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go to waste.Addressing Civil Services Day celebrations, PM Modi said bureaucracy and policymaking cannot function on outdated frameworks in a rapidly changing world, and stressed that […]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 […]
Dawood Ibrahim and Tahawwur Rana (File photo) NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), in its ongoing probe into Tahawwur Rana’s involvement in the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai, is focusing on the network of people who helped plan the conspiracy.Rana was questioned for the second day in a row as investigators try to understand […]
AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (R) hit back at chief minister M K Stalin (L). NEW DELHI: The gloves are off in Tamil Nadu’s political ring ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections. AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) on Saturday hit back at chief minister M K Stalin, claiming the DMK chief is […]
