NEW DELHI: BJP president JP Nadda on Saturday accused the Lalu Prasad-led government of turning Bihar into “doobta Bihar” (sinking Bihar), claiming the state suffered from “jungle raj” during the 1990s. Speaking at a Bihar Diwas event organized by Delhi BJP’s Purvanchal Morcha, Nadda credited Bihar’s progress to chief minister Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister…
Rahul Gandhi meets Manipur leaders (Source: X @RahulGandhi) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi met leaders from different communities in Manipur on Saturday, as the state continues to struggle with violence. He also slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not visiting the conflict-hit northeastern state. In a post on X, Gandhi wrote, “Yesterday, I met…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday flagged that worsening treatment of minorities in Pakistan and said that the situation is “extremely disturbing.”Seconding external affairs minister S Jaishankar’s remarks, Tharoor said that the government cannot convey its concerns directly because there is no real dialogue going on between India and Pakistan.“It is a clear…
MUMBAI: The 30-year-old Bangladeshi national arrested for allegedly stabbing Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan at his house in Bandra has applied for bail, claiming that a false case has been registered against him. In a plea before the sessions court on Friday, the accused, Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad, claimed that “the first information report is…
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday launched ‘Operation Brahma‘ following a devastating earthquake in Myanmar that claimed over 1000 lives.Ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal shared images on social media platform X, announcing that an Indian Air Force C-130 J aircraft carrying approximately 15 tonnes of relief material—including tents, blankets, sleeping bags, food packets, hygiene…
NEW DELHI: At least 16 Maoists were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Saturday. Two jawans sustained minor injuries. The operation is under way in the forest of Upampalli Kerlapal area at the Sukma-Dantewada border, Superintendent of Police, Sukma, Kiran Chavan informed.A joint anti-Maoist operation by the District…
New Delhi: The poem posted online by Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi preached non-violence and love and there was nothing objectionable to initiate criminal proceedings against him, SCsaid on Friday.“No prima facie case can be said to have been made out against the appellant qua the sections invoked. In such a case, registration of the FIR…
Threatened with digital arrest since Jan, a retired govt official and his wife, both in their 80s, died by suicide at their home in Karnataka’s Belagavi late Thursday – possibly the first such deaths in the country due to the growing crime. Diego Nazareth and Flaviana had paid two fraudsters Rs 5 lakh after being…
Mumbai: After international prices of gold that rallied to above the $3,100/ounce mark for the first time, the price of the yellow metal in domestic markets rallied above the Rs 91,000/10gm mark, also a record high. Over the last few months, gold prices have been rallying due to global uncertainties emanating from the tariff wars…
SRINAGAR: With terrorists shifting their focus to the Jammu region and resorting to jungle warfare following drastic decline in their numbers in the Kashmir valley due to a strong anti-terror grid, the role of J&K police —which has lost four of its personnel in the ongoing operation in the forested Sufain area in Kathua district…
