Bihar SIR row: SC directs EC to publish by Tue details of 65 lakh voters excluded
Cong, RJD hail order New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission to publish by August 19 details of the 65 lakh voters excluded from the draft electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar to enhance “transparency” in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters’ list and allow Aadhaar as an acceptable document […]
India awards senior military officers who planned, executed Op Sindoor
New Delhi: India on Thursday recognised the acts of gallantry by the armed forces personnel and the role of senior military brass involved in the planning and execution of Operation Sindoor in its annual list of military honours on the eve of 79th Independence Day. Indian Air Force pilots involved in the strikes on terror […]
Release prisoners who have completed sentence: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed concern over prisoners languishing in jails despite having completed their sentence and directed all states and union territories to immediately release such convicts if not wanted in other cases. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and K V Viswanathan passed the direction while ordering the release […]
Amit Shah tears into RJD-Congress combine for opposing SIR
Sitamarhi (Bihar): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday charged the opposition RJD-Congress combine in Bihar with trying to “protect” its vote bank of “infiltrators from Bangladesh” by criticising the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Shah was addressing a rally in Sitamarhi district of Bihar, shortly after he laid the foundation stone for […]
Op Sindoor proved there is no safe haven for terrorists, enemies of India: PM Modi
Gangaikonda Cholapuram: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Operation Sindoor showed the world the way India would respond if its sovereignty was attacked and that the cross-border military offensive has created a new self-confidence across the country. Operation Sindoor, launched in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, also proved that for enemies […]
Monsoon session of Parliament: INDIA bloc to raise Pahalgam attack, Trump’s claims on ‘ceasefire’ between India-Pakistan
New Delhi: INDIA bloc parties on Saturday resolved to raise during the Parliament’s Monsoon session the issues of Pahalgam attack terrorists not being brought to justice, US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims of brokering a ‘ceasefire’ between India and Pakistan and the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar that the opposition alleges “threatens […]
Jaishankar to visit China to attend SCO FMs meeting
Beijing: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to China to participate in the foreign ministers’ meeting of the SCO bloc in the Chinese city of Tianjin next week, an official announcement here said on Saturday. The Meeting of the Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the SCO will be held in Tianjin […]
Govt approves Rs 1,066 cr to 6 disaster-hit states: Amit Shah
New Delhi: The Centre has approved Rs 1,066.80 crore for flood and landslide affected states of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Kerala and Uttarakhand as part of the central share under the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday. Shah also said that the Narendra Modi government stands resolutely beside […]
US close to making trade deal with India: Trump
New York/Washington: President Donald Trump has said that the US is close to making a trade deal with India, as his administration started sending letters detailing the levies that Washington will impose on products from those countries entering America. “Now, we’ve made a deal with the United Kingdom, we’ve made a deal with China…We’re close […]