NEW DELHI: Ahead of the National Space Day, PM Narendra Modi on Sunday highlighted India’s growing capabilities in the space sector, citing Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla’s recent journey to International Space Station (ISS) and the emergence of more than 200 startups in the sector. Talking about Shukla, who was one of the four crew members…
NEW DELHI: Centre on Sunday refuted Congress’s allegations regarding irregularities in organic cotton certification, calling the remarks unfounded and misleading.The commerce ministry said the aspersions cast against National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) were baseless and unwarranted.“Generalised allegations against a robust regulatory system of the country for a particular crop/region/group of operators only serve to…
GANGAIKONDA CHOLAPURAM/NEW DELHI: A day ahead of the parliamentary debate on the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor, PM Narendra Modi on Sunday reasserted that the precision strikes on terror dens in Pakistan was India’s message that there are no safe havens for terrorists and their masters.India places the highest priority on its national security…
Opposition to Punjab’s land-pooling policy brings together farmers BATHINDA: Resistance to AAP-led Punjab government’s land-pooling policy is acting as the glue to bring together fractured farm organisations and individual farmers beyond political affiliation, reports Neel Kamal.It appears to be rekindling farm struggles that seemed to be losing momentum – seeing that there was not much…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Sunday said Bihar’s draft electoral roll may exclude 66 lakh names as they had either become electors in other states or UTs, were non-existent, did not submit enumeration forms within the July 25 deadline or were not willing to register as electors for some reason or other.Of the 66…
Ahmedabad: The next time you see the armed forces on a parade ground, chances are high that you might hear ‘Kadam Kadam Badhaye Ja,’ the anthem of the Indian National Army, instead of ‘Colonel Bogey March’ from 1914. Marking a cultural shift, the armed forces bands in 2022 embraced ‘Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo’ during…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said he has no information on the actual reason for Jagdeep Dhankhar’s resignation as Vice President, holding that it was for Dhankhar to tell what really happened, as the matter was between him and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.“I don’t know all those details. He (Dhankhar) was always…
Pune: In a seven-hour operation on Saturday, forest staffers and locals rescued 300 trekkers, including 100 women, after they were left stranded in the forest at Malshej Ghat where the level of the Kalu river increased because of rainfall measuring 200mm in three hours.The incident happened at Waghachi Wadi on the Thane-Pune border, about 150km…
Pune: Former state minister Eknath Khadse’s son-in-law Pranjal Khewalkar and six others, including two women, were arrested after a Pune police team claimed to have busted a house party early on Sunday in a Kharadi studio flat off Pune-Ahmednagar highway where cocaine, marijuana and hookah pots were used along with liquor consumption.Police later took Khewalkar,…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday complimented the CRPF for playing a vital role in the national security apparatus, especially in challenging aspects relating to internal security. Wishing CRPF personnel on the force’s 87th Raising Day, Prime Minister Modi on X said, “CRPF personnel have made a mark for their duty, courage and steadfast…