New Delhi: Around 25 members of Meitei extremist group National Revolutionary Front Manipur (NRFM) have joined the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), which signed a peace agreement with the Centre last week. According to an official statement, the development is likely to give a momentum to the Centre’s efforts to restore peace and normalcy in ethnic…
New Delhi: There is structural soundness in the India-US relationship and it is certainly proofed against political check, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday, in comments that came against the backdrop of Washington alleging an Indian link to a foiled plot to kill a Sikh separatist on its soil. US Principal Deputy NSA…
Imphal: At least 13 people were killed in a firefight between two unknown militant groups in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district on Monday, December 4. The identity of the deceased remains unknown, the police said. According to the reports, the incident of gunfight were reported from Leithu village around afternoon. An official in the hill district said…
New Delhi: The Railway Ministry has set up an emergency control cell in Chennai and a war room at the Rail Bhawan in New Delhi among various other measures to meet the challenges posed by the cyclonic storm ‘Michaung’. “The Indian Railways has geared up its entire machinery in a big way to ensure and manage…
Chennai/Nellore: An orange alert has been sounded by the IMD for Andhra Pradesh and adjoining north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts as cyclone Michaung approaches the south Andhra Pradesh coast. Several areas of Chennai and its neighbouring districts were inundated due to relentless rains. Transport services took a severe hit as several trains and flights were cancelled…
Aizawl: The Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) stormed to power in Mizoram by dethroning the Mizo National Front (MNF) bagging 27 seats in the 40-member House on Monday. The MNF won 10 seats, BJP (2) and Congress (1), Election Commission officials said. Prominent ZPM winners include the party’s CM face Lalduhoma, who secured the Serchhip seat defeating…
Jaipur: The BJP inflicted a blow to the Congress and the BSP in Rajasthan by breaking into their traditional Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes community vote bank as it swept the Assembly elections in the state, winning 115 of the 199 where polling took place. Of the 34 SC reserved seats that went to the polls,…
New Delhi: There are no plans to introduce state-specific cultural curricula in a partnership with the Ministry of Education, Union Tourism and Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy told Parliament on Monday. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Reddy said paragraph 4.32 of the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 clearly mentions…
New Delhi: Several opposition MPs expressed surprise as the report of the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee recommending the expulsion of Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in a “cash-for-query” case was not tabled in the House though it was listed on Monday’s agenda. The report was listed for presentation after the Question Hour. But it was not…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed BJP’s big win in the assembly polls as a victory for his government’s agenda of self-reliant India, asserting that its hat-trick in the states is a guarantee of its hat-trick of Lok Sabha poll wins in 2024. “The results show popular support for our battle against corruption,”…
