NEW DELHI: In response to the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann called a high-level security meeting at his residence in Chandigarh.The meeting’s focus was to review and strengthen security arrangements across the state. Special attention has been given to ensuring the safety of people from Punjab who […]
SRINAGAR: At least 28 tourists were killed and many wounded on Tuesday when terrorists opened fire in a picturesque meadow near the resort town of Pahalgam in J&K, marking the deadliest attack since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.The Resistance Front, a proxy of ISI-backed LeT, claimed responsibility for the attack.The attack coincided with […]
PTI photo NEW DELHI: As many as 26 people, mainly tourists, were killed on Tuesday in a terrorist attack in the Baisaran Valley area of Pahalgam, located in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, reported news agency PTI. The 26 dead included two foreigners and two locals, a high ranking official said without getting […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the global churn has thrown up opportunities for India and that it was the responsibility of bureaucracy that these don’t go to waste.Addressing Civil Services Day celebrations, PM Modi said bureaucracy and policymaking cannot function on outdated frameworks in a rapidly changing world, and stressed that […]
MUMBAI: The Language Advisory Committee in Maharashtra on Sunday publicly opposed the introduction of Hindi as a third language alongside Marathi and English for students in Class I to V in state schools, putting the state government on the defensive.Maharashtra is the second major state after Tamil Nadu where introducing a compulsory third language in […]
Nishikant Dubey says, ‘Parliament should be closed down if the Supreme Court has to make the laws’ NEW DELHI: After Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar questioned Supreme Court, a BJP leader has added fuel to the fire, saying Parliament should stop functioning if the apex court acts like it. Targeting Chief Justice of India, he said, […]
The US state department and Immigration & Customs Enforcement continue to aggressively target international students with visa revocations, termination of their legal status, and removal. With Indians constituting the largest cohort of international students, it isn’t surprising that the majority of those impacted are from India.The American Immigration Lawyers Association collected 327 reports of visa […]
NEW DELHI: Harpreet Singh, a terror accused wanted in India for his alleged role in 14 grenade blasts across Punjab, has been arrested in Sacramento, California by the FBI and US immigration authorities.Singh, who is also accused in 17 criminal cases in India, including terrorism and drug trafficking, was detained on Thursday, the FBI’s Sacramento […]
MEXICO CITY: A US veteran was fatally shot after he hijacked a small passenger plane in Belize on Thursday, officials in Belize and the US have confirmed.After the plane carrying 14 passengers and two crew members landed safely, police in Belize identified the man as Akinyela Taylor.Chester Williams, Belize police commissioner, said that Taylor wielded […]
Justice Dinesh Maheshwari (LEFT, Image Credit: X/@MLJ_GoI) NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday appointed former SC judge, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, as chairman of the 23rd Law Commission. The terms of reference of the panel includes submitting a report on UCC, a study on laws affecting poor, and identifying laws that are hindrance to India’s economic […]
