KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee refused to accept SC’s ruling Thursday that upheld the cancellation of over 25,000 teaching and non-teaching jobs due to fraud in the state’s school recruitment process. She said transferring the affected staff would have been a more just solution.“I have a question here. If the only consequence after crores are…
SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah has convened a meeting Friday to discuss growing tensions over lieutenant-governor (LG) Manoj Sinha’s recent transfers of officers, the first time he will examine and debate an administrative decision taken by the Centre-appointed authority.The bone of contention emerged Tuesday when Sinha ordered transfers of 48 Jammu Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS)…
JAMMU: Security forces launched a manhunt Thursday using drones and military dogs in J&K’s Udhampur district after reports that armed men were spotted near the border with Kathua district. The search follows the March 24 gunfight in which five Pakistani terrorists killed four policemen in Kathua. Two terrorists were killed, but three managed to escape.The…
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday called on the BRICS group of nations to unite on the ‘Baku to Belem Roadmap’ to mobilise $1.3 trillion annually by 2035 for achieving climate action goals. The group, which earlier comprised Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, now has 11 countries as its members, collectively negotiating for climate…
Nitesh Rane (ANI file photo) NEW DELHI: Maharashtra minister and BJP minister Nitesh Rane on Thursday said that his party aims to turn Pakistan into a “Hindu Rashtra.”Posting on X, Rane responded to Shiv Sena (UBT) leader’s recent claim that Union home minister Amit Shah wants to make India a “Hindu Pakistan.” “But we want…
BENGALURU : The Axiom-4 mission (Ax-4), which will be piloted by India’s Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station (ISS) some time in May or early June will have a research complement of around 60 scientific studies, including seven from India.Revealing these details, Axiom Space — Ax-4 is Axiom’s fourth private astronaut mission…
NEW DELHI: Senior JD(U) leader Mohammed Qasim Ansari has resigned from the party and all his posts on Thursday, citing disappointment over JD(U)’s stance on the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024. In a strongly worded resignation letter to party leader Nitish Kumar, Ansari expressed deep dismay, stating that the party’s position had shattered the faith of…
BJD national Spokesperson, Sasmit Patra NEW DELHI: The Biju Janata Dal changed its stance on Thursday and told its party members to exercise their conscience in the interest of justice, harmony, and the rights of all communities in Rajya Sabha while giving their votes for the Waqf Amendment Bill. After the Lok Sabha, the bill…
Giriraj Singh (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Union minister and senior BJP leader Giriraj Singh launched a sharp attack on Congress on Thursday over the Waqf Amendment Bill, invoking a Hindi proverb to criticise the party’s past actions.“There is a saying, ‘100 choohe kha kar billi Haj ko chali.’ Congress party‘s history has been dark, there…
Representative image (Agencies) NEW DELHI: Airlines received 24 hoax bomb threat calls this year till March 25, the government said on Thursday. Citing data from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), minister of state for civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol said a total of 836 hoax bomb threats were received by airline operators since 2022…
