Kathmandu: The curfew imposed on Wednesday in parts of Nepal’s Bara district after clashes broke out between young protestors associated with the Gen Z movement and the former ruling Communist Party of Nepal–Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML), was extended until 8 pm (local time) on Thursday, the district administration said. Officials said the restrictions would remain…
Mumbai: Aerospace and defence manufacturing startup Jeh Aerospace on Thursday launched its second manufacturing unit in Telangana and announced plans to invest USD 50 million (around Rs 445 crore) in the facility over the next 6-12 months. The startup, backed by marquee investors such as General Catalyst, Elevation Capital, and IndiGo Ventures, also said that…
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday took custody of three doctors and a preacher who were arrested in connection with the November 10 car blast outside the Red Fort in which 15 people were killed. Muzammil Ganaie, Adeel Rather and Shaheena Saeed as well as Maulvi Irfan Ahmed Wagay had earlier been…
Jammu: The State Investigation Agency of the Jammu and Kashmir Police raided the office of the Kashmir Times here on Thursday for allegedly promoting activities against the country and recovered cartridges of AK rifles and some rounds of pistol, among other things. Officials said that SIA sleuths conducted a thorough search of the newspaper’s premises…
Hyderabad: After nearly a gap of six years, former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday appeared before a special court for CBI cases here in connection with the quid pro quo investments cases filed against him. The YSR Congress president has been facing trial wherein he was charge-sheeted in 11…
New Delhi: In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that timelines cannot be fixed for the governor and the President for giving assent to bills passed by state assemblies, and the judiciary cannot also grant deemed assent to them. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice BR Gavai unanimously held that…
Patna: In a political career spanning 50 years, Nitish Kumar has displayed an uncanny knack for rising like a Phoenix every time sceptics and detractors have sought to write him off. The most atypical of politicians owing their rise to post-Mandal politics, Nitish Kumar stood out for his ability to address the governance deficit, unlike…
Patna: Senior BJP leader Samrat Choudhary, who has been considered the OBC face of the party, was sworn in as the minister of Bihar. Governor Arif Mohammad Khan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Choudhary during a programme at Gandhi Maidan here. Choudhary, son of former minister Shakuni Choudhary, was a member of…
Patna: No chief minister in the country would have taken oath as many times as Bihar’s longest-serving Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was sworn in for a record 10th term on Thursday. At 74, Kumar also achieved another milestone of extending his 19-year stint as Chief Minister and breaking into the national top-10 list of…
Washington, DC (US): The United States has approved the sale of an FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missile system and the M982A1 Excalibur precision-guided artillery projectiles and associated equipment to India, with an estimated value of USD 47.1 million. The Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced the sale in a notification saying that the US State…
