Uttarkashi: Rescue operations at Silkyara tunnel entered their final stretch early Thursday with the last pipe to prepare an escape passage for the trapped workers being pushed in through the rubble. All arrangements have been made to provide immediate medical care to the workers after they are evacuated, officials said. The last pipe is being…
Jaipur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said a caste census will be conducted in Rajasthan if his party retains power in the state. Addressing rallies in poll-bound Rajasthan’s Dholpur and Bharatpur, Gandhi also slammed the introduction of the Agnipath scheme, saying it has shattered the dreams of lakhs of youth who wanted to defend the…
Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said the central bank’s tougher stance on unsecured loans earlier this month is a “preemptive” move in the interest of sustainability. Underlining that the banking system continues to be resilient and there is no immediate cause of worry for the system, Das advised lenders to be…
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi on Tuesday was booked for allegedly threatening a police inspector, who asked him to wrap up an election meeting. Akbaruddin allegedly threatened the policeman after he was asked to stop his speech as he was ‘exceeding the permitted time’ as per the Model Code of Conduct. The…
United Nations: India did not participate in voting on a UN General Assembly resolution on building a peaceful and better world through sport and recognising the role of sports in preventing and countering terrorism and violent extremism as well as promoting human rights. The 193-member UN General Assembly adopted the draft resolution “Building a Peaceful…
New Delhi: India has resumed electronic visa services for Canadian nationals after a nearly two-month pause, sources said on Wednesday. Tensions flared between India and Canada in September following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations of the “potential” involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on June 18 in British Columbia….
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday hit back at the Congress over its condemnation of the seizure of National Herald assets, as the ruling party asserted that the Gandhi family must pay for its “sins”. Former Union minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad accused the Gandhi family of capturing National Herald assets by converting…
Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that his guarantee outweighs all “false promises” made by the Congress, and asked the people of Rajasthan to wipe out the Ashok Gehlot government to free the state from oppression and corruption. Modi’s guarantee, he said, begins from where the hope from Congress for the welfare of…
New Delhi: The government is focusing on horizontal drilling to bring out alive all the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi and it may take less than three days to rescue them if no obstructions in the form of hard rocks are faced, senior officials said on Tuesday. The officials also said…
New Delhi: At a BRICS meeting convened to discuss the Israel-Hamas conflict, India on Tuesday said the immediate crisis was triggered by a terrorist attack and none should compromise where terrorism is concerned, even as it called for addressing concerns of Palestinians and stressed the two-state solution. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who addressed the…
