Siliguri: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday held a key meeting with senior hill leaders at a hotel in Sukna in the Darjeeling foothills on his third and final day of his north Bengal visit. The meeting is expected to address the agenda of finding a “permanent political solution” to the long-standing issues of…
New Delhi: India and the UK on Friday agreed to expand bilateral exchanges between the armed forces of the two countries through joint exercises, training and capacity building, as both sides held a key dialogue in Delhi. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh co-chaired the 25th India–UK Defence Consultative Group (DCG) meeting with Permanent Under Secretary…
Gonda (UP): Launching a scathing attack on yoga guru Ramdev on Friday, former BJP MP Brijbhushan Sharan Singh said the campaign originally launched by him in the name of “swadeshi” has now extended to include spurious products and foreign goods. Throwing a challenge to Ramdev to hold a protest, Singh said if the yoga guru…
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah felicitated four outstanding NEET achievers from the Union Territory on Friday, recognising their exceptional performance in the country’s premier medical-entrance examination. The four toppers — Hadiya Nisar, Zaidan Wani, Aarav Gupta and Maleeha Ajaz — were felicitated by the chief minister with a cash prize of Rs…
Gurugram: Nayab Singh Saini on Friday shared his political journey with young entrepreneurs at the ‘Gen-H Yuva Udyami Chaupal’ in Gurugram, recalling how he never imagined becoming chief minister while working at the BJP office in Panchkula in 1996, and encouraged the youth to prioritise consistency, credibility, and patience as their strengths instead of seeking…
Gurugram: Gurugram police has arrested eight Congress workers on charges of disrupting VIP security arrangements and obstructing government duty after the opposition party workers waved black flags when Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini’s convoy arrived in Gurugram on Friday. The protest occurred after Saini attended a meeting of the District Public Relations and Grievance…
Alappuzha (Kerala): AICC general secretary KC Venugopal on Friday alleged that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed the Delhi Police not to register an FIR on a complaint filed by a 19-year-old youth who suffered pellet gun injuries during the NEET paper leak protest in the national capital. Venugopal, who is also an Alappuzha…
New Delhi: Two commercial vessels carrying a total of 22 Indian nationals have been hijacked by armed pirates in separate incidents off Yemen and Somalia, a senior shipping ministry official said Friday. The Indian crew members aboard both vessels are safe, according to the latest information available, the official said. The Eritrea-flagged oil products tanker…
Siliguri: Asserting that neither West Bengal nor India will be safe until its frontiers are secured, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday lamented that despite repeated requests, previous chief minister Mamata Banerjee did not provide land required for fencing the India-Bangladesh border in the state. Stating that no previous CMs of the state ever…
New Delhi: Many heritage buildings and monuments in Delhi are under “severe threat” due to encroachment, disrepair, incompatible use and insensitive reconstruction or alteration, and there is a need for stronger emphasis on conservation and monitoring of such assets, according to the city’s latest master plan. From medieval tombs to British-era railway stations, Delhi is…
