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India sends a missile message to China with Agni-V
New Delhi: India on Wednesday successfully test-fired the Agni-5, a surface-to-surface ballistic missile that can accurately strike targets up to 5,000 km away, in what is being seen as a strong message to China. Agni-5, which broadly falls into the category of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile or ICBM,...
Delhi cops stop group headed to Singhu brutal killing site
New Delhi: To prevent any situation that may spark unrest at the farmers’ agitation site in Singhu, Delhi Police on Wednesday stopped a group of protesters headed that way to demand compensation for the murder of Lakhbir Singh, whose mutilated body was found in the area earlier this month....
Waqar Younis apologises for remark after Dubai match
Former Pakistan pacer Waqar Younis on Wednesday issued an apology after making a controversial remark while speaking to a TV network in Pakistan. Younis had made the comment after Pakistan’s 10-wicket win over India in their T20 World Cup opener in Dubai on Sunday. The comment, which many found objectionable, had invited...
SC forms independent panel to probe Pegasus snooping
New Delhi: The Supreme Court handed down the Modi government a serious drubbing by ordering the constitution of an independent expert committee to look into the allegations of widespread and targeted surveillance of politicians, journalists, activist etc using the Pegasus spyware. The committee will be supervised by its retired judge...
‘Where are jobs’ chant greets Nitish Kumar
Patna: Loud protests by youths over unemployment greeted Bihar Chief Minister today at a rally in the run up to the October 30 bypoll at Tarapur Assembly segment. While the Chief Minister accused Opposition parties of engineering the protests, rival Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) criticised him for “losing his mind”...
Maharashtra minister makes hero NCB cop turn villain
Mumbai/ New Delhi: In the Aryan Khan case, Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik this morning escalated his attack on Sameer Wankhede, the anti-drugs agency officer leading the drugs-on-cruise investigation. After a witness alleged payoffs in the case, putting Mr Wankhede at the centre of bribery claims, Mr Malik alleged...
Yogi govt faces more flak in Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government once again had a tough day in court today in the case involving farmers run over in Lakhimpur Kheri, allegedly by Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra. The Supreme Court, questioning why there were “only 23 eyewitnesses” to the violence on October...
Amarinder posts photos of Pak friend with Sushma Swaraj
Chandigarh: Former Punjab Chief Minster Amarinder Singh put up a spirited defence of his friend, Pakistani defence journalist Aroosa Alam, after state Home Minister Sukhjinder Randhawa’s threat of investigating her for links with the Pakistan intelligence agency ISI. Posting more than 10 photographs of the journalist with Indian dignitaries...
Modi to launch Swasth Bharat Yojana during UP visit today
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Uttar Pradesh on Monday. According to the Prime Minister’s office, at around 10.30 am in Siddharthnagar, PM Modi will inaugurate nine medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh. “Subsequently, at around 1.15 pm in Varanasi, Prime Minister will launch Pradhan Mantri...
China’s has a new Delta-driven Covid outbreak
China’s new Covid-19 infections will increase in coming days and the areas affected by the epidemic may continue to expand, a health official said. The current outbreak in China is caused by the delta variant from overseas, Wu Liangyou, an official at the National Health Commission, said at a...
Lalu Yadav’s homecoming capped by family drama
Patna: Although Bihar politician Lalu Yadav’s homecoming after three years was capped by his elder son Tej Pratap Yadav washing his feet outside his home, the fetching moment came only after a day of dramatic walkouts and heated statements. Tej Pratap, who has been decisively overtaken by brother Tejashwi...
BSP demands 6-month ban on pre-poll surveys
New Delhi: Ban pre-poll surveys by media outlets six months before state and general elections to ensure voters can exercise their rights freely, fairly, and uninfluenced by the “misleading” projections which are “sponsored surveys”, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has appealed to the Election Commission. With just months to...
Amit Shah on first J&K visit after Article 370 repeal
Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah landed in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday morning for a three-day visit – his first since he led the government’s charge to scrap Article 370 in August two years ago. He was received at Srinagar airport by J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. After landing...
CJI raises concern over judiciary infrastructure
New Delhi: Chief Justice NV Ramana raised several concerns over judicial infrastructure today as he shared the stage with Law Minister Kiren Rijiju. He also urged the Law Minister to make sure the proposal to set up the National Judicial Infrastructure Authority is taken up in the winter session...
Kisan Morcha suspends Yogendra Yadav
Collective wisdom must prevail over individual understanding in any public movement, activist Yogendra Yadav said today as he accepted the Samyukt Kisan Morcha’s decision to suspend him for a month after he visited the family of a BJP worker killed in the violence at Lakhimpur Kheri. Mr Yadav has...
Aryan says NCB trying to implicate him
NCB Mumbai: Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, in his plea in the Bombay High Court seeking bail, has said the NCB was “misinterpreting” his WhatsApp chats to implicate him in the case of seizure of banned drugs aboard a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast...
1 billion vaccination feat symbol of ‘New India’, says Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a nation today after the country’s massive milestone of 100 crore vaccinations, said it was not just a number but a symbol of the country’s ability and of “new India”. He also said India’s critics had been silenced. “100 crore vaccine...
Channi slams CBSE move to exclude Punjabi as major subject
New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on October 21 said the decision of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to keep Punjabi out of the major subjects is against the federal spirit of the Constitution and it violates the right of Punjabi youth to learn their...
