New Delhi: INDIA bloc will hold a "public impeachment" of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar Friday, with former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar chairing the proceedings, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge moving the "motion" and former party chief Rahul Gandhi making the concluding remarks. INDIA bloc...
Atlanta: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar arrived in Atlanta to join G20 foreign ministers Friday for a two-day meeting that the US says will focus on energy, supply chains and keeping sea lanes open, issues that weigh heavily on India’s oil, LNG and fertiliser imports....
New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled to launch its GSLV-F18/NVS-03 mission at 11.51 pm Friday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC SHAR) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Announcing the launch schedule on X, ISRO said, “Launch Day! The GSLV-F18/NVS-03 Mission is...
United Nations: As threats to maritime security emerge from new technology, India has urged international cooperation to counter them and said it would be a priority for it in pursuing election to the Security Council. "India has identified AI (artificial intelligence) and maritime security as...
New Delhi: Former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar will chair the INDIA bloc's "public impeachment" of the CEC October 30, with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge initiating the proceedings and former party chief Rahul Gandhi making the concluding remarks before the 'motion' is adopted, sources said...
Thiruvananthapuram: Keralam Public Works Department (PWD) Minister PK Basheer Thursday said a preliminary inquiry by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) ordered in connection with allegations of corruption in a road project undertaken two decades ago when Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar was the...
Lucknow: The BJP won six of the 11 seats in the Uttar Pradesh legislative council elections while the Samajwadi Party emerged victorious in five, including two seats in Varanasi, as results of two pending seats were declared officially Thursday afternoon. Both the seats went to...
New York: Three news outlets have beefed up their legal complaint against the White House over access, saying it is continuing to defy a judge's orders by refusing to let them return to covering President Donald Trump in the Oval Office and on Air Force...
Washington: Indian American Congressman Ro Khanna called for abolishing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while his Republican challenger Ritesh Tandon pressed for ending country caps on green cards, in a debate between the two Indian American candidates for California’s 17th Congressional District. The roughly 50-minute...
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant Thursday said opposition from bar associations had stopped the Supreme Court's attempt to bring retired judges back to high courts as ad hoc judges to battle the pendency of cases. "Chief Justice Bobde, Justice Kaul and my...
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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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