Washington: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is scheduled to meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken here on Thursday, amid the diplomatic rumpus between India and Canada stirred over the killing of a Khalistani separatist. Although officials from both sides are tightlipped about the agenda of the meeting, the latest diplomatic crisis between two of America’s…
New York: India-China relations have been in an “abnormal state” since the 2020 Galwan Valley clash and it is a “possibly longer than medium-term issue”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, emphasising that none of the explanations given by Beijing for amassing its troops along the LAC are really tenable. India has been consistently maintaining…
Hyderabad: On Wednesday, a bench of Telangana High court upheld the Singh Judge orders that nullify the Group-I Preliminary Examination held on June 11, 2023. It also directed the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) to conduct he exam afresh, adhering strictly to all the general instructions specified in the notification, including the mandatory use…
New Delhi: A new bench of the Supreme Court will hear on October 3 former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s petition for quashing the FIR against him in the alleged Rs 371 crore scam in the state’s Skill Development Corporation, after Justice SVN Bhatti Wednesday recused himself from hearing it. Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra,…
New Delhi: Internet major Google will roll out an earthquake alert service in India that works using sensors in Android smartphones to detect and estimate the intensity of earthquakes, the company said on Wednesday. Google has introduced “Android Earthquake Alerts System” in India in consultation with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the National Seismology…
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…
