Union minister Amit Shah presents the Best ANTF trophy to Telangana EAGLE Force director Sandeep Shandilya during the third National Conference of Anti-Narcotics Task Force heads of states and UTs in Delhi Tuesday. Union home secretary Govind Mohan was also present NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah Tuesday said India’s war on drugs will...
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War on drugs will be at district level: Amit Shah
Union minister Amit Shah presents the Best ANTF trophy to Telangana EAGLE Force director Sandeep Shandilya during the third National Conference of Anti-Narcotics Task Force heads of states and UTs in Delhi Tuesday. Union home secretary Govind Mohan was also present NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah Tuesday said India’s war on drugs will...
No rule stops airport companies from having airlines: Govt
Union civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu NEW DELHI: Govt is weighing the pros and cons of allowing airport operators such as Adani Group, which operates Mumbai Airport, to run an airline, although no decision has been taken yet. The Delhi and Mumbai airports went the PPP way in 2006 and their “operation, management and...
Exorbitant pricing of drugs is ‘extortion’: Supreme Court
If this is not extortion, then what is it, says SC on allowing retailers to overprice drugs NEW DELHI: Expressing shock over patients and their families being fleeced by pharma companies and retail medicine sellers, Supreme Court on Tuesday said the exorbitant prices charged was nothing but “dacoity” in broad daylight and questioned the govt’s...
‘Vande Mataram’ row: Courts can’t dictate what nat’l song should be, says SC
SC disagreed with the suggestion that the recognition of all six stanzas was not in concord with a ‘secular’ Constitution. NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine the legality of penal consequences if a person does not sing the national song due to religious beliefs or conscientious objection, but declined to adjudicate whether...
ED appeal ‘abuse of process’ in National Herald case: Gandhis
Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi NEW DELHI: Congress netas Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have said it is “abuse of the process of law” that ED has challenged in Delhi high court a trial court order refusing to take cognisance of its chargesheet against them in the National Herald-linked money laundering case.In a response filed in...
In a first, US F-35 fighters to take part in IAF exercise
US F-35 fighters to take part in IAF exercise NEW DELHI: The United States’ fifth-generation stealth fighter jet F-35 will for the first time take part in India’s multinational combat exercise as six of such jets will join the IAF-led exercise ‘Tarang Shakti 2026’, which is set to be hosted in Jodhpur from Sept 26...
Indian Navy to procure 6 more landing craft utility platforms to boost amphibious ops
Indian Navy plans to procure six LCU Mk V vessels to boost amphibious, logistics and HADR capabilities. NEW DELHI: To strengthen its amphibious operations, logistics and HADR capabilities, the Indian Navy is planning to procure six landing craft utility (LCU) MK V from Indian shipyards as it has issued a request for information (RFI) for...
UP man accused of killing wife, 2 priests shot dead after 7-hour standoff
Arvind and his eight-year-old son, Shaurya alias Lakha, were critically injured during the exchange of fire and rushed to the District Hospital. LUCKNOW: A nearly seven-hour standoff in Shambhuganj village in Azamgarh ended in a police encounter early Wednesday, with Arvind Singh (40), accused of killing his wife and two priests, being shot dead after...
Ahead of ‘firing’ deaths anniversary, promise of Article 371 framework for Ladakh
Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance have been negotiating with MHA over Ladakh’s autonomy since 2023. Srinagar: Two days ahead of the first anniversary of four deaths in alleged police firing on protesters in Leh demanding Sixth Schedule status and statehood on Sept 24 last year, Ladakh authorities promised Tuesday a new framework under...
