MUMBAI: NCP president Sharad Pawar filed an additional affidavit before the Koregaon Bhima inquiry commission to suggest “legal reforms” that include “repeal” of Section 124A of Indian Penal Code (offence of sedition) and reintroduction of Section 66A of the Information Technology Act to ensure law enforcement agencies can maintain law and order and prevent riots. … Read more
NEW DELHI: Minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday told a visiting European Union delegation, including its special representative for human rights Eamon Gilmore, that constitutional and religious rights of every community are absolutely safe in India, but “nobody has the right to indulge in forceful and fraudulent religious conversion”. Naqvi is learnt to … Read more
NEW DELHI: The spike in coal requirement due to the steep increase in electricity demand has forced Indian Railways to cancel around 16 mail/express and passenger trains daily in the past couple of weeks to create extra paths for rakes carrying the key ingredient to power plants located across the country. The railway ministry has … Read more
NEW DELHI: Formal sector employment in India rose by 4 lakh in the quarter ending December 2021, with the manufacturing sector emerging as the largest employer, according to the third Quarterly Employment Survey report released by the labour ministry on Thursday. The third Quarterly Employment Survey (QES), which captured employment data from establishments with 10 … Read more
DHAKA: External affairs minister S Jaishankar met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday. Hasina offered her country’s seaport, Chittagong to India, for use by Assam and Tripura. This would lead to better connectivity between the two countries. Jaishankar also invited Hasina to visit New Delhi. The invitation was extended on behalf of PM Narendra … Read more
GUWAHATI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said difficulties in the northeast have reduced since 2014 and development is taking place in the region. He was addressing the ‘Peace, Unity and Development Rally’ at Diphu in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district. The Prime Minister said, “For a long time, Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) had … Read more
NEW DELHI: The current geopolitical situation dictates that India be prepared for short swift wars as well as long-drawn standoffs like the ongoing one with China in eastern Ladakh, the IAF chief said on Thursday, while stressing the criticality of operational logistics for such contingencies. Quoting Sun Tzu that “the line between disorder and order … Read more
NEW DELHI: The IAF chief VR Chaudhari on Thursday said that the current geopolitical situation necessitates the Indian Air Force to prepare for intense and small duration operations at a short notice, and be ready for a long drawn standoff like the one we are seeing in eastern Ladakh. Addressing a seminar in the national … Read more
LUCKNOW: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath said here on Wednesday that his government gives equal respect to all faiths, but if people indulge in ugly display of their faith to harass others, it won’t be tolerated. Speaking to ground-level officers through a video-conferencing, he said that the show of communal amity on the occasion of Ram … Read more
PATNA: Amid speculation about a political realignment in Bihar, chief minister Nitish Kumar is likely to meet leader of the opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav and other family members of RJD chief Lalu Prasad at an iftar being hosted by his party, JD(U), on Thursday. JD(U) sent formal invitation cards on Wednesday in the name of … Read more