NEW DELHI: Taking forward the “reform express” theme, PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked his cabinet colleagues to suggest the list of reforms that ministries intend to initiate over the next few months and provide details of the changes they have already introduced. He has asked them to focus on two themes — ease of […]
MK Stalin and Rahul Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Congress has sought 45 seats from the DMK for the upcoming Tamil Nadu assembly elections, but the MK Stalin-led party is hesitant to allocate more than 25, leading to a deadlock, according to sources.The ruling DMK and the Congress kicked off their long-awaited seat-sharing talks […]
NEW DELHI: The Union ministry of home affairs on Monday released India’s first comprehensive anti-terror policy, naming it “PRAHAAR”, and flagged threats ranging from cross-border terrorism and cyber-attacks to the misuse of drones and emerging technologies.The policy emphasizes that apart from terror sponsored from across the border, “criminal hackers and nation states continue to target […]
NEW DELHI: Indian forces on Monday said they had eliminated seven terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district after nearly a year of sustained joint operations in the high-altitude Chatroo belt. The operation, carried out by the White Knight Corps along with Jammu and Kashmir Police and the CRPF, followed months of tracking militants through […]
NEW DELHI: Aviation authorities have begun the process of determining how many flights — both domestic and international — will operate this summer. DGCA will weigh in pilot availability while approving summer schedules, effective March 29 to avoid a crisis like the one seen by IndiGo two months ago.Determining pilot availability, however, is proving to […]
Delhi Police Special Cell arrests 8 accused involved in planning a terror plot linked with Pakistan’s intelligence agency, ISI, and Bangladeshi terrorist organisations. (ANI) NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police Special Cell has busted a terror module allegedly linked to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) handlers operating from Bangladesh, arresting eight suspects and preventing what officials described as […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took a metro ride from Shatabdi Nagar to Meerut South Station. During the journey, he interacted with students, commuters and officials till Meerut.The ride followed the flagging off of the Meerut Metro and Namo Bharat train at the Shatabdi Nagar Namo Bharat Station in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. […]
An encounter erupted between security forces and suspected militants in a remote forest area of Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir, on Sunday, officials told news agency PTI. The exchange of fire began after army troops launched a search operation in the snow-bound Chatroo forests following intelligence about two suspects. Reinforcements have been deployed. The area […]
Amit Shah and CRPF personnel during the felicitation ceremony at the 87th CRPF Raising Day Parade, in Guwahati on Saturday. (ANI Photo) GUWAHATI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday accused the opposition of turning infiltrators into a vote bank and said if BJP returns to power in Assam in the upcoming assembly elections, infiltrators […]
NEW DELHI: BJP staged protests in multiple cities on Saturday following a shirtless protest by Indian Youth Congress (IYC) workers at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.BJP workers in Mumbai showed black flags to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Gandhi landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in the morning and travelled by […]
