NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union government over what he called a denial of facts surrounding the publication of former Army chief General M.M. Naravane’s memoir, saying the issue was “right under your nose” and accusing the government of evading key questions raised by the…
PM Modi during ‘Pariksha pe Charcha’ NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday marked the return of “Pariksha pe Charch” with its 9th edition, welcoming the students with a traditional Assamese ‘Gamosa’. In the video, PM Modi could be seen putting the traditional clothing on the children. He then explained to them its significance….
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition filed by Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party challenging the 2025 Bihar assembly elections. A bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi declined to issue any direction on the request to annul the election results and order fresh polls. “How many votes…
NEW DELHI: Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday defended the Centre’s decision to keep the Henderson Brooks-Bhagat report on the 1962 India-China war classified, as a political row erupted in Parliament over Leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi being stopped from quoting the “unpublished memoir” of former Army Chief General MM Naravane.In a post on…
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday said he has decided to set up a library documenting what he described as the “misdeeds, corruption and policy failures” of the Nehru-Gandhi family, and appealed to supporters to contribute books, documents and research material for the initiative.In a post on X, Dubey said the proposed library…
NEW DELHI: Artificial Intelligence is making it easier for people to procure restricted drugs, from antibiotics to addictive pills and high-risk psychotropic compounds, raising serious concerns over patient safety, drug misuse and regulatory failure.Alerted by a doctor who said one of his patients was taking antibiotics based on a fake prescription generated through AI, TOI…
Trial courts across the country continued to impose death penalty in significant numbers in 2025 even as appellate courts set aside or modified most of these sentences, raising “serious concerns about the reliability of convictions in capital cases”, finds an annual study by The Square Circle Clinic — a criminal justice initiative of NALSAR University…
Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Thursday instructed officers appointed as central observers for the upcoming assembly polls in four states and a UT to act impartially, ensure compliance with all electoral laws and extant EC guidelines, and be the eyes and ears of the panel by reporting any electoral malpractice…
NEW DELHI: Deaths on national highways in 2025 reduced by around 11% last year — 57,482 in 2025 compared to 64,772 in 2024, road transport ministry informed the Lok Sabha on Monday, quoting the eDAR (electronic detailed accident) report.As per the written reply, UP, MP and Chhattisgarh reported a sharp decline in fatalities in accidents…
PUNE: After Sharad Pawar took charge of steering the ship for his family following the death of his nephew Ajit Pawar, its members on Thursday backed deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar’s name as NCP’s national president. While some other senior NCP functionaries showed reluctance for a merger with NCP (SP), the Pawar family said Sunetra…