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Siddaramaiah (ANI) Pramod Sawant (PTI) NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday strongly objected to recent remarks by Goa CM Pramod Sawant on the Mahadayi river water project, calling them an “insult to the people of Karnataka.”Siddaramaiah said that Karnataka would fight “legally, politically, and morally until Karnataka gets its rightful share” in the…

NEW DELHI: A “serial borrower” from the IMF, Pakistan is steeped in fanaticism and terrorism, said India at the UN Security Council (UNSC) as Islamabad brought up the Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) issue in an open debate it organised under its July presidency of the Council on peaceful settlement of disputes.The meeting ended with the…

Union Minister Mansukh L. Mandaviya addresses the 70th Foundation Day programme of the ‘Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh’ NEW DELHI: As the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) celebrates its 70th anniversary, the highlight is its rise as India’s largest trade union — a position secured by eclipsing Left-leaning organisations like Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and All…

NEW DELHI: Thirty-seven years after he raped an 11-year-old girl in Ajmer district of Rajasthan, Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the conviction of the accused but declared him a juvenile. The court directed the man, now 53 years old, to appear before the Juvenile Justice Board, which can at most send him to a special home…

NEW DELHI: The ED’s Bengaluru unit on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice of Rs 914 crore to One Sigma Technologies Pvt Ltd and its director Nithya Nand Sharma for violating Foreign Exchange Management Act to receive Rs 649 crore in FDI from the US without govt’s approval.The company operates through its mobile app called SIMPL…

AJMER: A public notice issued by the nazim (chief executive officer) of Ajmer Dargah disowning responsibility for accidents caused by dilapidated structures within the shrine complex, has triggered widespread anger among Muslim organisations and the community’s religious heads.The notice, dated July 21, was pasted inside Dargah premises, warning devotees to avoid old or structurally weak…

NEW DELHI Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from the Union and state govts on a PIL seeking urgent measures by authorities to ensure protection to outdoor workers from heatwave during summer months.Appearing for PIL petitioner Adil Sharfuddin, senior advocate M R Shamshad told a bench headed by CJI B R Gavai that with severity…

July 11, 2007 bombings in Mumbai local trains MUMBAI: Bombay HC in its verdict in the 11/7 train blasts case has referred to psychological and neurological studies for doubting the statements of taxi drivers who ferried those carrying explosives to Churchgate railway station and the witnesses who identified the planters on trains.The HC has cited…

NEW DELHI: A “serial borrower” from the IMF, Pakistan is steeped in fanaticism and terrorism, said India at the UN Security Council (UNSC) as Islamabad brought up the Jammu & Kashmir issue in an open debate it organised under its July presidency of the council on peaceful settlement of disputes.The meeting ended with the unanimous…

NEW DELHI: PM Modi is likely to intervene during the discussion on Operation Sindoor and the Pahalgam terror attack, with Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha set to hold 16-hour debates each on the issues next week. Though the govt has made no commitment on opposition’s demand for the PM’s response, it pitched for the discussion…