New Delhi: The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict reaffirmed the significance of land warfare and the domain will remain “extremely important” in India’s case as well as for countries having contested borders, Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande said on Thursday. In an interactive session at an event, referring to the situation along the Line of Actual Control with…
Bengaluru: JD(S) state President H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday threatened to go on a fast until death if the Karnataka government decides to go-ahead with the proposal to rename Ramanagara district as ‘Bengaluru South’, claiming that he has emotional relationship with the district. The former Chief Minister has also accepted Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar’s…
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, on Thursday, supported the NCERT panel’s recommendation to replace “India” with “Bharat” in school textbooks. Speaking to reporters here, Khan pointed out that the name “India” was given by “others,” whereas “Bharat” was a name chosen by the people of the country. He said nobody has proposed making any…
Shirdi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday performed puja at the revered Shri Saibaba Samadhi Temple in Shirdi and offered prayers there. Modi was accompanied by Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis. He later performed the ‘Jal Pujan’ of Nilwande Dam, which is located in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district, and…
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday asked the top commanders of the Indian Air Force to examine the rapidly changing global geo-political situation and assess them in the Indian context besides emphasising on the need to bolster its operational readiness. In an address at the inaugural session of the two-day IAF commanders’ conference,…
New Delhi: Lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai and BJP leader Nishikant Dubey on Thursday appeared before the Ethics Committee of the Lok Sabha to record their statements in connection with the cash-for-query allegations against Trinamool Congress member Mahua Moitra. In his complaint to Speaker Om Birla, BJP member Nishikant Dubey has cited documents shared by Dehadrai…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed the Union Cabinet’s approval to the inclusion of the Jamrani Dam Multipurpose Project of Uttarakhand under the accelerated irrigation benefit programme, saying it is a significant stride towards a prosperous and sustainable Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. The government on Wednesday approved the inclusion of the project under…
Jaipur: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday raided the premises of Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra and party candidate from Mahua assembly seat as part of a money laundering investigation into the alleged exam paper leak case in the poll-bound state, official sources said. The premises of Dotasra, a former minister for school education, in Sikar…
New Delhi: The border situation remains stable, Chief of Army Staff Gen Manoj Pande said on Thursday amid the lingering border row between India and China in eastern Ladakh. In an interactive session at an event, Gen Pande also said that there is a need for the armed forces to remain proactive to deal with various…
New Delhi: Some areas in the Indo-Gangetic basin in India have already passed the groundwater depletion tipping point and its entire northwestern region is predicted to experience critically low groundwater availability by 2025, according to a new report by the United Nations. Titled “Interconnected Disaster Risks Report 2023” and published by the United Nations University –…
