New Delhi: The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) is likely to soon call a meeting of its executive members to formalise a proposal urging its president and Union minister Chirag Paswan to contest the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. Sources said its leaders had met on May 30 in Bihar’s Bikramganj, where hours later, Prime Minister…
Guwahati/Rangia: Heavy rain continued to pound Assam on Sunday, disrupting road transport and train services in the northeastern state, where eight people have died in floods and landslides so far, officials said. Over 78,000 residents have been affected in more than 15 districts, they said. The Central Water Commission (CWC) has issued an ‘orange bulletin’…
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday embarked on a visit to Brazil to participate in the 11th BRICS Parliamentary Forum, where he is scheduled to present his views on reform of multi-lateral peace and security architecture. Birla is leading the Indian parliamentary delegation for the BRICS Parliamentary Forum, which will be held…
New Delhi: A caterer, who fed a prime minister’s entourage in a mofussil town in the early 80s, being denied a Rs 7,000 bill due to mention of chicken in the menu and the administration forgetting to receive a home minister at the railway station on a wintery morning are some of the anecdotes shared…
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah Saturday said the Jammu and Kashmir led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is striving to restore the “lost development momentum” in the union territory. Abdullah said this while addressing a day-long women’s wing provincial meeting at the party headquarters here. He highlighted the “setbacks” the region suffered during…
Jabalpur: Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should explain why there was no security for tourists in Pahalgam, where terrorists attacked them on April 22, and did the government agree to a “ceasefire” with Pakistan under pressure from the United States. Following the horrific Pahalgam attack, which claimed 26 lives, India…
Chandigarh/Srinagar/Jaipur: Mock drills were conducted on Saturday in states and Union territories adjoining the western border — from Jammu and Kashmir to Gujarat — to enhance wartime emergency preparedness and response capabilities, officials said. Exercises simulating air raids, drone attacks, and other wartime scenarios were conducted, while emergency response teams practised rescue operations as part…
New Delhi: The Congress asked the government on Saturday to tell the country the truth on what losses were suffered during the four-day conflict with Pakistan after Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan acknowledged aircraft losses in the hostilities. Gen Chouhan, however, dismissed as “absolutely incorrect” Islamabad’s claim of downing six Indian jets. Latching…
Jammu: Army chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi has awarded a BSF woman officer and praised the paramilitary force and ex-servicemen for their role during Operation Sindoor, the army said on Saturday. The chief of Army Staff (COAS) reached Jammu on a two-day visit on Thursday and attended the high-level security review meeting chaired by Home Minister…
Singapore: Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan on Saturday acknowledged losses of aircraft in recent hostilities with Pakistan but dismissed as “absolutely incorrect” Islamabad’s claim of downing six Indian jets. Chauhan, in an interview to Bloomberg TV, asserted it is more important to find out why the aircraft were lost so that the Indian…
