NEW DELHI: Strengthening of mutual cooperation to curb trans-border criminal activities, improve border infrastructure and ensure effective disaster management dominated discussions at the Indo-Nepal home secretary-level talks held here on Tuesday.Leading the Indian side was Union home secretary Govind Mohan, while the Nepali side was led by his counterpart Gokarna Mani Duwadee.During the talks, both…
MODASA: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat has become “corrupt” and developed an ego after being in power for a long time in the state, claimed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday.The former Delhi chief minister alleged the opposition Congress and the ruling BJP are “together” in Gujarat, and they have…
Jagdeep Dhankhar (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Just days after Jagdeep Dhankhar’s surprise resignation as Vice-President, the packing of belongings has started. The Dhankhars have begun plan to move out of the Vice-President’s Enclave, with relocation plans already in motion, sources confirmed to PTI news agency on Wednesday.The 74-year-old leader had shifted into the newly-built…
NEW DELHI: The Congress’ Puducherry unit on Wednesday accused the Union territory’s NDA government of “rampant corruption” and demanded a judiciary probe.It alleged that in the last four years, temple properties were “grabbed” by MLAs from the constituent parties of the NDA alliance, and bribes worth crores of rupees were taken to issue the Indian…
NEW DELHI: The Congress has taken a stand in Jammu and Kashmir that it will not join the cabinet until statehood is restored there, Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh said on Wednesday.The party also vowed to intensify its movement demanding restoration of statehood in Jammu and Kashmir.The Congress claimed that even though elections have taken…
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy (File photo) NEW DELHI: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Wednesday called for a leader from Telangana to be appointed as the next Vice President of India, following Jagdeep Dhankhar’s sudden resignation. He also strongly pitched for Bandaru Dattatreya, citing his OBC background and past political sidelining by the NDA.Speaking to…
Central Sanskrit University (CSU) NEW DELHI: In a move set to transform access to Sanskrit manuscripts and research, the Central Sanskrit University (CSU), New Delhi, has announced plans to develop a shared digital library platform linking Sanskrit universities and institutions across India. This initiative, officials said, will significantly advance the government’s flagship Digital India campaign…
NEW DELHI: Flagging the lack of “financial and administrative autonomy” available to the chief electoral officer (CEO) of West Bengal, the Election Commission has directed the state chief secretary to create a separate election department, delinking it from the state govt’s home and hill affairs department that it is currently a subordinate office of, and…
NEW DELHI: Keeping an eye on India’s bid for the 2036 summer Olympic games, the govt on Wednesday introduced two sports related proposed legislations in the Lok Sabha. It includes the National Sports Governance Bill, 2025 that proposes to institute a national-level Board which will have sweeping powers to lay down rules to ensure accountability…
Man running fake embassy from Ghaziabad arrested by UP STF NEW DELHI: A man running a fake embassy out of a rented house in Ghaziabad has been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police’s Special Task Force (STF).The accused, Harsh Vardhan Jain, was pretending to be a diplomat from a made-up country called “West Arctica,” a…