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NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over the treatment meted out to a resident of Arunachal Pradesh transiting through the Shanghai airport, India has sought assurances from Beijing that its citizens will not be selectively harassed. The govt had earlier registered strong protest with China for the detention of the Indian woman, reiterating its position that the...

NEW DELHI: Opposition parties on Monday said the discussion on Vande Mataram in Parliament was timed for the approaching West Bengal assembly polls and that the govt wanted to divert attention from the problems people were facing.Participating in a discussion in Lok Sabha on 150 years of the national song, penned by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee,...

Ayesha Curry opens up about women approaching Stephen Curry.(Image via Elsa/Getty Images) Stephen Curry, the Golden State Warriors’ star player, has been with his wife, Ayesha Curry, even before he was drafted in the NBA.While Stephen Curry is pretty private, Ayesha Curry is more public about the things that happen in her life. The popular...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh proposed adding a fundamental duty to the Constitution, mandating equal respect for ‘Vande Mataram’ as the national anthem. He accused Congress of communalizing the song due to appeasement politics, urging parliamentarians to restore its glory and honor its author. Singh highlighted historical attempts to truncate the song, deeming it an injustice...

NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress claimed on Monday that the govt had pushed for a discussion on ‘Vande Mataram’ in the Parliament only with an eye on West Bengal elections, calling BJP’s commitment to the national song a “badly scripted comedy”.With BJP making a determined bid to unseat CM Mamata Banerjee, TMC MPs Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar...

Elsa/Getty Images, FILE Okay, so the internet was minding its business… until another video of Cardi B popped out celebrating Stefon Diggs’ birthday like she was the leading woman in a rom-com. The clip showed Cardi hugging him tight, kissing his neck, and giving full “in love” vibes and it spread across social media faster...

NEW DELHI: India on Monday welcomed the steps taken by the UK govt to sanction anti-India extremist entiti-es, which strengthen the global fight against terrorism and extremism and help curb illicit financial flows and transnational crime networks. The govt was responding to the UK’s announcement of an asset freeze against an individual suspected of belo-nging...

NEW DELHI: The parliamentary standing committee on education has said National Testing Agency‘s (NTA) handling of entrance examinations in 2024 “has not inspired much confidence” and recommended a shift towards pen-and-paper based tests along with a nationwide blacklist of firms involved in exam irregularities.On pen-and-paper based tests, the panel said there are several models that...

TOI Correspondent from London: A British Sikh man who founded the UK’s first memorial to Sikhs who served during World War I has received an OBE from the Princess Royal at St James’s Palace for services to the commemoration of Commonwealth soldiers who served Great Britain.Capt. Jay (Jagjeet) Singh-Sohal, who founded the WW1 Sikh Memorial...

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir high court has given the Union Territory administration and the Centre three months to respond to petitions challenging a ban on 25 Kashmir-related books, an official in the additional advocate-general’s (AG) office said.The ban was clamped by the home department under lieutenant-governor (LG) Manoj Sinha on Aug 5 this year on...