Varanasi (UP): The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Saturday resumed its scientific survey work at the Gyanvapi mosque here to determine whether the 17th-century mosque was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple. Government counsel Rajesh Mishra, who accompanied the ASI survey team during the day-long exercise a day before, on Saturday said…
New Delhi: Union Home Secretary Ajay kumar Bhalla was on Friday given a one-year extension till August 22, 2024, according to a Personnel Ministry order. This is his fourth extension in the post. Bhalla, a 1984-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, was appointed home secretary in August 2019. He was to retire…
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday accused the Modi government of not being serious in finding a solution to the logjam in Rajya Sabha, saying the INDIA opposition bloc had offered a “middle path” solution and that a debate on Manipur under a mutually negotiated motion should have ideally taken place today or “very soon”….
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday hailed the Supreme Court ruling staying the conviction of Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 defamation case and cited a quote by Gautam Buddha that “Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth”. The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the conviction of…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 defamation case over his Modi surname remark, restoring his status as an MP. A three-judge bench of Justices B R Gavai, P S Narasimha and Sanjay Kumar said no doubt that the utterances were not in good…
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has referred complaints related to the privilege of the House against TMC’s Derek O’Brien and AAP’s Raghav Chadha to the privileges committee for further examination. The Rajya Sabha secretariat said the complaint against O’Brien was filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members Laxmikant Bajpayee and Surendra Singh Nagar, while…
Varanasi (UP): The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) began working on a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi premises here on Friday to determine whether the 17th-century mosque was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a Hindu temple. The survey began at around 7 am, ASI sources said. The ASI team members, along with the representatives…
New Delhi: The opposition on Thursday walked out of Lok Sabha before the voting on the Delhi services bill, accusing Home Minister Amit Shah of making an election speech and alleging that it was not allowed to raise some issues. Speaking to reporters, Leader of the Congress Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that the issue was all…
New Delhi: With the upcoming BRICS summit in South Africa set to discuss admitting new members, India on Thursday dismissed as “baseless” reports that it is opposed to the expansion of the five-nation grouping. In a telephonic conversation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa that he looked forward to visiting Johannesburg…
Prayagraj: With the Allahabad High Court giving a gp-ahead for the scientific survey at Gyanvapi mosque, the Archaeological Survey of India will begin the exercise on Friday. The High Court dismissed the Muslim body’s petition which had challenged a lower court order asking the ASI to perform the survey to determine if the 17th-century mosque was built…
