Mohan Bhagwat (File photo) LUCKNOW: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said Monday that efforts for “ghar wapsi” (reconversion to Hinduism) should be intensified and added that those who return to the Hindu fold must be “supported” and “cared for.”Addressing a social harmony meeting, Bhagwat said Hindu society was required to become more organised, asserting that while…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: At a joint press meet with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered Indian soldiers who participated in the first World War and Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar, as the PM recalled their association with France’s port city Marseille which he had visited last year.“Marseille is…
NEW DELHI: The procedural limbo over who will pronounce the sentence against Kashmiri separatist Aasiya Andrabi and two aides in a 2018 terror conspiracy case narrowed Tuesday after the defence submitted in writing that it had no objection to Karkardooma family court judge Chanderjit Singh proceeding with the order. The court had earlier directed the…
NEW DELHI: Holding that the surviving partner in a mutual suicide pact has to be punished for abetment, SC Tuesday upheld conviction of boyfriend of Telugu actress Pratyusha in her death case in 2002 as both of them had consumed poison together but he survived. Dismissing his plea challenging the conviction, the court directed G…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday sharply criticised Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi over their opposition to the Great Nicobar island infrastructure project, accusing them of going to great lengths to derail it. The governing party cited the National Green Tribunal’s nod to the initiative as a triumph of truth that foiled their disruptive attempts.Coal and…
French President Emmanuel Macron is in Mumbai for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Defence, artificial intelligence, and critical minerals are key topics. President Emmanuel Macron extended an invitation to PM Modi to participate in the G7 Summit to be hosted by France in 2026. According to a joint statement, he invited India to participate…
LUCKNOW: A young Army aspirant on her way to UP’s Mau by train for her NCC ‘C-certificate’ exam has lodged a police complaint against a TTE, accusing him of attempting to rape her inside a First AC cabin of the Ahmedabad-Gorakhpur Express on Sunday, reports Pathikrit Chakraborty. GRP has announced a reward of Rs 10,000…
JAMMU: Amid outrage over the monkey menace destroying crops, Jammu and Kashmir govt on Tuesday informed the assembly it is not planning to launch a sterilisation drive to curb the simian population, even as it conceded that the threat remains a major headache across Jammu region.The govt, however, said a range of steps are being…
JAMMU: J&K CM Omar Abdullah voiced a mix of hope and scepticism Tuesday after Union law minister Arjun Meghwal said a decision on restoring statehood to the Union territory would be announced “soon”, citing an assurance by home minister Amit Shah in Parliament.“One-and-a-half years have passed since an elected govt assumed office and we are…
Two Pakistani nationals arrested in Ambala after escaping from Jammu Juvenile Observation home AMBALA/JAMMU: Two Pakistan nationals who fled from a juvenile observation home in Jammu’s RS Pura area Monday were arrested 400km away at Ambala Cantonment railway station by Haryana STF.Mohammad Sana-Ullah, 20, of Jaatala village in Muzaffargarh district of Punjab, Pakistan, and 23-year-old…