Congress writes to minorities commission, seeks probe into Assam madrasa demolition

Congress writes to minorities commission, seeks probe into Assam madrasa demolition

Guwahati: Congress lawmakers from Assam have written to the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), urging it to investigate the demolition of a madrasa in Bongaigaon and ensure justice for its 224 students. In a letter to the NCM chairperson Iqbal Singh Lalpura, Congress MP Abdul Khaleque and MLAs Pradip Sarkar, Abdur Rashid Mondal, Asif Nazar […]

Over-speeding caused maximum accident-related deaths: Govt report

‘Road accidents in India’ New Delhi: Over-speeding constituted the main traffic rule violation associated with accident related deaths (69.3 per cent) and injuries (73.4 per cent), followed by driving on wrong side, drunken driving, use of mobile phone and jumping red light in 2020, the road transport ministry said in a report. According to the […]

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh meets Mongolia’s top leadership to boost bilateral ties

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh meets Mongolia’s top leadership to boost bilateral ties

ULAANBAATAR: Rajnath Singh, the first Indian Defence Minister to visit Mongolia, met the top leadership of the country here on Tuesday, including President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, and discussed ways to further deepen the multifaceted strategic partnership between the two countries. Defence Minister Singh is on a five-day visit to Mongolia and Japan beginning Monday with an […]

Russia sends more energy to Asia as Europe cuts back

Russia sends more energy to Asia as Europe cuts back

Berlin: Russia sent significantly more oil and coal to India and China over the summer compared with the start of the year, while European countries that long relied on Russian energy have cut back sharply in response to the war in Ukraine, said a report published Tuesday. The Centre for Research on Energy and Clean […]

Putin attends joint military drills with China, others

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday attended sweeping war games in his country’s far east involving troops from China and other nations, in a show of military muscle amid the tensions with the West over Moscow’s action in Ukraine. The weeklong exercise that began Thursday is intended to showcase growing defense ties between Russia […]

Queen Elizabeth II appoints Liz Truss as Britain’s new Prime Minister

London: Conservative Party leader Liz Truss was on Tuesday formally appointed as Britain’s new Prime Minister by Queen Elizabeth II, becoming the third female premier of the country. Truss travelled to the 96-year-old monarch’s Balmoral Castle residence in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, to meet the Queen who formally asked her to form a new government. Earlier, outgoing […]

Arunachal to scrap ST certificates of children born to non-tribal men

Arunachal to scrap ST certificates of children born to non-tribal men

Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh government will cancel all Scheduled Tribe certificates earlier issued to offsprings of tribal women married to non-tribals after screening of the cases by a committee, a state minister said in the assembly on Tuesday. Responding to a question by senior Congress MLA Lombo Tayeng, Social Justice, Empowerment, and Tribal Affairs (SJETA) […]

Centre’s move to rename Rajpath draws mixed public reactions

Centre’s move to rename Rajpath draws mixed public reactions

New Delhi, Sep 6 (PTI) The Central government’s decision to rename Rajpath as ‘Kartavya Path’ has drawn mixed reactions from the public. While some of them welcomed the move and termed it as a ‘positive change’, some others disagreed to the idea and said that the concept of Rajpath and Janpath crossing each other will […]

Revenue Deficit Grant of Rs. 7,183.42 crore released to 14 States

New Delhi: The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance has on Tuesday released the 6th monthly instalment of Post Devolution Revenue Deficit (PDRD) Grant of Rs. 7,183.42 crore to 14 States. The grant has been released as per the recommendations of the Fifteenth Finance Commission. The Fifteenth Finance Commission has recommended a total Post Devolution […]