Colombo: A technical committee appointed by the minister of sports will be probing the reasons behind Sri Lanka’s failure to win automatic qualification for the ODI World Cup to be held in India later this year. Sri Lanka failed to directly qualify for the ICC ODI World Cup following their loss to New Zealand in […]
Dibrugarh (Assam): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday asserted that the BJP will win more than 300 Lok Sabha seats across the country in next year’s general elections and return to power with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm. Addressing a rally in Dibrugarh, the senior BJP leader exuded confidence that the saffron […]
Jaipur:As senior Congress Sachin Pilot began his daylong fast against his own party-led government in Rajasthan on Tuesday, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot released a video portraying his vision to take the state to the top by 2030. “I have decided that I have to make Rajasthan the top state by 2030. To realise this dream, […]
New Delhi: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the alleged land-for-jobs scam case. The 33-year-old Yadav, the son of RJD chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad, reached the federal agency’s office in central Delhi in […]
Kibithoo (AP): The era when anyone could encroach on India’s land has passed and no one can dare to eye its border, Home Minister Amit Shah said here on Monday. Launching the Vibrant Villages programme in the border village of Kibithoo in Arunachal Pradesh, India’s easternmost place, Shah said the valour of army and ITBP […]
Beijing: China on Monday criticised Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh, stating that it violated Chinese sovereignty over the area, a claim outrightly dismissed by India. Home Minister Shah on Monday launched ‘Vibrant Villages Programme’ from Kibithoo, the border village of Arunachal Pradesh and India’s easternmost place. “Zangnan, (the Chinese name for Arunachal […]
Jammu: Former Jammu and Kashmir police chief S P Vaid has expressed concern over the home department transferring several deputy superintendents of police-ranked officers, saying this power till now was vested with the DGP. He said the home department effecting such transfers is “attempt to weaken the authority of police chief”. The home department on […]
New Delhi: Amid a spike in COVID-19 cases, mock drills to take stock of hospital preparedness were held in several public and private facilities across the country on Monday, with Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya visiting the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital here to review the measures taken to combat the disease. India logged 5,880 fresh […]
Srinagar: ltija on Monday shot off a letter to the regional passport officer here, questioning the decision to issue her a country-specific passport for two years only, and demanding a regular passport for 10 years. “As per rule 12 of the passport rules, duration of the passport has to be ten years. However, in my […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday gave the states of Rajasthan and Telangana and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir six weeks to submit their responses on the issue of identification of minorities at the state level, after the Centre pleaded for giving them a “last opportunity”. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) K M Nataraj, […]