China’s intent has been to keep the boundary issue ‘alive’: Army chief

NEW DELHI: China has not shown any intent to move towards a final settlement of the overall boundary question, General Manoj Pande said on Monday, while asserting the Army is maintaining a `robust posture’ to tackle any contingency amid the continuing over two-year long military confrontation in eastern Ladakh. “The basic issue remains the resolution … Read more

Radical Muslims should realise grass is not greener in Pakistan: Kerala HC in terror recruitment case

KOCHI: Muslims having radical thoughts should realise from India’s history since the Partition that the grass is not greener on the other side of the fence, the Kerala High Court said in a judgment while upholding the conviction of the accused in a Kashmir terror recruitment case. A division bench comprising justices K Vinod Chandran … Read more

‘There are no magic wands’: Top Congress leaders meet ahead of key brainstorming session

NEW DELHI: The top Congress leadership on Monday met at the party’s headquarters in the national capital to chalk out the modalities and agenda of its “Chintan Shivir” (brainstorming session) to be held in Rajasthan’s Udaipur from May 13 to 15. Congress president Sonia Gandhi and several other senior leaders attended the meeting of the … Read more

Stalker behind fire that killed 7 held in MP after a 10-km chase

INDORE: The stalker who sparked an inferno in an Indore building that killed seven people after he set fire to a girl’s parked scooter early Saturday was arrested after a 10km chase that ended with him ramming his two-wheeler into a road divider. Sanjay alias Shubham Dixit, a Bhopal-based engineering student, claimed he was trying … Read more

Rakhigarhi dig gives evidence of a planned Harappan-era city

RAKHIGARHI (HISAR): Wide roads, a drainage network, multi-tier houses and possibly a jewellery-making unit – the latest excavation by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at Rakhigarhi village in Haryana’s Hisar has found enough evidence to suggest that a meticulously planned Harappan city thrived there. A team of 40 archaeologists and research scholars has been … Read more

Gujarat link comes to fore in latest US entry bid

AHMEDABAD: The American dream of a Gujarat family of four had frozen with their bodies on the Canada border on January 16. Now, it has emerged on Sunday that the US aspirations of six other Gujaratis nearly sank them in frigid waters while they attempted a similar illegal entry into USA from the Canada border. … Read more

Amit Shah: PM Modi template for what it means to be a national leader

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi is now the template for what it means to be a “national leader”, home minister Amit Shah has said, asserting that the label was earlier handed out to even politicians of no proven merit and only capable of winning election from one or two safe Lok Sabha seats. While national … Read more

Asani intensifies into severe cyclonic storm, Odisha, Bengal on alert

KOLKATA/BHUBANESWAR: Cyclone Asani, formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal, further intensified into a severe cyclonic storm on Sunday evening as it moved northwestwards in the direction of north Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coasts, the Met department said. The severe cyclone, on reaching westcentral and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal off north Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coasts on Tuesday, … Read more

PM Modi now template for what it means, takes to be national leader: Amit Shah

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now the template for what it means and takes to be a “national leader”, Union home minister Amit Shah has said, asserting that the label was earlier handed out to even politicians of no proven merit and only capable of winning election from one or two safe Lok … Read more

Saddened by rising violence and false cases against docs: CJI

NEW DELHI: Chief Justice NV Ramana on Saturday expressed deep concern over rising incidents of violence and lodging of false cases against doctors across India and said they need a secure environment to discharge their selfless service to the society. Releasing the book ‘Atlas of Breast Elastography and Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Cytology’ by Col … Read more