New Delhi: The CBI is likely to question the senior management of Shapoorji Pollonji Infrastructure Gujarat Private Ltd in connection with an alleged case of bribery of Rs 85 lakh, in which a Commissioner of Income Tax and a company executive were arrested, officials said Wednesday. Viral Kantilal Mehta, deputy general manager (Taxation) of Shapoorji…
Katra/Jammu: The helicopter service to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district resumed on Wednesday after being suspended for a week due to the military standoff between India and Pakistan, officials said. This came a day after flight operations recommenced at 32 airports, including Jammu and Srinagar, following the suspension of…
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge extended best wishes to B R Gavai after he was sworn in as the Chief Justice of India on Wednesday, and said he is well-equipped to serve the judiciary with excellence as well as uphold constitutional values. Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, who has been part of several benches that…
London: The UK stands ready to work with India and Pakistan to ensure a lasting ceasefire and will lean in to support efforts on both sides to deal with “horrendous terrorism”, Foreign Secretary David Lammy has told the British Parliament. During a debate on Kashmir in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Lammy said he…
New Delhi: The security cover of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has been strengthened with the addition of two bullet-resistant vehicles following a review of his Z-category armed central protection recently, official sources said on Wednesday. The move comes days after a military conflict between India and Pakistan, and amid New Delhi’s punitive diplomatic measures…
New Delhi: Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai was on Wednesday sworn in as the 52nd Chief Justice of India. He was administered the oath by President Droupadi Murmu at a brief ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan. He succeeds Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who demitted office on Tuesday on attaining the age of 65 years. Justice Gavai, who was…
Who is the United States trying to fool? Does it still live under the delusion that its self-appointed ‘Big Brother’ role grants it the power to hoodwink the world with outdated Cold War theatrics? In a telling moment of panic, the U.S. President Donald Trump scrambled to deflect attention after India’s precision strike on Pakistan’s…
Since Donald Trump has led one of the two global superpowers, it’s critical to examine his personality in depth. Two striking features of Trump’s behavior should be evident even to a casual observer: he exhibits traits of a self-glorifying pathological megalomaniac or narcissist. Let there be no ambiguity on that count. A quick look at…
New Delhi: India on Tuesday appeared to push back against US President Donald Trump’s offer of mediation on the Kashmir issue, assertion on trade and his claims of defusing a nuclear conflict in the context of hostilities between Indian and Pakistani militaries following the Pahalgam terror attack. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) also seemed…
New Delhi: A top officer of the Indian armed forces on Tuesday briefed a gathering of foreign defence attaches on the “successful conduct” of Operation Sindoor which it said has set “new normals in India-Pakistan relations”, highlighting the country’s strength and national resolve through military superiority in the “new-age warfare”. During the nearly 30-minute closed-door…
