Boxer Narender Berwal recalled his encounter with a Pakistani opponent at the 2015 World Military Games, where he had defeated him. NEW DELHI: A Pakistani boxer who had “started hating” the name ‘Narendra’ after discovering that his Indian opponent, his coach and India’s PM all shared the name drew laughs as Narendra Modi interacted with…
The Monsoon Session of Parliament has been marred by opposition protests since it began on July 20. NEW DELHI: Govt Monday agreed to a debate in Parliament on the recent student protest and home minister Amit Shah’s statement on the issue, but it failed to break the impasse as Congress insisted that all its demands,…
Rahim’s counsel said HC had recorded a categorical finding that the key witness could not be believed NEW DELHIi: Supreme Court on Monday admitted a petition challenging acquittal of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, who is serving a 20-year sentence for sexually assaulting two female disciples, in the 2002 murder of Sirsa-based journalist…
Mukerjee will now succeed Vineet Joshi, who was last month appointed as secretary, Panchayati Raj (File photo) NEW DELHI: In a late-night bureaucratic reshuffle Monday, govt appointed Deepti Gaur Mukerjee, a 1993-batch IAS from the Madhya Pradesh cadre as new higher education secretary. This comes barely three weeks after Naresh Pal Gangwar, a Rajasthan cadre…
Police have arrested the accused, Tariq Ahmad Sofi, employed with wildlife department in Ganderbal. SRINAGAR: J&K police on Monday claimed to have busted a plot by a 51-year-old govt employee to get his former lover’s newlywed husband arrested in a narcotics case. The accused allegedly couriered illegal drugs to the husband in an attempt to…
Nagpur: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday defended proposed amendments to Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), alleging that a section of organizations receiving foreign funds had used the money for “anti-national activities” and that the changes were intended to curb such misuse rather than target any particular community.Responding to criticism from Congress, which has…
Police have arrested the accused, Tariq Ahmad Sofi, employed with wildlife department in Ganderbal. SRINAGAR: J&K police’s counter-intelligence wing arrested two individuals on Monday for allegedly disseminating anti-national content, radical narratives, and extremist viewpoints through social media platforms.The arrests followed raids on Saturday across five locations in Baramulla, Bandipora, Anantnag, and Shopian districts, where digital…
Ladakh has planned to introduce guided wildlife safaris on popular snow leopard and bird-watching trails. SRINAGAR: A safari car can roll past a rhino in Kaziranga. In Ranthambore, it can track a tiger. Put that car in Ladakh. For its elusive snow leopards — masters of camouflage in a landscape where survival depends on staying…
Navy chief Admiral Krishna Swaminathan begins four-day Mauritius visit NEW DELHI: Navy chief Admiral Krishna Swaminathan on Monday went to Mauritius on a four-day official visit to strengthen bilateral maritime cooperation.The visit is part of India’s continued engagement to defence ties with Mauritius, an extremely valued partner in the Indian Ocean Region.During the visit, the…
NEW DELHI: India’s installed clean energy generation capacity has crossed the 300GW mark, taking the country past 60% of its target of having 500GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030.According to data released by renewable energy ministry, total non-fossil capacity stood at 300.5GW as on July 31, accounting for over 54% of total installed power generation…