Category: Events

‘You can’t keep it lingering’: SC NEW DELHI: Pulling up Odisha govt over its indecisiveness on taking a call on the remission plea of Dara Singh, SC Tuesday said the state cannot linger on the issue and made it clear that the official (secretary) concerned will be summoned if decision is not taken by Sept...

Building collapses to fires, 33k died in 5 yrs from 2020 NEW DELHI: Between 2020 and 2024, nearly 33,000 people died across the country in incidents involving building collapses, fires and falls into pits and manholes, according to govt data. Most of these deaths occurred in urban areas, pointing to serious gaps in civic governance...

Iranian tankers near Kharg Island Donald Trump‘s fury toward Iran continued on Tuesday as the US launched an attack targeting multiple Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf.Trump’s forces in the Middle East, the US Central Command, released satellite video showing the destruction of Iranian crude oil carriers on September 8.However, Iran’s...

BJP got Rs 1,473cr to fight Bengal, Assam, 3 other assembly polls NEW DELHI: Total receipts by BJP’s central party headquarters during the last round of assembly polls in Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry stood at Rs 1,472.8 crore, as per the party’s election expenditure statements for Assam, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry submitted...

Sri Lanka a close friend, India stands by it: Rajnath Singh Defence minister Rajnath Singh said in Colombo Tuesday that India and Sri Lanka are close friends and India will always stand firmly with Sri Lanka whenever the island nation faces a crisis.Singh, who is on a three-day visit to Sri Lanka, has become the...

SC: Absorbing unqualified pvt school teachers will ruin students NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Tuesday disapproved Assam’s Congress-era law that allowed a large number of teachers engaged in private schools and charitable educational institutions to be appointed/absorbed in govt employment and barred the present govt from appointing or absorbing any person as a teacher in a...

BJP demands Punjab CM’s resignation over farmer’s suicide NEW DELHI: BJP alleged Tuesday that AAP was like a “thug gang” and demanded the resignation of CM Bhagwant Mann after a man died by suicide, allegedly following pressure from AAP functionaries to apologise for questioning minister Harpal Singh Cheema over the drug menace in his village.BJP...

On Putin’s agenda, sale of 5th-generation jets to India NEW DELHI: Hard-selling its fifth-generation fighter jet ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India for Brics summit, Kremlin said Tuesday that selling the stealth fighters to India is high on Putin’s agenda and that Moscow is in discussions with New Delhi for the possible...

NEW DELHI: The NIA has not invoked the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in its chargesheet against six Ukrainian nationals and a US citizen in a case registered under the anti-terror law in April. The chargesheet instead invokes sections 21 and 23 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025.The chargesheet said the accused had valid...

US hits multiple Iranian tankers near Kharg Island; Iran threatens Gulf shipping The US targeted multiple Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, two US officials told CNN, in the latest escalation between Washington and Tehran.One of the officials said the tankers were linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...