NEW DELHI: In a massive crackdown on ghost parties, the Election Commission of India on Thursday started its proceedings to delist 345 registered unrecognised political parties (RUPPs). The poll body noted that the offices of these parties couldn’t be found anywhere, adding that they haven’t contested any election in the six years.“The Election Commission of…
NEW DELHI: The moment Axiom Mission 4 successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, the Shukla household in Lucknow erupted with emotion. Asha Shukla, mother of IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, folded her hands in silent prayer as her eyes welled up with tears while watching the live telecast. Beside her, his…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Thursday launched fresh salvos against its Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor following his cryptic social media post likely directed towards the party top brass.A day after Tharoor posted an image of a bird with the caption — “Don’t ask permission to fly. The wings are yours. And the sky belongs to…
NEW DELHI: Union Jal Shakti minister CR Patil on Thursday reaffirmed India’s tough stance on the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), asserting that the move is in the nation’s interest and dismissing Pakistani warnings as empty threats.“This decision belongs to the Indian government and the Prime Minister… There is no update on the…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said Emergency was imposed to establish “parivarwaad”, or dynastic politics, and had turned the entire country into a prison.Addressing an event to mark ‘Samvidhan Hatya Diwas’, he said it was important to remember the imposition of Emergency as a “dark chapter” in the history of post-Independence India…
NEW DELHI: An encounter broke out between terrorists and the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Thursday.In a post on X, the White Knight Corps said that the Indian army and Jammu Kashmir police launched an Operation Bihali in the Basantgarh based on the intelligence inputs. “Op BIHALI Based on specific intelligence,…
NEW DELHI: The Axiom-4 crew, including India’s Shubhanshu Shukla, who is set to become the first Indian to visit the International Space Station (ISS), shared a new message from space.The crew informed that they were flying over Europe and also gave a glimpse of Earth from space. “Namaskar from Space,” Shukla greeted from the Dragon…
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish addresses the UN Security Council Open Debate on civilian safety and accountability in conflict zones. NEW DELHI: India on Thursday strongly rejected Pakistan’s remarks at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), accusing Islamabad of misusing the platform to push a “nefarious agenda” and deflect attention from…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday granted three-month furlough to Sukhdev Pehalwan, convicted in the Nitish Katara murder case, after noting that he had already spent 20 years in jail against his sentence of life imprisonment for 20 years without remission.As the legal issue is still pending before the SC on whether a prisoner, who…
NAGPUR: The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Wednesday cautioned against hate crimes and vigilantism, observing that mob violence strikes at the heart of Constitutional order. However, the court granted bail to nine persons accused in the Nagpur riots, observing their custody was not required any further, reports Vaibhav Ganjapure.The riots erupted on March…
