New Delhi: Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “pushing” the Great Nicobar Integrated Development Project aggressively in the face of clear and mounting evidence of its “disastrous” ecological and humanitarian impacts. Ramesh, who is also a former Union environment minister, has been asserting that the present design…
Dhule (Maharashtra): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday accused the Congress-led INDIA bloc of wanting to take the Constitution out of Jammu and Kashmir and asserted that no power in the world can restore Article 370 there. He also accused the Congress of pitting one caste against another and cautioned people to stay united. “Ek…
The so-called “Samosa Scandal” in Himachal Pradesh is a classic case of a molehill being inflated into a mountain for political gain. What began as a minor mistake by a junior officer in the Crime Investigation Department (CID) has snowballed into a political spectacle, driven largely by the opposition BJP. In truth, this controversy says…
Our Special Correspondent Hyderabad: Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG) Hospitals here has officially opened the Barry Marshall Centre for H. Pylori Research, India’s first dedicated facility focused on tackling the widespread Helicobacter Pylori infection. The center, named after Nobel Prize-winning scientist Prof. Barry Marshall, aims to revolutionize H. Pylori treatment and research in India, particularly…
Imphal: At least six houses were torched and residents of a tribal village were attacked by a group of armed militants in ethnic strife-torn Manipur’s Jiribam district, police said on Friday. The incident occurred on Thursday evening in Zairon Hmar village after the group of militants set the houses on fire, a senior officer said….
Ballari (Karnataka): Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Friday alleged that a new kind of “Jihad” is taking place across Karnataka with the Waqf Board claiming ownership of lands belonging to farmers, temples and others. Hitting out at the Congress government headed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, he said the ruling party has reached “height of appeasement…
New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan on Friday said work is underway to virtually link the various military museums to one e-platform under a project that aims to spread awareness about India’s glorious military heritage. In his keynote address at the inaugural ceremony of the second edition of the Indian Military Heritage…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court sought the Centre’s response to a plea seeking the inclusion of ayurveda, yoga, and naturopathy in the national Ayushman Bharat scheme. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued the notice to the Centre and others on the petition filed by…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday deferred the question of Aligarh Muslim University’s minority status to a new bench and overruled the 1967 judgment that said the university cannot be considered a minority institution since it was created by a central law. In a majority verdict headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D…
Amaravati: YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday said that the party is waging a war against a “demonic yellow media” and its “unethical social media”. The former chief minister’s statement comes at a time when more than 100 YSRCP activists were detained by police across the state for alleged disparaging posts on social…
