NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah Thursday said govt is committed to ensure that India’s diverse languages become a powerful medium to connect people, unlike in the past few decades, when efforts, though unsuccessful, were focused on making language a tool to break the country.Addressing Golden Jubilee celebrations of the department of official language,…
NEW DELHI: In a move aimed at ‘cleaning the political space’, the Election Commission on Thursday initiated proceedings for delisting 345 regisered unrecognised political parties (RUPPs) that had failed to fulfil the statutory obligation of contesting even a single election in the last six years and the offices of which could not be located at…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has stayed Madhya Pradesh high court’s attempt to cure sloppy police investigations in heinous crimes by ordering their supervision by a team headed by an SP-rank IPS officer as the state questioned its feasibility, saying it had only 63 SP-rank IPS officers against nearly 40,000 registered serious crimes.Senior additional advocate general…
NEW DELHI: New Delhi: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s insistence that the Election Commission share a machine-readable, digital copy of the Maharashtra electoral roll, appears to have overlooked an important aspect: a similar prayer made by senior Congress leader Kamal Nath before the Supreme Court was rejected way back in 2018.Interestingly, arguing the case on…
NEW DELHI: ED Thursday said it had seized 60 liquor bottles, cars and details of at least 40 bank accounts operated by additional drug controller of Dharamshala, Nishant Sareen, and his associates during searches on his premises on June 22-23 in a money laundering case.ED has accused the officer of taking bribes from pharmaceutical companies…
NEW DELHI: Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday urged vehicle manufacturers and logistics companies to opt for trucks that run on alternative fuels rather than diesel-fuelled ones to cut down pollution, reduce logistics costs, and decrease India’s dependence on imported fossil fuel.“My appeal to you all is – don’t go for diesel…
India on Thursday strongly condemned the demolition of Durga temple in Khilkhet, Dhaka, expressing deep concerns over the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government’s handling of the incident and accusing it of siding with extremist elements.Addressing a press briefing, ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “We understand that extremists were clamouring for the demolition of…
NEW DELHI: Suresh Narayanan, Nestle India’s outgoing CMD, in a message to his successor Manish Tiwary, said, “Crisis is the new normal” and “Adversity is the only thing that does not change.” Narayanan, who took over as the company’s CMD in 2015, is recognised for rejuvenating the company’s flagship brand Maggi, after it was banned…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh Thursday held talks with his Chinese counterpart Admiral Dong Jun amid the ongoing move to rebuild and stabilise bilateral ties, even though de-escalation between the rival armies is yet to take place along the LAC.The two met on the sidelines of SCO defence ministers’ meet. However, there was no…
Claiming AAP failed to provide adequate representation to members from backward communities, Gujarat MLA Umesh Makwana resigned from all party posts Thursday. Makwana was AAP’s whip in assembly and national joint secretary. Shortly after, AAP state president Isudan Gadhvi announced that Makwana has been suspended from AAP for five years for “anti-party activities”. Makwana was…