New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a high level meeting on Friday to take stock of the preparations and security for the upcoming Amarnath pilgrimage in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said. The 62-day-long annual pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath, located at a height of 3,880 metres in the south…
New Delhi: Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and five assembly polls due before the end of this year, the Election Commission has initiated “first level checks” of EVMs and papertrail machines across the country in a phased manner, sources said. “Mock polls” are part of the first level check (FLC) process, they said. “It…
Mumbai: The progress of the southwest monsoon that brings rain across the Indian sub continent is being monitored after it arrived in Kerala on Thursday, seven days later than the normal arrival date, an India Meteorological Department official said here. The normal date for onset of monsoon in Maharashtra is June 10 and in Mumbai is…
New Delhi: The CBI has filed a supplementary charge sheet against aviation consultant Deepak Talwar and his NGO Advantage India for alleged violation of foreign funds received by it, officials said. In its charge sheet, the probe agency has listed Talwar, Advantage India, his wife Deepa Talwar besides Girish Vaid, Krishan Kumar Nair, Tarun Kumar Kapoor,…
Imphal: The Centre has approved a Rs 101.75 crore relief package for the displaced people in violence-hit Manipur following a directive of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, security advisor to the state government Kuldiep Singh said on Thursday. He also said the situation in Manipur remained peaceful and under control and there has been no incident…
New Delhi: Delhi Education Minister Atishi on Thursday alleged that Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena pressured the officials of Indraprastha university and her department to take charge of inauguration of the east Delhi campus of the varsity, threatening them with suspension. The newly built campus of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University’s (GGSIPU) in east Delhi became…
New Delhi: In clear message to Beijing, India on Thursday described as unfounded any expectation that it will normalise its ties with China when the border situation in eastern Ladakh is not normal with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar describing the “forward deployment” of troops as the main problem. At a press conference, Jaishankar said India…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa on Thursday said revision of school textbooks will be done this year itself in the interest of the students. He said the matter will be soon placed before the Cabinet to seek its consent. The Congress in its poll manifesto had promised to undo the changes made…
Srinagar: Several female students of Vishwa Bharti Higher Secondary School here staged a protest against its administration on Thursday, alleging that they were denied entry to the institute for wearing abaya. A loose-fitting, full-length robe, Abaya is a worn by Muslim women. “We are told we should go to a Madrassa if we want to wear…
New Delhi: India and Bangladesh will hold their bi-annual border-level talks here later this week during which the two sides are expected to discuss a host of issues related to cross-frontier crimes and measures to create better synergy between their security agencies, official sources said on Thursday. A 15-member delegation of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)…
