Chandigarh: Controversial comments by Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Sidhu’s advisers threaten to shatter his fragile truce with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who has publicly told them off for “atrocious and ill-conceived comments” on sensitive national issues. After the Chief Minister’s warning, Navjot Sidhu summoned both his advisers, Malwinder Singh...
Dubai: The Taliban said on Sunday that “hundreds” of its fighters were heading to the Panjshir Valley, one of the few parts of Afghanistan not yet controlled by the group. Since the Taliban overran Afghanistan, flickers of resistance have begun to emerge with some ex-government troops gathering in the...
Aligarh: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid his last respects to former chief minister Kalyan Singh on Sunday and said people were paying tributes to him from the airport to the city. Speaking to reporters in Aligarh, Yogi Adityanath said, “Today, we have brought the remains of Kalyan...
New Delhi: A photograph of the tribute ceremony to former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh is rapidly becoming the eye of the storm on social media. Kalyan Singh — the BJP veteran under whose watch the Babri Masjid was demolished — died yesterday at the age of 89....
New Delhi: The finance ministry has summoned Infosys chief Salil Parekh tomorrow to explain the continuing glitches in the new income tax e-filing portal. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had expressed concern over the issue in June. Mr Parekh and senior executive Praveen Rao were asked to work on...
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday asked the Centre to take a lesson out of Afghanistan where the Taliban seized power and made the US flee, and urged the government to hold dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir and return its special status which was revoked in 2019. Mehbooba’s...
New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shared the names of 15 people with Delhi Police, CBI and Enforcement Directorate and asked them to “conduct raids and file fake FIRs” against those on the list and “ruin them before the...
Chennai: Schools in Tamil Nadu from Class 9 onwards can reopen from September 1st, the state government said on Saturday as it announced more relaxations in COVID-19 curbs while extending some restrictions till September 9. Under the new set of relaxations, theatres have been given the go-ahead to open...
New Delhi: Heavy rain in Delhi and neighbouring areas on Saturday brought down the temperature but led to traffic jams and flooding in parts of the city. As per India Meteorological Department (IMD), Delhi will witness “generally cloudy sky with moderate rain/thundershowers” today. “Delhi (Safdargunj) reported 73.2 mm...
Patna: In the renewed tussle between Bihar politician Lalu Yadav’s sons Tejashwi and Tej Pratap, the former has taken on his elder sibling, according to sources, with a punchline not without a tinge of irony: “Our parents have taught us to respect elders”. Sources have told NDTV that amid...