BJP leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. (IANS photo) NEW DELHI: BJP leader and former MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Wednesday claimed he was aware of alleged misuse and theft of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, but said he was not in a position to disclose details at present.Speaking to reporters at his…
India announced a $2.5 million contribution to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Wednesday while reiterating its long-standing position that a two-state solution is the only way to end the Israel-Palestine conflict.Addressing the UN Security Council, India’s ambassador Harish Parvathaneni said the situation in Gaza remains dire and requires immediate global attention.“We will be…
NEW DELHI: Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan on Thursday moved to the Supreme Court after her nomination papers were rejected for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh.The Supreme Court agreed to hear her petition on Friday but refused to stay the declaration of results.Senior advocate A M Singhvi, appearing for Natarajan, sought…
BHUBANESWAR: Two empty train rakes came face-to-face on the same track near the Jharpada bridge area in Bhubaneswar on Thursday, railway officials said.However, railways said that there was no casualty, or disruption to train services.“Timely intervention reportedly prevented an accident. No injuries reported,” a railway statement said.Railway officials and technical staff promptly attended the site…
NEW DELHI: India has firmly opposed the attacks on merchant vessels and called for restraint, stressing the need to protect civilian lives, as several Indian nationals had either lost their lives or gone missing in attacks linked to the Middle East conflict.Speaking at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, India’s Permanent Representative to the…
Aviation in India is that rare thing – a sureshot growth industry. But there’s a fascinating story within this story. The South — Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala — dominates aviation. Slice and dice the data any which way, southern states together fly far above every other region. And much of this…
MK Stalin meets P Benjamin (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: Former AIADMK minister P Benjamin has joined the DMK along with his supporters, in a significant political shift that adds to the continuing exodus of leaders from the opposition party in Tamil Nadu.Benjamin joined the ruling DMK in the presence of party president and chief minister MK…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that stability and development at an unprecedented speed and scale had replaced Congress’s era of instability, scams and misgovernance, winning his government the trust of people in its 12 years. He vowed to further quicken the pace of decisions made in national interest, as leading members…
The rollout of OSM (on-screen marking), a digital system to manage and mark CBSE answer scripts, was well-intentioned. For teachers, it was supposed to make things easier, the software promising to eliminate the most common marking and totalling mistakes. For students, it was supposed to usher in a tech-enabled layer of transparency: the scripts, time-stamped…