New Delhi: Rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019 will be notified “much before” the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections, a senior government functionary said on Tuesday. Under the CAA brought in by the Narendra Modi government, Indian nationality will be granted to persecuted non-Muslim migrants — Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis and…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, where five soldiers were killed by terrorists in an ambush in Poonch district a fortnight ago. A day after the December 21 terror attack, three civilians, aged between 27 and 42, were found dead after they were allegedly…
Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday claimed that foreign mercenaries from Myanmar are likely to have been involved in the attacks on security forces in Moreh town. Singh, after visiting the injured security personnel who are undergoing treatment at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences here, said terrorists were “using sophisticated weapons”…
New Delhi: The University Grant Commision (UGC) has launched the Annual Capacity Building Plan (ACBP) for the skill enhancement of its employees. It is the first autonomous organisation to have initiated planning for the capacity building of its employees in collaboration with the Capacity Building Commission (CBC). The ACBP is a comprehensive plan outlining interventions essential…
Tiruchirappalli: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated a string of projects here and laid the foundation stone for new initiatives, in all worth Rs 20,140 crore. The Prime Minister hailed Tamil Nadu for its cultural inspiration and praised DMDK’s late leader Vijayakanth rooted for nationalism while Chief Minister M K Stalin championed the social…
Bengaluru: As the Ram Mandir inauguration in Ayodhya is coming closer, Karnataka police department has taken up cases for investigation against Ram Mandir activists who allegedly indulged in destruction of property and other cases three decades ago at the height of the movement for Ram Mandir, according to sources. Sources further explained that the police…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday defended the collegium system of judges appointing judges to the higher judiciary, asserting that steps have been taken to ensure greater transparency. In an exclusive interview with PTI, the CJI said it is very easy to criticise the process but every effort is being made…
Jamshedpur: The steel sector in the country is still in recovery mode after the Covid pandemic, Tata Steel CEO and MD T V Narendran said on Monday. He said demand for steel will continue to grow, backed by the government’s focus on infrastructure development. “This (2023) has been good year for the steel sector in…
London: International students, including Indians, starting courses at British universities this month will no longer be able to bring family members on all but postgraduate research courses and courses with government-funded scholarships under tougher UK visa norms effective from Monday. The UK Home Office said the changes, first announced by former home secretary Suella Braverman…
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday expressed happiness over ISRO’s successful launch of its first X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite that would offer insights into black holes in space. Launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on new year’s day, the XPoSAT satellite is expected to help in the study of black holes and neutron…
