JAMMU: BSF on Wednesday detected a suspected underground cross-border tunnel in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, nearly a fortnight after security forces gunned down two suicide bombers of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) outfit who had infiltrated from Pakistan, officials said. Deputy Inspector General of BSF (Jammu) SPS Sandhu said a small opening, believed to be a … Read more
NEW DELHI: Alphabet Inc’s Google has hired a new public policy head in India, Archana Gulati, who previously worked at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s federal think-tank and the country’s antitrust watchdog, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. A number of government officials have been hired by Big Tech companies which are … Read more
NEW DELHI: India has fallen eight places from 142 to 150 in the 2022 World Press Freedom Index of 180 countries. The index, published on Tuesday by Reporters Without Borders, points to an overall two-fold increase in media polarisation creating divisions within countries, and between countries at the international level. India’s ranking, as per the … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Ukraine issue, along with the Indo-Pacific and EU-India ties, again figured prominently in PM Narendra Modi’s bilateral meeting with his Denmark counterpart Mette Frederiksen Tuesday as Modi reiterated India’s call for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and adoption of dialogue and diplomacy to resolve the “problem”. While Frederiksen, who received Modi at … Read more
NEW DELHI: A row has erupted over an undated video doing the rounds on Twitter which shows Congress leader Rahul Gandhi partying at a nightclub reportedly in Nepal’s Kathmandu. Several BJP leaders on Tuesday shared the video on Twitter and slammed the Congress leadership amid communal clashes in Rajasthan where the party is in power. … Read more
NEW DELHI: India has been sizzling and sweltering for the last few days amid an intense heatwave which has forced millions to take cover indoors. The Indian Meteorology Department (IMD) has said that heatwave conditions are likely to abate over Delhi and adjoining parts of northwest India from Monday. But with temperatures hovering above the … Read more
NEW DELHI: A major row has erupted over the cancellation of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s proposed visit to Hyderabad’s Osmania University. Rahul Gandhi, who was expected to visit the university on May 7 to interact with the students, was on Sunday denied permission by the officials to visit the campus. The decision left the grand … Read more
NEW DELHI: Former petroleum secretary Tarun Kapoor was on Monday appointed as an advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved appointment of Kapoor, as advisor to the Prime Minister, in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), in the rank and scale of Secretary to Government of India, initially for … Read more
GUWAHATI: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the proposed uniform civil code (UCC) must be implemented to curb polygamy in the greater interest of Muslim women. “If the uniform civil code does not get implemented, the polygamy system will continue. A man will marry three-four times, curtailing the fundamental rights of a woman,” … Read more
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi left for Germany on Monday where he will chair the India-Germany inter-governmental consultations along with Chancellor Olaf Scholz before flying to Copenhagen for a summit with the leaders of the Nordic nations. On his way back, he will drop by in Paris for a meeting with “friend” Emmanuel Macron who … Read more