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NEW DELHI: Are the senior and junior Pawars on the same side again? For the upcoming civic polls, the answer is yes. The Ajit Pawar-led NCP has announced that it will contest the Pimpri-Chinchwad and Pune local body elections together with the NCP (Sharad Pawar faction).Announcing the tie-up, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar said...

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi and Chief of the Air Staff (CAF) Air Chief Marshal A. P. Singh pay tribute at the National War Memorial on the 93rd Indian Air Force Day, in...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stepped in to stay the Delhi high court order that suspended the former BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar’s life sentence in the 2017 Unnao rape case. On the Central Investigation Bureau’s plea challenging the HC order, Supreme Court bench flagged serious legal concerns over the interpretation of the...

Kuldeep Sengar (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Ishita Sengar, daughter of former BJP MLA and Unnao rape case convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar, penned an open letter on Monday saying that she is “exhausted, frightened and slowly losing faith”.Her statement came after the Supreme Court stayed a Delhi high court order that had suspended her father’s life...

Environment minister Bhupender Yadav (PTI photo/ File) NEW DELHI: Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court‘s direction to stay its order on the “new definition” of the Aravalli range that was widely criticised across the spectrum.The minister said the government was “committed to extending all assistance sought from MOEFCC (Ministry of...

Virat Kohli (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Star India batter Virat Kohli is set to turn out for Delhi in their Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Railways on January 6 at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (COE) in Bengaluru, DDCA president Rohan Jaitley told PTI on Monday. While the BCCI has mandated centrally contracted players to...

NEW DELHI: Unnao rape case survivor on Monday said that she would ensure “death sentence” for the convict and expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar. She also hailed the Supreme Court‘s decision which stayed Delhi HC’s move to suspended life sentence of Sengar.“I am very happy. I had faith in the Supreme...

China on Monday launched large-scale live-fire military drills around Taiwan, deploying warships, fighter jets, bombers and unmanned aerial vehicles in what Beijing described as a stern warning to supporters of Taiwanese independence and foreign powers, as the island placed its forces on high alert and vowed to defend its democracy.Taiwan’s defence ministry said that as...

China seems to be working hard to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The country is reportedly seeking ways to advance its reusable rocket capabilities through new regulations that would help its commercial space companies access public markets. According to a Reuters report, the Shanghai Stock Exchange recently announced that Chinese companies developing reusable rockets will...

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday condemned the fatal assault case of Tripura student Anjel Chakma and his brother in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun.In a social media post on X, the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha pinned the blame of Chakma’s death on BJP, claiming that the hate crime was the result of “toxic...