NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah will launch phase 2 of the Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP–II) in Cachar district of Assam on Friday, taking forward efforts to promote inclusive development in border areas so as to check outmigration and inculcate the border population as “eyes and ears” of the border guarding forces.The launch of VVP-II…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday asked 22 states and Union Territories including Delhi to complete preparatory work related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) at the earliest as the exercise is “expected to start from April”.Once the exercise is completed, all states and UTs will be covered.In a letter to the chief electoral…
BJP activists protest against Maharashtra Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal’s remarks equating Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with Tipu Sultan outside Congress Bhavan, in Pune. (PTI photo) History does not always stay in textbooks. Sometimes, it returns framed on a wall. In Malegaon, a portrait of the 18th-century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan, briefly placed inside the office of…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of civil aviation on Thursday said that a preliminary report into the Learjet crash in Baramati that killed former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and four others will be made public within 30 days of the accident.In a statement issued through the Press Information Bureau (PIB), the ministry reiterated that…
NEW DELHI: Israel on Thursday condemned the attack on two Indian workers in the city of Ashkelon, calling the incident “absolutely unacceptable.”The Israeli embassy in India also denounced the assault and said action had been taken against those responsible. In a post on X, it said, “The attack on two Indian workers yesterday in Ashkelon…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and State BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Amid a political row over alleged restrictions on the open sale of fish and meat in Bihar, West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday asserted that people in Bengal are free to consume the food of their choice and clarified…
BNP chief Tarique Rahman (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: With Muhammad Yunus’ departure from the power centre in Dhaka, steps are under way to “fully restore” all Indian visa services, India’s senior consular official in Sylhet, Aniruddha Das, has confirmed.Aniruddha Roy on Thursday assured full cooperation to strengthen India-Bangladesh relations and said efforts are being made…
Supreme Court to begin final hearing of pleas challenging legality of CAA from May 5 NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India on Thursday has fixed the schedule for the final hearing in a batch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA), for the week commencing May 5, 2026.The petitioners…
Priyanka Gandhi (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday released a 20-point “charge sheet” against the BJP-led Assam government, accusing chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of corruption and using state machinery to create fear among minorities.The charge sheet was unveiled in Guwahati ahead of the upcoming elections to the 126-member Assam…
British former prince Andrew was arrested by police over alleged misconduct in public office amid renewed scrutiny linked to the Jeffrey Epstein case, with searches conducted at Sandringham and other properties. Indian benchmark indices tumbled sharply as the BSE Sensex fell over 1,200 points and the Nifty50 closed below 25,500, wiping out nearly Rs 7.55…