Male: India and the Maldives on Wednesday reaffirmed the importance of maintaining peace, stability and security in the Indian Ocean as they underscored the significance of respecting international law and rules-based international order, amid China’s growing influence in the strategically vital region. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who arrived here on Monday on the invitation of his…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been advised to take “complete rest” for 10 days to avoid further complications with his injured leg, a leader from his party said on Wednesday, a day after he was reportedly injured during a melee at the Lahore High Court. In November, Khan, 70, was wounded in…
Kathmandu: Injured Indian mountaineer Anurag Maloo on Wednesday underwent a successful tracheostomy surgery and his condition is improving, his brother said, nearly a fortnight after he was found alive by rescuers in Nepal’s Mount Annapurna. Anurag, 34, a resident of Kishangarh in Rajasthan, went missing in mid-April after he fell from around 6,000 meters while descending…
New Delhi: The Central Information Commission has almost halved the pendency of appeals and complaints with it in the last three years, according to data compiled by the transparency panel. The panel had 38,116 cases pending before it in 2020-21 which has reduced to 19,233 in 2022-23, officials said referring to tentative figures compiled by the…
Udhampur/Jammu: Patience is running thin for the residents of over 50 villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district who have been waiting for the last two years for a new bridge over a rivulet and say the administration needs to be “shaken out of its slumber”. The 70-year-old Birwan bridge in the Army cantonment, one…
Dibrugarh (Assam): India is the world’s most vibrant democracy and its image cannot be allowed to be tainted or tarnished by anyone, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Wednesday. Some people are trying to tarnish India’s democratic image outside the country by spreading a false narrative that people do not enjoy their rights, Dhankhar said while…
Bhopal: The promise to ban the Bajrang Dal by the Congress in its manifesto for the Karnataka Assembly polls has triggered a war of words in Madhya Pradesh. While Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and MP home minister questioned Congress state chief Kamal Nath’s devotion to Hanuman, Nath said those spreading hatred must face action. In…
Srinagar: Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. The encounter took place near Pichnad Machil area of Kupwara district in north Kashmir, a police official said. “Two terrorists have been killed. The search operation is still going on,” the official said.
New Delhi: The BJP said on Wednesday that the Aam Aadmi Party is getting “exposed” by the day as it asked the party to come clean on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s alleged involvement in the corruption case involving the city’s excise policy. At a press conference, BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi cited reports to question if…
Mulki (K’taka): In a frontal attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the entire politics of the party is based on “divide and rule” policy, and charged it with going across the world defaming the country, when India’s democracy and development is being appreciated and respected globally. Calling Congress the “enemy…
