Imphal: The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA was extended by another six months in Manipur on Wednesday barring 19 police stations falling under the Imphal valley and an area that shares its boundary with neighbouring Assam. An official notification said the state government is of the opinion after analysing the prevailing law-and-order situation…
New Delhi: Failures are a very natural part of the space sector but no individual is penalised for it at ISRO which encourages scientists to take novel approaches in decision-making, the space agency’s chairman S Somanath said on Wednesday. Speaking at the 50th anniversary of the All India Management Association (AIMA), Somanath, who played a key…
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the situation in Manipur and demanded that he sack the BJP’s “incompetent” chief minister as a first step to control the turmoil. In a post on X, the Congress leader also said the northeastern state has turned into a “battlefield” because of…
Bodeli: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he does not have a house in his name, but his government turned lakhs of daughters in the country house-owners. PM Modi, who has been on a two-day visit to Gujarat starting Tuesday, was speaking at the launch of various development projects worth over Rs 5,000 crore, including…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday tagged a plea, which has sought registration of an FIR against Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin over his “eradicate Sanatan Dharma” remark, with another similar pending petition. A bench of justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi was hearing a plea seeking direction for registration of an First Information…
New Delhi: The Indian Navy will unveil an updated indigenisation roadmap next week, outlining its specific initiatives to ensure self-reliance in various critical technologies and platforms. The roadmap will be released at the second edition of the annual ‘Swavlamban’ seminar to be held on October 4 and 5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to attend…
Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said their aim is to make India a global growth engine and that the country will soon emerge as an economic powerhouse of the world. Speaking at an event to mark the completion of 20 years of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit, Modi said they sowed small seeds of a…
Amritsar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said anti-drone system will be deployed along the international border for strengthening security. Addressing a meeting of the Northern Zonal Council here, Shah also asked the members of the council — Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh — to resolve their disputes related to water sharing…
Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said those who had kept the bill to reserve seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies “hanging” for ten years finally voted for it due to the fear of women’s power. He was speaking at a gathering of women organised here to felicitate him on the…
New Delhi: The ongoing diplomatic row between India and Canada is not going to adversely impact the bilateral defence ties, Canada’s Deputy Army Chief Major General Peter Scott said on Tuesday as the two-way relations plunged to an all-time low following Ottawa’s allegations against New Delhi over the killing of a Khalistani separatist. Scott, currently on…
