NEW DELHI — Army Chief Gen MM Naravane has assumed the charge as the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee that comprises the three service chiefs, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday. The post fell vacant following the death of Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat in the IAF helicopter crash […]
NEW DELHI — Prominent Muslim body Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind’s chief Maulana Arshad Madani met Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to India Saud Bin Mohammed Al-Sati and conveyed concerns over the “allegations” levelled by that country’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs against the Tablighi Jamaat, the Jamiat said on Tuesday. In a statement, the Jamiat said that Madani during his […]
MATHURA (UP) — A local court in Mathura has transferred the ongoing case of the eight PFI activists, including Malayali journalist Siddiqui Kappan, to a special NIA court in Lucknow. While Kappan and three others, Atiq-ur-Rahman, Masood Ahmad and Alam, were booked under charges of sedition and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) after they attempted […]
KOHIMA — Top organisations of the Konyak tribe in Nagaland have announced a set of regulations, including “strict non-cooperation” with the army, saying the people will follow them until justice is served in the killing of 14 civilians by security forces in a botched up operation and its aftermath in the North-eastern state earlier this […]
NEW DELHI — BJP MP Subramanian Swamy here on Monday criticised his party’s government at the Centre, saying neither the PM nor the finance minister know economics. He also held the Union finance minister responsible for the price rise it the country, saying she does not consult anyone. “The government does not understand economics, neither […]
NEW DELHI — Various opposition parties of India including the Indian National Congress have been protesting in support of their demand for revoking the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs. During the protest, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the democracy is being killed as the opposition is not being allowed to raise issues in […]
NEW DELHI — The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Monday issued a statement announcing the setting up of “an expert committee to thoroughly review and strengthen the question paper setting process”. The move follows repeated complaints of blunders in the board’s question papers for the Class 10 and 12 term 1 examinations. At least […]
NEW DELHI — After the recent civilian killings in Nagaland, there is a clamor in the northeast States to revoke the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or the AFSPA. However, four years ago, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) decision to remove areas under the AFSPA was resisted by at least two States — […]
NEW DELHI — The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has come under fire over a comprehension passage in the class 10 English paper held on Saturday promoting “misogyny” and “gender stereotyping”. In the class 10 exam, the question paper, as per wire agency PTI carried a comprehension passage with sentences like “emancipation of women […]
NEW DELHI — Actor-model Harnaaz Sandhu made history on Monday as she was crowned Miss Universe 2021 — beating contestants from 80 countries — 21 years after India last brought home the title. Only two Indians before Sandhu have won the title of Miss Universe – actors Sushmita Sen in 1994 and Lara Dutta in […]