New Delhi: With the BJP-led Delhi government completing 100 days in office, Cabinet minister Ashish Sood on Wednesday listed out the achievements of the departments under him, including releasing grant-in-aid of Rs 417 crore to 12 Delhi University colleges to introducing AI-based learning in government schools and announcing a fee regulation bill. Addressing a press…
New Delhi: Census exercise with caste enumeration will be carried out with the reference date of October 1, 2026, in snow-bound areas like Ladakh and of March 1, 2027, in the rest of the country, the Home Ministry announced on Wednesday. It has been decided to conduct the Population Census-2027 in two phases, along with…
Bengaluru: Celebrations descended into chaos and finally tragedy as 11 people lost their lives and more than 30 were left injured outside the Chinnaswamy stadium while trying to join a party inside the venue to honour Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL triumph here on Wednesday. However, the felicitation of the players went ahead nonetheless as the…
Bengaluru: What should have been a moment of jubilation for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) fans turned into a tragedy, as a stampede broke out during the team’s victory celebration at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday (June 4). The chaos has drawn sharp criticism from opposition parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday accused Rahul Gandhi of insulting the armed forces with his “surrender” barb at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that it amounted to undermining the success of Operation Sindoor and making an allegation favouring Pakistan that even the neighbouring country has not made. Gandhi’s jibes reflect a “sick and dangerous”…
Pune: Pakistan launched multiple attacks on May 10, aiming to bring India to its knees in 48 hours but it had to fold up the offensives in eight hours and reach out to New Delhi for talks seeking an end to the hostilities, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan said on Tuesday. In the…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday met members of a multi-party delegation and received feedback from them on how they exposed Pakistan in various countries over its support to terrorism. The delegation led by BJP leader Baijayant Panda met Jaishankar at his office here after the key diplomatic tour and presented their…
Chandigarh: A political controversy erupted on Tuesday over Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s “one nation, one husband” remark, with the BJP accusing him of insulting the widows of those killed in the Pahalgam terror attack. Mann Tuesday took a dig at the BJP over Operation Sindoor, accusing it of seeking votes in the name of…
Tulmulla (Ganderbal-J-K): Faith will always trump fear – this was exemplified by scores of members of the Kashmiri Pandit community who gathered here on Tuesday for the annual Kheer Bhawani Mela, held in the shadow of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and heightened border tensions. The revered temple of Ragnya Devi, nestled in the…
Tulmulla (J-K): National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday hoped that Kashmiri Pandits would return to the Valley as their presence at the Mela Kheer Bhawani in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack was “a befitting reply” to its perpetrators. “This (presence of devotees at the mela) is a huge thing. This is…
