NEW DELHI: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday called for unity amid the ongoing controversy over languages across the country.Ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Dhankhar said that India is the richest country when it comes to languages.“We have rich languages—Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi. We have classical languages. We are globally the […]
NEW DELHI: The Union govt has informed SC that it plans to set up Artificial Intelligence-based facial recognition systems at seven major railway stations, including Mumbai CST and New Delhi, to curb crimes against women. The number of sexual offenders recorded in the National Database on Sexual Offenders (NDSO) has crossed the 20-lakh mark, it […]
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra agriculture minister Manikrao Kokate has dismissed NCP(SP) Rohit Pawar’s claim that he was playing rummy in the assembly, clarifying that it was solitaire, an app he said may have been downloaded by a staffer, and had actually opened YouTube to check on lower house proceedings.“Rohit Pawar has become addicted to playing rummy. […]
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar as he addresses Officer Trainees of the 2024 batch of the Indian Defence Estates Service (IDES) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday said that India’s decisions are made independently and are not influenced by any external power. He also underlined that Operation Sindoor, India’s recent counter-terror action, is not over and […]
The agency also searched a premise in Mumbai linked to the accused NEW DELHI/BATHINDA: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Friday conducted searches at 22 de-addiction centres across Punjab, including in Chandigarh, Barnala and Ludhiana, after its investigation revealed illegal sale of drugs by these centres. The agency also searched a premise in Mumbai linked […]
Rahul Gandhi; Dharmendra Pradhan NEW DELHI: A political tussle erupted in Odisha on Tuesday after the college student who had attempted self-immolation over alleged sexual harassment by a senior faculty member, succumbed to her injuries.While opposition parties Congress and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) blamed the “BJP system”, the ruling party hit back by asking the […]
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: India on Monday directed its airlines using certain Boeing aircraft, like the B737s and B787 Dreamliners, to check fuel control switch locking mechanisms on them by July 21.The regulators and airlines of some other countries, like South Korea and the UAE, are also doing the same. The US Federal Aviation Administration had in […]
KOLKATA: A 24-year-old woman psychologist accused a student of one of India’s top management institutes in Kolkata of raping her in his hostel room Friday, prompting police action and his arrest. But the case took a turn less than 12 hours later, when her father publicly denied that any crime had occurred and alleged police […]
NEW DELHI: Gurugram Police on Friday dismissed speculation surrounding the murder of national-level tennis player Radhika Yadav, saying that her father, Deepak Yadav, killed her solely over disagreements about her running a tennis academy.“Every other reason apart from the tennis academy is a rumour and no such thing has come forward during investigation,” Gurugram Police […]
Ajit Doval (File photo) NEW DELHI: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on Friday called out international media, specifically naming the New York Times, for its reportage on Operation Sindoor against Pakistan. He dared foreign media to “show even one image” of damage on the Indian side.Speaking at the 62nd Convocation of IIT Madras, Doval said, […]
