Ex-Navy personnel on death row in Qatar: Govt making efforts to bring them back, says Navy Chief

Ex-Navy personnel on death row in Qatar: Govt making efforts to bring them back, says Navy Chief

New Delhi: Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar on Friday said the government is putting all-out efforts to bring back eight former naval personnel from Qatar, who were handed death sentence by a Qatari court. “We are working closely to ensure that their interests are looked after,” Admiral Kumar said at a media briefing. “The […]

48 schools in Bengaluru receive bomb threat, students evacuated safely

Bengaluru: Forty-eight private schools in Bengaluru on Friday morning received an email with a bomb threat on its premises, triggering panic among the staff and parents, police said. The school authorities immediately alerted police, who reached the institutions concerned with the bomb disposal squads and anti-sabotage check teams, they said. The students and staff were […]

4 biggest ‘castes’ for me are poor, youth, women, farmers; their rise will make India developed: PM

4 biggest ‘castes’ for me are poor, youth, women, farmers; their rise will make India developed: PM

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Thursday that his work in the last 10 years has led to people having immense confidence in his government as he faulted past dispensations for acting like “mai baap” of citizens, with vote bank considerations guiding their development initiatives. In his address to beneficiaries of different schemes […]

AAP to seek public opinion on whether Kejriwal should resign as CM if arrested

AAP to seek public opinion on whether Kejriwal should resign as CM if arrested

New Delhi: The AAP will run a signature campaign from December 1 to 20 to get people’s feedback on whether Arvind Kejriwal should resign as Delhi chief minister if he is arrested under a “conspiracy by the BJP”, the party’s city convener Gopal Rai said Thursday. Addressing a press conference along with party MP Raghav […]

Law on assault of public servant: Par panel suggests punishment be reduced to 1 year

New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has recommended that the two-year imprisonment given to anyone who assaults or uses criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty should be reduced to one year after taking into account submissions of some MPs that the law is widely “misused”. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home […]

Nitish setting political agenda as Modi did before 2014 polls, claims JD(U)

New Delhi: The Janata Dal (United) claimed on Thursday that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is setting the political agenda with his government’s “caste census”-exercise, increase in reservation and women empowerment ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in the same manner Prime Minister Narendra Modi did before the 2014 elections. A political vacuum had […]

Canada giving space to anti-India elements, interfering in our affairs: MEA

New Delhi: India on Thursday reiterated its charge that Canada has given space to anti-India elements and was interfering in the internal affairs of this country and said it expected Ottawa to live up to its obligations under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. At a media briefing here, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam […]

Varanasi court gives 10 more days to ASI to submit Gyanvapi survey report

Varanasi: The Varanasi district court on Thursday gave 10 more days to the Archaeological Survey of India to complete and submit a scientific survey report of the Gyanvapi mosque complex here. Taking up the plea of the ASI seeking three additional weeks to submit the report, District Judge A K Vishvesh said he hoped that […]

Rahul Gandhi praises healthcare in Kerala

Rahul Gandhi praises healthcare in Kerala

Malappuram (Kerala): Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday hailed the healthcare and palliative care in Kerala as one of the best in the country. Gandhi said that Kerala was a pioneer in palliative care in the whole country. “It leads the way as far as healthcare and palliative care is concerned,” he added. He also […]

No one can stop CAA implementation: Shah

No one can stop CAA implementation: Shah

Kolkata: Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Wednesday that the Central government will implement the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and no one can stop it. Addressing a big rally here to launch the party’s Lok Sabha campaign, Shah launched a blistering attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the issues of appeasement, infiltration, corruption and political […]

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