New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to stop the caste Census, and slammed the petitioner for the language used in the PIL. "'Aapne apne petition me badtameezi ki bhasa likhi hai. Aapne kisse apna petition likhwaya...
New Delhi: Space agency ISRO has successfully conducted the second integrated air drop test (IADT-02) for the upcoming Gaganyaan mission at the space station in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota. The system is essential to ensure safe recovery of the crew module -- the capsule in which...
Bhopal/Ujjain: A tense rescue operation is underway in Jhalariya village of Badnagar, Ujjain district, after a three-year-old child fell into a borewell and became trapped at a depth of nearly 60 feet.The incident occurred when the child, identified as Bhagirath, who had arrived in the...
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) Chief Nitish Kumar will take oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha Friday. Both Bihar Deputy Chief Ministers Vijay Kumar Sinha and Samrat Choudhary arrived in the national capital Thursday and are likely to attend the...
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will Friday release the election manifesto of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled later this month. The BJP is describing the manifesto as the “Sankalp Patra”. HM Shah released a social...
Mumbai: A fire broke out at Terminal 1 of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai Thursday evening, and it was brought under control swiftly, officials said. The airport operations remained unaffected, and there were no casualties, they added. A short circuit caused the...
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala crossed the voter turnout of 75 per cent by 5 pm, as polling continued in 140 assembly constituencies Thursday. The crucial elections will decide whether the ruling LDF will get a straight third term, or if the UDF makes a comeback, or if...
Kolkata: Ratna Debnath, mother of the raped-murdered RG Kar hospital doctor and the BJP candidate from Panihati, filed her nomination papers Thursday. She was accompanied by senior BJP leader and former Union minister Smriti Irani and district party leaders. Speaking to reporters after filing her...
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman C. P. Radhakrishnan Thursday administered the oath to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Parth Pawar as a newly elected Member of Parliament (MP) from Maharashtra at Parliament House. Parth Pawar, 35, took the oath in English in the presence of...
Gangtok: The Army has so far rescued 135 stranded tourists from North Sikkim, where landslides have snapped road connectivity, officials said Thursday. Defence spokesman Lt Col Mahendra Rawat said that the Indian Army’s Trishakti Corps launched ‘Operation Him Setu’ to evacuate stranded tourists at Lachen...
Aakar Patel A story under this headline was reported this month: ‘No Muslim name finds place in BJP’s Bengal list’....
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre’s latest appointment of 48 babus at the joint secretary level across ministries looks routine on...
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The disruption in the supply of cooking gas (LPG) and petrol is one aspect of the economic crisis caused by...
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It is a patently false contention to tell religious leaders to mind things moral and spiritual and leave temporal or...
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