Category: National

Thiruvananthapuram: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday expressed concern over the “orchestrated, financially backed misadventures aimed at effecting conversions” taking place in the country “to secure prowess” and urged everyone to remain vigilant in thwarting them. Delivering the 4th P Parameswaran Memorial Lecture, organised by the Bharatheeya Vichara Kendra, Dhankhar stated that demographic evolution should…

Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday removed her nephew Akash Anand from all party posts and said that she will not name her successor till she is alive. The party is supreme and relations can come later, said the former chief minister who sacked Akash Anand last year only to reinstate him later and appoint…

Kolkata: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday alleged that the Left and the liberals are the biggest danger to Hindus. Maintaining that Muslims or Christians are never a threat to the Hindus, he claimed that those weakening the Hindus are within their own society. “I believe that the Left and the liberals are…

Bengaluru/Udupi: Amid criticism from a section within the ruling Congress, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday strongly defended his visit to Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev’s Isha yoga centre in Tamil Nadu for Mahashivaratri celebrations, calling it is his personal belief. Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress chief, while calling BJP leaders’ claims…

New Delhi: The question of reverting to ballot papers does not fall under the ambit of the mandate of a joint committee of Parliament examining the two bills on simultaneous polls, the Union law ministry is learnt to have said. Going back to the ballot paper system was a “suggestion” made by some of the…

Dehradun: Fifty workers have been pulled out of the snow from the site of an avalanche-hit BRO camp in Mana village in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, but four of them died on Saturday as rescuers raced against time to trace four more laborers feared trapped. According to the latest rescue updates provided by the Uttarakhand State…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met several well-known global figures from different fields, including politics and academia, at the NXT Conclave and shared thoughts with them. Expressing happiness at the meetings, he praised their contributions in their respective fields in posts on X. He said, “Delighted to meet my good friend and…

New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday said the provision of special leave petition was supposed to be a “narrow slit” but is now hurting the arbitral process due to its wide use. He also stressed on the need to have domain experts in arbitration cases, saying experts in varied areas can be utilised…

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday turned 72 and the DMK President underlined his commitment to state autonomy, two-language policy and opposition to Hindi imposition as his birthday message. Stalin, who cut a cake with his family members and party workers, administered to cadres an oath of “one goal” which is…

Dehradun: A labourer died and 49 were pulled out alive from the snow that engulfed a BRO camp in the high-altitude Mana village in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district as rescuers raced against time to find survivors on Saturday. Five workers remain trapped. Thirty-three labourers were rescued by Friday night. The avalanche hit the Border Roads Organisation…