New Delhi: Jharkhand capital Ranchi will host a defence exposition ‘EASTTECH 2025’ from September 17-19, according to officials. It marks a key step towards defence self-reliance and industrial growth in eastern India, they said on Saturday. “Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri @SethSanjayMP announced Jharkhand’s first-ever defence expo #EASTTECH2025, scheduled to be held in Ranchi from 17–19…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will distribute appointment letters to 1,494 selected youths in the UP Police Telecommunication Department at the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan on Sunday, officials said. As per a press statement, the recruits include 1,374 assistant operators and 120 workshop staff. This comes following the recruitment of 60,244 constables earlier this…
New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner SBK Singh on Saturday ordered a ban on sub-conventional aerial platforms across the national capital from August 2 to August 16 given security preparations related to the upcoming Independence Day. According to the order, flying aerial devices such as paragliders, para-motors, hang-gliders, UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), UASs (Unmanned Aircraft Systems),…
Anantnag (J-K): Ancient Hindu idols, including ‘Shivlings’, were recovered during excavation work for the renovation of a spring in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said on Saturday. The idols were recovered at Karkoot Nag in the Salia area of Aishmuqam in the south Kashmir district, the officials said. They said the stone idols, many…
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Saturday rejected claims of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that the 2024 Lok polls were rigged, saying it appears that these “unfounded allegations” are intended to exert undue pressure on the election machinery and even threaten poll officials. Addressing a Congress event here, the Leader of the Opposition in the…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed that former finance minister Arun Jaitley had threatened him to not speak against the farm laws, else he would face action, a charge rubbished by the BJP as “fake news” and asked him to stick to facts instead. Rohan Jaitley, son of the former union minister,…
Chandigarh: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Saturday raided the residence and office of former Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and prominent realtor Ranjit Singh Gill. The sudden raid comes after Gill was inducted into the saffron party by the Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday. There was a heavy police presence outside Gill’s…
Srinagar: Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday, officials said. The overnight encounter began after security forces launched a cordon and search operation in a forest area at Akhal in the south Kashmir district, following specific intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists there….
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said his promise to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack through Operation Sindoor was fulfilled with the blessings of Lord Shiva. “My heart was filled with sorrow for the 26 people who lost their lives in the Pahalgam terror attack,” Modi said while addressing a public meeting in his…
New Delhi: Born on August 2, 1956, in Rangoon (present-day Myanmar’s Yangon), Vijay Rupani’s family was forced to return to India due to political unrest. Settling in Gujarat’s Rajkot, they rebuilt their lives from scratch. Here, Rupani laid the foundation for what would become a steady, impactful political journey. He completed his BA and LLB…
