NEW DELHI: At least 25 people have been hospitalised after a major fire broke out in Bihar‘s Aurangabad district at 2.30 am on Saturday. The blaze reportedly occurred after a short circuit led to a gas cylinder blast while a family was preparing food for Chhath Puja in the early hours of the morning. As … Read more
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Friday highlighted the improvement in security scenario in troubled ‘hotspots’ under the Modi government. He said youths once linked with pelting stones in Kashmir were now contributing to its development as elected local representatives, special powers to armed forces in NE had been replaced with special powers to … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Indian government will continue to buy oil from wherever it has to and has a moral duty to provide energy to its citizens, Union minister of petroleum and natural gas Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday, asserting that no country has told India to stop buying oil from Russia. “India will buy … Read more
NEW DELHI: India abstained a UN Security Council resolution introduced by the United States and Albania condemning Moscow’s proclaimed annexation of parts of Ukraine, citing the “totality of the evolving situation” as the reason for abstention. The resolution on “Illegal So-Called Referenda in Ukraine” failed to get adopted as Russia, as expected, vetoed it. It … Read more
NEW DELHI: Following reports of fake job rackets from Myanmar and Thailand, the government on Saturday issued an advisory asking Indians not to get entrapped in such fake offers being floated through social media sites or other sources. According to the government, instances of rackets offering lucrative jobs to entice Indian youths for the posts … Read more
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency on Thursday morning launched a massive nationwide search operation against groups, including PFI, and individuals allegedly supporting terrorists, officials said. In the “largest ever investigation till date”, the searches are taking place at the premises of those allegedly involved in terror funding, organising training camps, and radicalising people … Read more
[ad_1] NEW YORK: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday held several bilateral and multilateral meetings as he began his hectic diplomatic week at the high-level session of the UN General Assembly here. Jaishankar, who arrived here Sunday, began the UNGA meetings with the India-CELAC Quartet. A statement issued after the meeting said India-CELAC (Community … Read more
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu has reached London where she is scheduled to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and offer condolences on behalf of the Indian government. The President had left for London on Saturday. Queen Elizabeth II, who died aged 96 at her summer residence Balmoral Castle in Scotland on … Read more
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday resigned from all positions including primary membership of the party. In a letter addressed to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Azad alleged after Rahul Gandhi was appointed vice-president of the party in 2013 all senior and experienced leaders were sidelined and “inexperienced sycophants” started running … Read more
[ad_1] Article 82 of the Indian Constitution mandates that after every census, a delimitation exercise should be carried out to redraw boundaries of assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies. For this, Parliament should enact a Delimitation Act every 10 years, following which a commission is formed to conduct the exercise. But this has not happened in … Read more
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday asked the directors general of police (DGPs) of border states, particularly West Bengal and Bihar, besides Jharkhand to keep special vigil on demographic changes taking place in their regions. Speaking at the concluding session of a two-day National Security Strategies Conference, Shah stressed on national … Read more