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File Photo: An anti-Naxal operation in progress NEW DELHI: The Chhattisgarh cabinet has approved a new ‘Chhattisgarh Naxal Surrender/Victim Relief and Rehabilitation Policy-2025’ for Maoist violence victims and to facilitate reintegration into the society of surrendered Maoists, according to an official.The policy extends rehabilitation and legal assistance to surrendered Maoists to begin afresh, the official…

NEW DELHI: India will see a generational shift in mobile broadband with 5G traffic set to overtake 4G usage in the first quarter of next year, led by the rapid expansion of the high-speed networks across the country and the fast-growing device ecosystem.According to the annual Mobile Broadband Index (MBiT) report by Nokia, while average…

Delhi HC judge Yashwant Varma NEW DELHI: Delhi high court judge Yashwant Varma has strongly denied allegations that a large sum of burnt currencyy was recovered from his official residence after a recent fire incident.In a lengthy letter to Delhi high court’s chief justice, Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Justice Varma called the claims “baseless” and “preposterous”,…

BJP held black-flag protests Saturday across 68,000 booths in Tamil Nadu to protest CM MK Stalin‘s meeting with opposition figures on delimitation of constituencies. Amid protests, state party president K Annamalai called the meeting a “political drama by DMK to divert attention of people from “corruption, deteriorating law and order and burning inter-state issues”. In…

ISLAMABAD: A shutters-down strike gripped Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan province on Saturday as clashes between protesters and security forces rocked Quetta, the provincial capital, leaving at least three dead and several injured.The unrest erupted after the arrest of Dr Mahrang Baloch, the defiant face of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), an ethnic rights group, and…

<p>CM Devendra Fadnavis<span class=”redactor-invisible-space” style=”” span”=””></span></p> NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Congress on Saturday accused the Mahayuti government of bias against a particular community and claimed that police did not allow his party’s “fact-finding” committee to visit violence-hit areas in Nagpur.Congress leader Manikrao Thakare, who is heading the seven-member committee of the party, questioned how the government…

NEW DELHI: Renowned Hindi writer Vinod Kumar Shukla was named the recipient of India’s highest literary honour, the 59th Jnanpith Award, on Saturday.The 88-year-old writer, celebrated for his poetry, short stories, and essays, will be the first author from Chhattisgarh to receive this prestigious honour. After receiving the honour, Shukla will join the ranks of…

Maharashtra CM Fadnavis (File photo) NEW DELHI: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis held a high-level meeting with top police officials on Saturday to review the recent communal violence in Nagpur triggered by Aurangzeb tomb row. Speaking to the media afterward, he warned that damages would be recovered from the rioters, adding, “Wherever required, bulldozers will also…

At the TOI Water Summit 2025, Padma Shri award-winning scientist revealed that he found “no faecal bacteria type elements in the Ganga River” that he could call “unsafe for humans” whilst conducting research at the 2025 Maha Kumbh event.The event’s first panel discussion, titled ‘Maha Kumbh 2025: Mega Water Management – A Success Story,’ featured…

TIRUPATI: Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu said non-Hindu employees working in Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) will be reassigned to other departments without hurting their sentiments. While reiterating that only Hindus should work at TTD, Naidu said employees of other faiths, and Hindus working in Christian or Muslim organisations will also be relocated. “Religious places…