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NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress on Saturday publicly distanced itself from party MP Kalyan Banerjee and MLA Madan Mitra over their controversial remarks on the Kolkata law college gang-rape case, prompting Banerjee to hit back at the party’s statement, saying a “moral and intellectual alignment” was lacking.In an official post on X, the party said,…

NEW DELHI: Parag Jain, a seasoned intelligence officer credited with masterminding the high-stakes Operation Sindoor, has been appointed the new chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW). His appointment was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, with his two-year tenure set to begin on July 1, a day after incumbent Ravi Sinha…

NEW DELHI: The trophy for the ‘Operation Sindoor Cup’, a symbolic cricket match between Army XI and Parliament XI, was unveiled on Saturday in Kanpur. The match is scheduled to be played on June 29 at the historic Green Park Stadium to honour the success of Operation Sindoor, the Indian Armed Forces’ targeted offensive against…

NEW DELHI: A husband-wife spat reportedly turned so ugly on an Amritsar-Delhi flight Saturday and when a co-passenger tried to intervene, the man ended up having the fight with the latter too. The cabin crew then took co-passenger to business class to seat him away from the angry husband, who was handed over to security…

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday reacted to his cryptic bird post, apparently directed towards the party’s top leadership. Tharoor dismissed to talk about his reported rift with the grand old party publicly, and said that if there were issues to discuss, they would be “discussed privately”.“I am not going to get into…

NEW DELHI: The Chief Justice of India BR Gavai on Saturday supported the abrogation of Article 370 and said that in order to keep the country united, “we need only one Constitution”. He recalled when the case was brought before the Supreme Court, the five-judge bench unanimously upheld the Centre’s decision to abrogate Article 370…

A suicide bombing by the Pakistani Taliban kills 16 soldiers in North Waziristan. Prime Minister Modi makes a veiled reference to Operation Sindoor during a spiritual event, drawing strong audience reactions.Light rain brings relief to Delhi-NCR under an orange alert. PM Modi also interacts with Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla aboard the ISS as part of…

NEW DELHI: Light rainfall brought relief to parts of Delhi-NCR on Saturday, as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an ‘orange’ alert for the city, forecasting light to moderate showers accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds over the next few hours.The IMD stated that winds may reach speeds of 30 to 50 kilometres per hour,…

Tejashwi Yadav (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: RJD leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of influencing the Election Commission (EC) ahead of the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. He alleged that the Prime Minister has instructed the poll body to…

NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday appointed Parag Jain as the new Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) chief. Parag Jain is a 1989-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer known for his crucial role in the high-stakes Operation Sindoor. Jain will succeed Ravi Sinha, who is set to complete his tenure on June 30.Parag Jain is…