NEW DELHI: With the government unwilling to accommodate Congress’ request to let it retain the helmsmanship of the department-related standing committee (DRSC) on home affairs in Rajya Sabha, the party is likely to accept the next best available offer – to lead the DRSC on commerce in the Upper House. With this, the grand old … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Karnataka government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that enforcement of uniforms may prevent students from wearing any kind of religious clothing, including hijab, but it would not amount to stifling one’s rights to freedom of religion or expression. Hijab is not an essential religious practice in Islam and students are free … Read more
NEW DELHI: The IAF will induct the first indigenous light combat helicopter (LCH), which is capable of offensive operations in the Siachen Glacier-Saltoro Ridge region and eastern Ladakh, at its Jodhpur airbase in the presence of defence minister Rajnath Singh on October 3. The phased induction of these 5.8-tonne choppers, which are armed with 20mm … Read more
NEW DELHI: India and Japan are now conducting the bilateral `JIMEX’ naval combat exercise in the Bay of Bengal, even as an Indian warship and maritime patrol aircraft have also reached Australia to take part in the multi-nation `Kakadu’ wargames there. The two exercises are a reminder of the way India has stepped up defence … Read more
KANYAKUMARI: In the backdrop of leaders quitting the Congress and criticising it recently, Rahul Gandhi on Friday said it is easier for many of them to make peace with the BJP and “fold hands” before it but his character is to fight for a certain idea of India. The former Congress chief also said the … Read more
NEW DELHI: With China’s expansionist behaviour in the Indo-Pacific figuring prominently on their radar screens, India and Japan plan to soon conduct their first-ever air combat exercise with fighter jets, boost their reciprocal military logistics pact and expand the scope of defence-industrial collaboration to develop cutting-edge weapon systems. Defence minister Rajnath Singh and his counterpart … Read more
NEW DELHI: The government is set to rename Rajpath and Central Vista lawns as Kartavya Path. The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has convened a special meeting on September 7 (Wednesday) to adopt the new name, sources said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the revamped Rajpath and Central Vista lawns on Thursday … Read more
NEW DELHI: The election to the Congress president’s post is getting mired in one controversy or the other with each passing day. In the latest row, senior party leaders have questioned the constitutionality of the voters’ list. After veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s resignation on August 26 and the continuous frontal attack on party … Read more
NEW DELHI: The nearly 100-metre-high structures – taller than Delhi’s iconic Qutub Minar (73 metres) – were brought to the ground in seconds literally like a house of cards by the ‘waterfall implosion’ technique, in a breathtaking spectacle of modern day engineering. Hundreds gathered near a ground in Noida to witness the once-in-a-lifetime spectacle of … Read more
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and blamed it of toppling all governments. “There is a serial killer in the city who is committing one murder after the other,” he said referring to the saffron party. He was addressing a special session of the … Read more