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A tragic stampede during Puri’s Rath Yatra left three dead and several injured, raising serious questions about crowd control measures during large religious gatherings.Meanwhile, ministry of external affairs firmly rejected Pakistan’s claims of Indian involvement in the recent suicide bombing in North Waziristan, calling the accusation “deserving of contempt.” In the US, Senate Republicans advanced…

Saquib Nachan, an ISIS-linked convicted terrorist, who was convicted for his involvement in 2002-03 Mumbai blast NEW DELHI: Saquib Nachan, an ISIS-linked convicted terrorist, died at Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi on Saturday while receiving medical treatment, as confirmed by Tihar Jail authorities.Nachan was incarcerated in Tihar Jail Number 1 from December 27, 2023, before…

Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor and LoP Rahul Gandhi – File Image NEW DELHI: Amidst the growing rift with the Congress Party, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday appears to have sided with the RSS-BJP over the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi’s accusation that the RSS wanted ‘Manusmriti’, not the Constitution….

CJI Bhushan Gavai has ruled out accepting post-retirement assignments. “It’s a matter of personal principle,” he said in an exclusive interaction with TOI Saturday. Gavai, who retires in Nov this year, added his focus remains on reducing over 81,000 pending cases in Supreme Court and improving infrastructure in rural courts. Source link

NEW DELHI: Less than 1% of Indian women are entrepreneurs, placing India far below the global trendline, a research paper focussed on gender gaps in entrepreneurship in India has highlighted. On the other hand, India aligns with the global pattern for men, with around 3% of working-age men (15–64 years) being entrepreneurs, which is in…

NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday extended the term of the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Ravi Agrawal by one year, an official notification said.The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the re-appointment of Agrawal, an IRS officer of the 1988 batch, as CBDT chairman for one year from July 1…

Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav Saturday ordered suspension of seven govt engineers, including two chief engineers, for the faulty design and construction of a railway overbridge at Aishbagh in Bhopal. A picture of the rail overbridge went viral on social media, triggering concerns over a sharp 90-degree turn, which netizens said posed a risk to…

NEW DELHI/PATNA: Disregarding opposition parties’ protests against its move to conduct a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar – requiring submission of citizenship proof by electors enrolled after 2003 – Election Commission has started the exercise in the state’s 243 constituencies, with 98,450 booth level officers set to conduct door-to-door verification over…

FEROZEPUR: Due to illegal encroachments in the area of about 47 km of river Sutlej from Harike Pattan to Hussainiwala Head Works, many border villages of Ferozepur come under the threat of floods every year.Three years back, when this matter reached the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the then Deputy Commissioner, Ferozepur had also summoned a…

NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Sunday dismissed claims made by the Pakistan army blaming India for a deadly suicide bombing in North Waziristan, calling the statement “deserving of contempt.”In a response issued in the early hours of the day, the MEA said, “We have seen an official statement by the Pakistan…