New Delhi: Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit assumed charge as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff Saturday, succeeding Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh, who superannuated after 42 years of distinguished service to the nation.An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh...
New Delhi: Ahead of the INDIA bloc's rally at Ramlila Maidan, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Saturday challenged the Congress to answer a series of questions concerning past elections, the appointment of Election Commissioners, and the revision of voter lists. Taking to X, Rijiju...
New Delhi: In a bid to augment the availability of cotton for the domestic textile sector, the government Saturday extended the existing customs duty exemption on cotton imports till December 31, 2026. Through the amendment, the existing exemption, which was available until October 31, 2026,...
New Delhi: Delhi Police has put in place an extensive security and surveillance plan at Ramlila Maidan ahead of the Congress-led INDIA bloc's mega rally scheduled for November 1, anticipating a large turnout and significant movement of political leaders and supporters. The security arrangements include...
Panchkula: In a horrific incident that has shocked people in the country, a six-year-old student was allegedly brutally assaulted by a Class 3 student at a government school in Haryana's Panchkula, officials said Saturday. The incident, that was captured on CCTVs present in the classroom...
Dhaka: A Bangladesh opposition leader has warned against any move to facilitate an Indian transit corridor through the country and called for a fair water-sharing agreement with New Delhi ahead of the expiry of the Ganges treaty in December, according to local media reports. National...
New Delhi: The Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI) Saturday wrote to INDIA Bloc leaders, including Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, urging them to reconsider the decision to...
Thiruvananthapuram: Keralam Chief Minister V D Satheesan will participate in the INDIA bloc's 'Chalo Dilli' protest in New Delhi Saturday to defend democracy and the Constitution and raise concerns over alleged voter list irregularities. In a post on X, Satheesan said he would join lakhs...
Bhopal: Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, the BJP's nominee for the November 12 Rajya Sabha by-election in Madhya Pradesh, filed his nomination papers Saturday in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and BJP state president Hemant Khandelwal. Puri (74) reached the state Assembly...
United Nations: India has asked the Human Rights Council to continue giving "sustained attention" to the threat of terrorism, which poses one of "the gravest threats" to human rights. "Terrorism remains among the gravest threats to the enjoyment of human rights, above all, the right...
The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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By Dilip Cherian The litany of extensions continues. The latest is Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, whose tenure the Modi...
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The angry young generation is rising in protest in India, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Poland and Serbia, to name a...
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