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…
Thiruvananthapuram: Excise sleuths in Keralam have busted what the department described as the state’s biggest synthetic drug racket, arresting nine people, including two women from Kozhikode, who allegedly ran the ‘KB Cartel’ and planned to smuggle 5 to 20 kg of MDMA into the state every month. In a Facebook post on Thursday night, Excise…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held the third high-level meeting with secretaries of the Central government, urging senior officials to look beyond immediate challenges and focus on preparing India for the years ahead. The meeting, held at the Prime Minister’s residence at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg, focused on the future agenda of…
Chennai: The southern states on Thursday supported Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s suggestion to resolve pending water disputes through dialogue during a southern chief ministers’ meet where the delimitation issue was raised by the participating state governments. At the 31st meeting of the South Zonal Council, Shah batted for the early resolution of inter-state water-related…
Pune: India’s attention towards Pakistan was driven largely by the continuing threat of terrorism, but China is going to be New Delhi’s main competitor across multiple domains in the long-term, asserted former Army chief General Manoj Naravane on Thursday. While refraining from using the term “enemy” in context of China, he stressed the need for…
Shillong/Guwahati: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma and his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday held talks over the violence in Shillong on August 19, and agreed that the two states will work together to restore peace and normalcy. Violence had erupted during a bike rally by the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) in Shillong….
New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Thursday night said its ‘answer key challenge’ system is designed to be fair to all students and rejected concerns about it being expensive. An NTA answer key challenge is an online process where candidates who take an exam (like JEE Main, NEET, or UGC NET) can object…
New Delhi: Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, who was serving life sentence in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi, died on Thursday, Safdarjung Hospital sources said. The hospital has not yet clarified the cause of his death. Kumar was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Delhi High Court on December 17, 2018, in…
Chennai: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the Congress party’s decision to sing only two stanzas of ‘Vande Mataram’ is not only anti-national but also a defiance of law and appeasement eyeing vote bank. Referring to the Congress Working Committee’s decision to follow only two paras of the national song, instead of the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid homage to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary. Gandhi was born on August 20, 1944 and died on May 21, 1991. “On the occasion of his birth anniversary, paying homage to former Prime Minister of India, Shri Rajiv Gandhi,” Modi said in a…
