NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has called for “intercensal surveys” — surveys between two successive censuses — in India considering that cities and urban settlements undergo major changes in 10 years, and has also recommended review of the criteria for notifying “census towns” to make it more gender inclusive.At present, to qualify an urban area…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Friday detained Congress MP Imran Masood after he joined the students’ protest at Jamia Milia University.“I can even give my life for my children. These are my children and the future of my country. Attempts are being made to crush their rights. The students have been expelled from the university….
Amid ongoing efforts by both India and Azerbaijan for a reset in ties, external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov agreed to expand cooperation in energy, trade, investment and connectivity in a “very productive” meeting in Baku.Jaishankar’s visit to Azerbaijan was the first by an Indian foreign minister in the past 8…
NEW DELHI: Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said he had lodged a police complaint over an alleged “fake sting operation” video targeting him, alleging that it was an attempt to blackmail him after he lost power.Speaking to reporters in Mysuru, the senior Congress leader said he wanted the truth to come out and…
Delhi police detain SIR protesters marching towards EC headquarters; Jordan church shooting leaves seven dead & more Delhi Police detained protesters marching towards the Election Commission headquarters against the SIR of electoral rolls, as authorities imposed restrictions on public gatherings. Raj Thackeray accused the BJP of undermining democracy amid a political row over an audio…
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claimed that Mann was detained for three hours at the airport NEW DELHI: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann has alleged that he was kept waiting for around two hours at Delhi airport after returning from Paris, claiming that officials repeatedly cited luggage checks as the reason for the delay. Mann…
As Asaduddin Owaisi campaigns in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, urging Muslims to look beyond the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress, a Congress leader from Telangana, Owaisi’s home state, on Friday accused the AIMIM chief of advocating a political strategy in UP that he had never implemented in Telangana.Mohammed Waliullah Sameer, Congress in-charge for Owaisi’s Hyderabad Lok…
CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka summoned NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das appeared before the special executive magistrate on Friday and were questioned by the Delhi Crime Branch as part of its investigation into two cases registered against them, sources told news agency PTI.This comes a day after…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday allowed American mercenary Matthew Aaron VanDyke to travel to the United States and extended permission for six Ukrainian nationals to remain outside India until February 24.Special judge Prashant Sharma passed the order while hearing applications moved by the seven foreign nationals.VanDyke, along with the six Ukrainians, was arrested…
ITBP chief flags ‘ongoing’ China faceoff along Arunachal border NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of remaining silent on reported face-offs between Indian and Chinese troops in Arunachal Pradesh. The party also alleged that the government had made ‘concessions’ to Beijing and failed to adequately address concerns over border security.In…
