Diplomatic tensions flared again between India and China after Beijing strongly opposed India’s decision to officially map and standardise 28 places in Ladakh, including some in Aksai China, and reaffirmed that it does not recognise the Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh.In a swift rebuttal, New Delhi reiterated no amount of Chinese denial can change the…
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Tuesday framed a contempt charge against Uttar Pradesh public works department. The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Tuesday framed a contempt charge against Uttar Pradesh public works department principal secretary Ajay Chauhan for allegedly failing to comply with a court order passed four…
Ashok Lavasa speaks online at the event NEW DELHI: Former election commissioner Ashok Lavasa on Tuesday said the Election Commission of India (ECI) was facing an unprecedented level of controversy and urged the poll body to regain public trust amid protests over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Drawing a parallel…
According to the complaint, the incident took place at around 6pm on Tuesday NEW DELHi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday alleged a knife attack bid on former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, claiming that it could have been a conspiracy planned by the BJP.TMC MP Saket Gokhale alleged that a drug addict had reached…
Omair Ahmad is the author of ‘Encounters’, ‘The Storyteller’s Tale’, ‘Tall Tales by a Small Dog’, ‘The Kingdom at the Centre of the World: Journeys Into Bhutan’ and ‘Jimmy, The Terrorist’, which won the Crossword Award for Fiction and was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. He is also a prominent columnist and a…
Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, party leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, KC Venugopal, and other leaders of the INDIA bloc address a joint press conference, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: “It is our commitment to you that the people who have done this, Mr. Modi, Mr….
India has reaffirmed its territorial claim over Ladakh, responding firmly to China’s objections over the naming of locations in the Union Territory. Anti-drug activist Parwinder Singh Jhota has been shot dead in Punjab, bringing renewed attention to allegations of illegal drug sales and the risks faced by those campaigning against drug abuse. The BJP has…
Himanta’s scathing attack on Rahul after DKS video NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday posted a video showing the Rahul Gandhi apparently pulling Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar backwards by the collar during an opposition march in New Delhi.Sarma described the episode as “public humiliation” and asked whether Shivakumar would accept…
File photo: CJP backs INDIA bloc’s SC march, says protests will continue till CEC resigns NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Monday backed the INDIA bloc’s protest march to the Supreme Court, saying demonstrations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar would continue across the country until he resigned.Dipke welcomed Monday’s INDIA…
The registry had pointed out 14 defects in the petition NEW DELHI: The petition filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and 10 other opposition leaders against the Election Commission of India (ECI) was not listed for hearing in the Supreme Court on Tuesday as defects flagged by the registry remain to be rectified, news agency…
