Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Delhi Police’s special cell questioned some members of the publishing team at Penguin Random House India on Thursday in connection with the alleged leak of former Army chief General (retd) MM Naravane’s unpublished memoir.The interrogation, which came a day after investigators issued notice to the publishing firm, lasted two hours. There could be another round...

Spread the love       Tarique Rahman DHAKA: Tarique Rahman-led BNP was cruising to the halfway mark of 150 – winning 120 of the 300 parliamentary seats and leading in 55 more – leaving behind its rival and Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, on Thursday, as counting was under way after Bangladeshis voted in the first national election since the 2024 ‘July...

Spread the love       Rohit Sharma warns Team India ahead of T20 World Cup clash against Pakistan (Photo by PTI and AP) NEW DELHI: Former India captain Rohit Sharma has warned Team India not to take their high-profile T20 World Cup 2026 clash against Pakistan lightly, even though they are favourites on paper. India face Pakistan on February 15 at the...

Spread the love       (Photo: PTI) NEW DELHI: Ahead of assembly elections in Kerala, PM Narendra Modi delivered a pep talk to party members recently elected to the state’s local bodies and asked them to build up its agenda of good governance and deepen its connect with the masses, asserting that voters are fed up with the ruling LDF and main...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday told Supreme Court that normalcy returned in the UT of Ladakh after the detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and the decision to take him into custody proved to be right and justified. Additional solicitor general (ASG) K M Nataraj told a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P B Varale...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Potholes claimed 9,438 lives over five years, from 2020 to 2024, according to govt data. Uttar Pradesh alone reported 5,127 of these fatalities, more than half of all pothole-related deaths, while more than half a dozen states and UTs, including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, and Chandigarh, reported “zero” road crashes, injuries, or deaths under this...

Spread the love       Dornier aircraft NEW DELHI: Giving a push to ‘Make-in-India’ initiative, the defence ministry on Thursday inked a Rs 2,312 crore contract with defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for production of eight Dornier 228 Aircraft for the Indian Coast Guard.The contract was signed under the “buy (Indian) category” in the presence of defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh.The...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Paving the way for the ‘mother of all defence deals’, defence minister Rajnath Singh-led Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Thursday approved the acquisition of 114 Rafale fighter jets from France, just five days ahead of the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron in India.Though the defence ministry did not provide the exact cost of the...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Thursday strongly objected to the central govt’s recent notification mandating the recitation of all six verses of ‘Vande Mataram’ at official functions and in schools before the National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana.The AIMPLB has termed the decision “unconstitutional and contrary to religious freedom” and demanded that the...

Spread the love       Olympian Chloe Kim “scolds” Myles Garrett as he cheers her on while she chases another gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics.(Image via Getty Images) Myles Garrett, the Cleveland Browns’ star player, is dedicating all his time to being there for his girlfriend, popular Olympian Chloe Kim, as she chases another gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics.Over the...