Category: National

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has amended the rules governing the Inter-State Council to allow the lieutenant governors of Puducherry, Jammu and Kashmir, and Delhi to participate in the council meetings when President’s rule is imposed in these Union Territories. The amendment, notified by the Ministry of Home Affairs on September 9 and published on…

Bengaluru:  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday called for an integrated ecosystem catering to the needs of both civil and military aviation. He also flagged delays in defence technology projects, saying they need to be taken seriously as they can create gaps in crucial defence requirements and lead to cost escalation. “There are some issues…

Kolkata:  The EC’s decision to assign new names and symbols to two rival TMC factions triggered a sharp political face-off on Friday, with the Mamata Banerjee camp challenging its detractors to demonstrate their grassroots support, while the breakaway faction sought to turn the new identities into an argument against personality-driven politics. The EC allotted the…

Kolkata:  After her own candidate backed out of the Nandigram bypoll, Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that her faction of the Trinamool Congress will now back the Congress nominee. She also noted she has the Congress’s support in the fight to claim the name and symbol of the party she founded in 1998: “Rahul Gandhi…

Jammu:  Rajouri Police have busted an Over Ground Worker (OGW) network allegedly linked with the terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), resulting in the arrest of three accused persons. The arrested individuals have been identified as: 1. Zakir Hussain S/o Ghulam Hussain R/o Kotcharwal Teryath Rajouri. 2. Mohd Azam S/o Ali Bahadur R/o Kotcharwal Teryath Rajouri. 3….

New Delhi:  Eight Bangladeshis were among nine people sentenced to life imprisonment by an NIA court in Hyderabad in a 2019 human trafficking case involving Bangladeshi women, officials said on Friday. The court on Thursday also imposed a fine of Rs 1.37 lakh on the convicts, with a further sentence of three months’ simple imprisonment…

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the Election Commission over its decision of directing rival Trinamool Congress factions to not use the party name and the “flowers and grass symbol” during the West Bengal bypolls, saying the poll body’s constitutional responsibility is to protect the mandate but instead, it is aiding those…

New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress, led by its founder and chairperson Mamata Banerjee, submitted its response to the Election Commission’s interim order that temporarily removed the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) name and its “flowers and grass” symbol from the ballot for the October 6 bypolls in West Bengal. The party emailed its choices of…

New Delhi: The Election Commission has directed rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) not to use the party name and “Flowers and Grass symbol during the West Bengal bypolls, and asked them to submit their preferred names and symbols by Friday morning. In its interim order issued on Thursday night, the Commission,…