K government dismantles the terror ecosystem by going after terrorists and overground workers (OGWs), it has embarked on a parallel journey to honour, compensate…
Pune: A 29-year-old Vashi resident has been arrested by Pimpri Chinchwad police in connection with cheating and blackmailing people via fake loan apps, which he allegedly executed on instructions of handlers based in Singapore. The arrest throws open a pan-India loan fraud scam.Accused Isaki Thevar, a loan recovery agent, has been duping people through at…
