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…
New Delhi: Highlighting that Manipur has been reeling under an “extraordinary crisis” for 21 months, with “hundreds” of lives lost and 50,000-60,000 people internally displaced, a parliamentary panel has recommended that the govt establish a dedicated special committee with a separate programme to address the concern of displaced women and children in the state.The department-related…
NEW DELHI: Iftar diplomacy, an annual ritual in Bihar, has become an important platform for political outreach this year as the state gears up for assembly elections amid the row over Centre’s proposed Waqf Amendment Bill. The politics over the Bill has already taken centrestage in the poll-bound state with the All India Muslim Personal…
K Annamalai (ANI file photo) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai on Friday said that the party’s central leadership will take an “appropriate call” on the shape and form of alliances for the 2026 assembly elections, aiming to unseat MK Stalin’s ruling DMK.His remarks come amid speculation about a possible revival of the…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stepped into the world of Studio Ghibli-inspired art, as the Union government on Friday shared a series of AI-generated portraits reimagining key moments from his tenure in the distinctive Japanese animation style.Sharing 12 Ghibli-style images on social media platform X, the government captioned them, “Main character? No. He’s…
NEW DELHI: The central government on Friday approved the largest-ever deal for the procurement of 156 indigenously built Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) Prachand.The decision was taken during a meeting of the cabinet committee on security (CCS).According to defence officials, the defence ministry has signed contracts worth over Rs 2.09 lakh crore in the current financial…
