New Delhi: Bharti Airtel Founder and Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said India must keep control of the “kill switch” for satellite communications on its own soil, as the government weighs security conditions that will decide when satellite broadband goes live. “The kill switch, as we call it, should not be sitting somewhere else,” Mittal said…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Manila on Monday for a three-day visit to attend the annual India-ASEAN summit, which is expected to focus on boosting maritime security cooperation and enhancing trade and investment ties. He will also attend the annual East Asia Summit. Philippines is hosting the summits in its capacity…
Jammu: The bullet-riddled bodies of two missing Special Police Officers (SPOs) were recovered from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district early Thursday, a day after they went missing from the remote Dachhan belt, officials said. However, the service weapons of the slain personnel were not found, raising suspicions of a possible militant angle, the officials said….
Kolkata: A bulldozer was deployed outside TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s residence here on Thursday as civic workers demolished a temporary bamboo shed erected over the footpath and removed an iron gate allegedly obstructing pedestrian movement. A large contingent of Kolkata Police personnel and central forces was deployed outside the TMC national general secretary’s residence at…
Patna: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor has said Brahmins in Bihar needed to mend fences with Muslims, whom he claimed they had “needlessly” alienated by aligning themselves with the BJP. Kishor, who had made a similar statement a few days ago during a visit to a town in north Bihar, stood by his remarks…
Wayanad (Keralam): Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday claimed that the BJP and RSS had spread falsehoods about her mother, former AICC chief Sonia Gandhi, for most of her life in the country and were now calling her statements made in a book false when she was speaking the truth. She was referring to…
Nagpur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said India could draw upon its traditional knowledge and experience to provide a new development model to the world, which was increasingly looking towards the country for solutions. We are not masters of nature; we are a part of it,” Bhagwat said, underlining the need for harmony between…
Leh: Ladakh Police on Wednesday removed climate activist Sonam Wangchuk from the protest site and escorted him to his residence, advising him to remain indoors, an official said. The action comes barely a few hours after Wangchuk, along with leaders of Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), expressed resentment over the holding of…
Chandigarh: Punjab BJP leader Sunil Jakhar on Wednesday demanded an impartial inquiry into the recently declared results of the Punjab Civil Services (PCS) Mains examination, saying many candidates raised questions over them. Earlier, opposition parties had alleged irregularities in the results of the Punjab Civil Services (PCS) Mains examination. However, the Punjab Public Service Commission,…
New Delhi: The Delhi Tourism department is set to get a swanky new head office in the heart of Connaught Place, with a proposed Rs 150-crore office building coming up on the vacant space beside the iconic Coffee Home, a popular food stop established in 1989. The new building will come up on the open…
