New Delhi: A corruption case has been lodged against former Telangana minister KT Rama Rao Rao in connection with alleged irregularities in the Formula E car race in Hyderabad. He has been accused of misuse of government funds under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the IPC. The cabinet clearance for the case came…
Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Thursday asserted that the situation in the state, which has been in the grip of ethnic violence since May last year, is “improving”. He also praised deputy commissioners of the districts, particularly those working in the hills region, for performing their duties sincerely during this difficult time….
Securing the Chicken’s Neck: Combating Demographic and Radicalization Threats to Northeast India The strategic vulnerability of the ‘Chicken’s Neck Corridor’ in North Bengal—a narrow stretch connecting mainland India to the northeastern states—has long been recognized as a potential target for hostile forces. The region’s shifting demographics and rising radicalization present an imminent security threat, demanding…
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet decided on Thursday to cancel tenders for 44,195 Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) works worth Rs 11,401 crore that were initiated during the previous YSRCP government. Information and Public Relations Minister K Parthasarathy announced the decision at a press conference held at the Secretariat in Amaravati. Explaining the rationale, he stated…
New Delhi: The role of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be crucial in the investigation of the complaints lodged by the BJP and Congress leaders over the jostling among its MPs in Parliament premises which sent two leader seeking hospital care. Permission from the Lok Sabha Speaker, being the custodian of the Parliament premises,…
MS Shanker It’s heartwarming to see Indian lawmakers embracing democracy so passionately—by literally wrestling for it. The recent jostle at Parliament’s Makar Dwar, which allegedly left two BJP members injured, was less about legislating and more about showcasing physical prowess. Bravo! For a nation that prides itself on being the world’s largest democracy, such incidents…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said although the RSS and the undivided Shiv Sena were bound by a common thread of Hindutva, their ideologies have always been different. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Raut said in 1975, Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray was pressured to merge his party with the…
New Delhi: If ever there was proof needed that Manu Bhaker had prodigious talent, she provided it at the Paris Olympics with two bronze medals, scripting history in a year when shooting was as much about success as it was about missing medals by wafer-thin margins. Shooting is about individual glory and Manu took it…
New Delhi: Three NDA MPs, including Anurag Thakur and Bansuri Swaraj, have filed a police complaint against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of being involved in “physical assault and incitement” during a scuffle at Parliament, an officer said. Thakur and Swaraj, accompanied by a TDP MP, met the officers at the Parliament Street Police…
New Delhi: Hitting out at Congress for “failing” to address the unemployment issue during its decades in power, Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil on Thursday claimed that the initiatives taken by the BJP-led NDA government has reduced brain drain of the youth. Addressing a press conference, Patil said now even those who went…
