NEW DELHI: Indian passport has gained heft by jumping eight positions to be ranked 77th in the Henley Passport Index-2025. Indian passport holders now have visa-free or visa-on-arrival (VoA) access to 59 destinations.The jump this year comes after a five-place drop in 2024 over the previous year in this index – which ranks 199 countries…
New Delhi: Delhi high court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to NewsClick founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha, who was booked on charges of receiving money to peddle pro-China propaganda through his news portal.The HC relief for Purkayastha came in two separate investigations – one by Delhi Police’s economic offences wing (EOW) into claims of unlawful…
PATNA: RJD is contemplating a boycott of the Bihar assembly polls over the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls, leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav said Wednesday, flagging what he alleged was an exercise commissioned by BJP to “undermine the democratic process and manipulate voter data”.“If they want to win the elections through fraudulent means,…
NEW DELHI: After a five-year hiatus, and ahead of a possible visit by PM Narendra Modi to China next month for the SCO summit, India announced resumption of tourist visas for Chinese nationals. Both sides have looked to facilitate people-to-people exchanges to normalise ties. China, which has been keen to resume direct air services, welcomed…
NEW DELHI: With two days to go for deadline to submit enumeration forms in poll-bound Bihar, EC said a whopping one lakh electors are “untraceable” & another 55 lakh reported as deceased, permanently migrated or enrolled at multiple places.The 56 lakh electors – who were 7% of the state’s 7.9 crore electorate as of June…
DHANBAD/RANCHI: At least 12 miners are feared trapped in a caved-in illegal coal mine in Jamunia, around 40 km from Dhanbad district headquarters, with some feared dead, villagers and politicians said Wednesday.Police, administration and Bharat Coking Coal Ltd, however, said that so far they had not found any sign of mine collapse.The alleged incident snowballed…
The woman who rescued an Indian man after a brutal mob attack in Dublin has now shared fresh details on Facebook video, saying he was falsely accused of being a paedophile, stabbed in the face, stripped naked, and left bleeding on the road for over an hour before help arrived. Jennifer Murray, a resident in…
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police Wednesday held a high-level meeting to review security arrangements for the upcoming alumni meet of the University of Kashmir. It will be attended by Chief Justice of India Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, two Supreme Court judges, and Union Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju.IGP Kashmir, V K Birdi chaired the meeting…
NEW DELHI: Deaths due to accidents on national highways have marginally reduced. The road transport ministry on Wednesday informed Rajya Sabha that 53,372 lives were lost in road crashes on the NH network in 2023 and this reduced to 52,609 during last year. Govt data showed that in 2022, fatalities on NH were 61,038.In a…
NEW DELHI: There were nearly 1.1 lakh vacancies across various Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles as on January 1, 2025, which constitute 10.3% of their combined sanctioned strength, the home ministry told the Rajya Sabha on WednesdayReplying to a question, junior home minister Nityanand Rai however said 72,689 vacancies have been notified…