NEW DELHI: During his two-day visit to Germany, Prime Minister Narendra Modi not only met his counterparts from the United Kingdom, Japan and Italy, besides other world leaders, and exchanged views on a range of issues with them, but also gifted them a range of Indian artefacts, made in places across the country, from Jammu … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the plea filed by Zakia Jafri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging the clean chit given to the then chief minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 Gujarat riots by Special Investigation Team (SIT). A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar upheld the Special Metropolitan … Read more
NEW DELHI: Air pollution shortens average life expectancy in India, the second most polluted country in the world after Bangladesh, by five years, relative to what it would be if the new stringent WHO norms were met, according to a new Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) analysis released on Tuesday. In fact, pollution would cut … Read more
MOHALI: Former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, 95, was admitted to a private hospital in Mohali on Saturday evening. The hospital released a statement stating that Badal was admitted with gastritis and bronchial asthma. Badal is under the treatment of Dr Deepak Bhasin and Dr Digambar Behera; he is improving with all his parameters … Read more
China continues to harden its position along the borders with India, US defence secretary Lloyd James Austin said on Saturday, while underlining that Washington will stand by its friends in upholding their rights in the face of Beijing’s “war coercive” and “aggressive approach” in the Indo-Pacific. China must desist from its aggressive and illegal approaches … Read more
NEW DELHI: The government is likely to introduce the Bill to set up an overarching regulatory body for higher education — Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) — in the monsoon season of Parliament in July. The proposed commission will have powers to enforce academic quality standards and order the closure of sub-standard institutions. Non-compliance … Read more
BEIJING: China on Thursday termed the critical remarks by a top US General on its infrastructure build-up at the Sino-India border a “despicable act” and criticised the attempts of some American officials to “add fuel to fire”, emphasising that Beijing and New Delhi have the “will and capability” to properly resolve their differences through talks. … Read more
HYDERABAD: The city police have decided to seek trial of the minors accused in the Jubilee Hills gang-rape case as adults to ensure that they receive maximum punishment. Two of the accused minors are the son and nephew of an AIMIM MLA while a third is the son of a politician holding an important position … Read more
VARANASI: Civil judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar, who ordered a survey in the Gyanvapi mosque case, received a threat letter from an organisation called ‘Islamic Aghaz Movement’ on Tuesday. The Gyanvapi case was transferred by the SC to the district judge court of Varanasi on May 20. Varanasi police commissioner A Satish Ganesh said security of … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Lawrence Bishnoi-Kala Jathedi syndicate demanded Rs 5 crore as “protection money” from a Karol Bagh-based businessman. The extortion call was made from inside Mandoli Jail, an investigation has revealed. During searches, police have recovered an iPhone from the jail and arrested an inmate who is a close associate of jailed gangster Kala … Read more