Ties warmer, PM Modi makes 1st Maldives trip of Muizzu era NEW DELHI: On Friday, when PM Narendra Modi touches down in the Maldives as the first foreign leader on a state visit under President Mohamed Muizzu, it will complete a shift in equations over the last two years.Muizzu was elected to office on an…
Jairam Ramesh. (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress on Wednesday directly asked BJP and the Modi govt to hold a farewell for Jagdeep Dhankhar, in a move that appeared to be the opposition party’s bid to embarrass the governing camp which has given a curt parting to the VP after a sudden breakup in relationship.In a…
NEW DELHI: With the govt accepting the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar and EC set to start the process of electing a new VP, the housing and urban affairs ministry has a task in hand – getting a retirement home for Dhankhar in Lutyens’ Delhi. As per rule, the occupant of a designated govt accommodation gets…
NEW DELHI: Confirming that the process for election of the new VP has already been set in motion, EC Wednesday said it has begun the pre-announcement activities and an announcement of the poll schedule will “follow as soon as possible”.Considering almost a month’s time is mandatorily required between issue of the election notification and actual…
India’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan during a meeting with the Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Defence Major General Amir Baram, in New Delhi. (@HQ_IDS_India on X via PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India and Israel on Wednesday agreed to further strengthen their already expansive defence cooperation with a long-term perspective, even…
NEW DELHI: In a boost to India’s military capabilities close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, the crucial Mudh airfield project in the high-altitude Nyoma area in eastern Ladakh is all set to be completed by Oct.The upgrade work by (BRO) at the airfield, among the world’s highest at an altitude of…
NEW DELHI: The opposition offensive against the special intensive revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral rolls brought Parliament proceedings to a halt for the third successive day on Wednesday, with leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi calling the exercise a BJP “ploy to steal elections”.Opposition MPs in Lok Sabha raised slogans like “SIR wapas lo ”…
NEW DELHI: Amid growing indications of the opposition gearing up to turn the abrupt resignation of its one-time target Jagdeep Dhankhar into a weapon against the govt, treasury benches are relying on the ready stock of ammunition in the form of attacks the former VP had to face through his three-year tenure.Opposition netas led by…
KOLKATA: Calcutta high court Wednesday set aside the death sentence imposed on two men convicted of rape and murder of a five-year-old child in 2021 and commuted it to 60 years of imprisonment without remission, citing possibility of reform inside jail.The convicts, Fagun Mandi and Rabindra Routh, had kidnapped the child, subjected her to aggravated…
AGRA: A court in Mainpuri Wednesday sentenced a 60-year-old woman to life imprisonment for killing her daughter-in-law by setting her on fire over additional dowry demands in 2022. District court judge Pankaj Kumar Agrawal convicted Sabina Begum based on evidence and witness testimonies, including Asma Begum’s dying declaration.District govt counsel Pushpendra Chauhan said the case…