Mumbai: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned late Monday night, citing health concerns and the need to prioritise medical care. The resignation, addressed to President Droupadi Murmu, takes immediate effect. Sources told this newspaper that he is unlikely to attend the Parliament session on Tuesday. In his letter, Dhankhar thanked the President for her “unwavering support”…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Revenue Minister and senior BJP leader Chandrashekhar Bawankule said the State government will assess the merits of the Bombay High Court order acquitting all 12 accused in the 7/11 Mumbai train blasts, which killed more than 180 persons, before deciding on whether to challenge it in the Supreme Court. Seven blasts had ripped…
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said he has received a notice for the removal of High Court Judge Yashwant Varma and asked the Secretary General to take necessary steps. Wads of burnt currency notes were recovered from the official residence of Justice Varma in Delhi in March this year. He was…
Itanagar: In a major push for hydropower development in the Northeast, Union Power Secretary Pankaj Agarwal has reviewed the final stages of the Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project (2000 MW) at Dollungmukh, along the Arunachal-Assam border, and assured central support for the critical infrastructure. Agarwal, accompanied by National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) Chief Managing Director (CMD)…
Kolkata: Sharpening her ‘Bengali asmita’ pitch ahead of the 2026 polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of unleashing “linguistic terrorism” on Bengalis, asserting that the fight for identity and language will continue until the saffron party is defeated. Addressing a massive Martyrs’ Day rally in Kolkata, Banerjee gave a…
Mumbai: An Air India aircraft AI 2744 A320 (VT-TYA) operating from Kochi to Mumbai veered off the runway during landing on Monday morning due to heavy rainfall, the airline confirmed. The plane taxied safely to the gate. All passengers and crew members disembarked without injury, and the aircraft has been grounded for technical evaluation. A…
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday tried to alleviate fears on China’s move to construct the world’s largest dam on the Brahmaputra and said he does not foresee any immediate cause of worry as the river gets most of its waters from Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines…
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday termed US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that he mediated between India and Pakistan to bring about a ceasefire during Operation Sindoor in May as “humiliating” for the country, and asked the government for a clarification on the issue. Kharge and other Congress party members also…
New Delhi: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is “totally unbiased” and is carrying out a definitive, thorough and rule-based probe into the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad last month, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said on Monday. “We want to stand with truth, not anything else… we want to find out what…
New Delhi: PM Modi on Monday addressed the media ahead of the Monsoon session of Parliament and said under Operation Sindoor, the houses of the masters of terrorists were razed to the ground within 22 minutes. He added that the world has been very attracted to this new form of Made in India military power….
