Abhijeet Dipke shared videos on X alleging that BJP workers assaulted reporters and protesters at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. (Screengrab/X/@abhijeet_dipke) NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Friday alleged that BJP workers physically assaulted reporters and protesters at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, sharing videos of the incident on X.In one of the videos, a…
NEW DELHI: A unique land dispute that dragged through the tenures of all past PMs was finally decided by a Supreme Court bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N V Anjaria – both of whom were not born when the case originated from a 1957 sale deed.The 70-year-old dispute was over 15.5 bighas in…
Govt Thursday announced a steep increase in passport fees across categories, including a 67% hike for issuance or reissue of ordinary passport and a 250% increase in charges under the Tatkal scheme. The new charges will be effective July 1. MEA said an ordinary 36-page fresh passport for applicants aged 18 years and above will…
NEW DELHI: In what is going to make millions of them breathe easy, students returning to schools after the summer break in July will not be forced into an abrupt language switch midway through schooling. Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan told TOI on Thursday that the requirement of studying two Indian languages under the three-language…
New Delhi: Mahesh Dixit, a 1993-batch IPS officer, was appointed as the next chief of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) on Thursday. He will succeed Tapan Deka whose extension ends in June. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet chaired by PM Modi cleared his appointment for a tenure of two years from the date of assumption…
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan Thursday justified the inclusion of a chapter on the 1975-77 Emergency in the NCERT class IX social science textbook, saying future generations must know the “dark deeds” of that period.Speaking in Chandigarh on the inclusion of the Emergency section, Pradhan asserted, “… NCERT has done the right thing….
CJI Surya Kant (Source: ANI) NEW DELHI: Giving an interesting twist to the popular belief that 13th century Magna Carta articulated the concept of equality, Chief Justice Surya Kant Thursday said he personally believed that ‘Arthashastra’, authored by legendary 4th century administrator, strategist and thinker Kautilya, conceptualised equality and gave it the foundational value for…
India’s envoy to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi NEW DELHI/DHAKA: In a decision that underscores the importance New Delhi attaches to its diplomatic engagement with Dhaka, India’s new high commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi has been accorded status equivalent to Union cabinet minister.Soon after presenting his credentials to President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Thursday, Trivedi — the first…
NEW DELHI: Congress’s decision to take a fresh look at the composition of its Punjab leadership in the run-up to assembly polls seems to have sown confusion rather than settle the prevailing factionalism.The flurry of review meetings and interviews of senior state functionaries has opened the idea of a change of team at the top,…
NEW DELHI: Amid growing indications that a reshuffle in the Union Cabinet can go in tandem with BJP’s organisational changes, party president Nitin Nabin is learnt to be giving the final touches to his team of office-bearers.BJP sources had earlier indicated the organisational overhaul would be done by month-end, with changes likely to bear relation…