GUWAHATI/SHILLONG: A honeymoon without a single photo. That was the first clue.Meghalaya Police SIT began suspecting foul play when they noticed newlyweds Raja & Sonam Raghuvanshi hadn’t posted any pictures from their scenic trip to the northeast. That silence online opened the lid on what turned out to be a planned murder – a case…
One year ago, when Narendra Modi began his record-equalling third term, the mood in BJP and the larger saffron fraternity was far from that of unalloyed celebration. Contrary to the near-total consensus that BJP would surpass its 2019 score of 303, the party’s tally had dropped to a modest 240, forcing it to depend on…
With the deep military collusiveness between Pakistan and China being rudely reinforced during Operation Sindoor, India needs to raise its annual defence budget to at least 2.5% of GDP, impart a greater thrust to self-reliance in military R&D and production, and invest heavily in unmanned aerial systems, long-range weapons, space-based systems, electronic warfare and other…
NEW DELHI: India will go deep into Pakistan to hit terrorists if they provoke the Indian govt with terror attacks, foreign minister S Jaishankar said while stressing that India will not live with terrorism anymore. In an interview in Brussels, he said Pakistan had trained thousands of terrorists and was ready to unleash them on…
As India and EU held their first strategic dialogue Tuesday, external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his counterpart Kaja Kallas reiterated their strong condemnation of the horrific terrorist attack in Pahalgam, J&K, with the ministers sharing the view that every nation, including India, has the right and responsibility to protect its citizens from acts of…
The first year of Modi 3.0 will be remembered most for Operation Sindoor, thrusting Pakistan back to the centrestage of Indian foreign policy. By striking terrorist infrastructure deep inside Pakistan, India not only imposed unprecedented costs upon Islamabad for its support to cross-border terrorism but also raised the stakes for the international community’s indulgence of…
INDORE: “No, not our boy…” That’s the only refrain echoing through a cramped 200sqft room in Indore, where Raj Kushwaha’s family has locked themselves away since the 21-year-old was arrested for allegedly conspiring with Sonam Raghuvanshi to murder her husband Raja on their honeymoon in Meghalaya.Raj’s youngest sister, 15, faints at every police siren. None…
INDORE: A phone call between Sonam Raghuvanshi (in pic) and her mother-in-law on the day of Raja Raghuvanshi’s murder has become a chilling focus of the police investigation – was Raja already dead by then, or worse, was he being led to his death while Sonam calmly spoke to his family?.ACP Poonamchand Yadav told TOI…
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (File photo) KOCHI: Kerala high court on Tuesday issued notice to Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra seeking her response to a petition challenging her election from the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in the Nov 2024 byelection.Justice K Babu admitted the election petition filed by BJP candidate Navya Haridas seeking Priyanka’s election to…
DCM Shivakumar and CM Siddaramaiah NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: The much-anticipated meeting on Tuesday between the Congress high command, CM Siddaramaiah and DCM DK Shivakumar to discuss alleged lapses that led to the stampede outside cricket stadium resulted in putting up a united front with the party leadership backing its govt. However, the main takeaway from the…
