A newly-raised Bhairav Battalion at the Republic Day parade. Credit: Tarun Rawat NEW DELHI: India’s military offensive, courage and valour displayed during Operation Sindoor were showcased in front of European chief guests and thousands of spectators on Kartavya Path during the 77th Republic Day parade on Monday when the country made a grand display of…
A video footage of the IAF showing Indian Rafale’s hard point where deadly missiles are attached NEW DELHI: Releasing a video of advanced fighter jets armed with deadly missiles on Republic Day, the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday moved to silence some Pakistani and western critics, who had alleged that India did not have…
NEW DELHI: The presence of EU leaders at the Republic Day parade underscores the growing strength of the India-EU partnership and their commitment to shared values, said PM Narendra Modi as he welcomed European Commission and Council presidents, Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa, respectively, on Kartavya Path on Monday.The EU leaders’ attending the…
NEW DELHI: Prominent agriculture scientist Ashok Kumar Singh who developed over 25 rice varieties and former vice-chancellor of the Bihar-based Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Gopal Ji Trivedi, are among nine persons associated with farm and allied sector selected for this year’s Padma Shri award. Trivedi helped farmers cultivate makhana (fox nuts) in a big…
DEHRADUN: Close on the heels of a proposal to restrict the entry of non-Hindus at 105 ghats in the Kumbh area at Haridwar, Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC), which administers the Char Dham shrines of Badrinath, Kedarnath and 47 other temples, is considering a similar move at the shrines under it. The proposal is expected…
NEW DELHI: RVS Mani, a former officer in the ministry of home affairs (MHA) named for the Padma Shri this Republic Day eve, was instrumental in blowing the lid off the two contradictory affidavits filed by the UPA govt in 2009, under his signature, in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case.While the first affidavit had cited…
NEW DELHI: Talks with US-based Purdue University for setting up a campus in India have reached an advanced stage, govt sources said, even as interest from British and Canadian universities gathers pace under India’s liberalised foreign education regime. Officials said that colleges under the University of London and several Canadian universities have also conveyed keenness,…
NEW DELHI: Delhi experienced a sharp cold spell on Monday as the minimum temperature dipped to 3.6°C in parts of the city, with isolated cold-wave conditions recorded. Safdarjung, the city’s base station, logged 4.2°C – four degrees below normal – making it the coldest Republic Day since 2021, when the capital had witnessed 2.1°C.At the…
NEW DELHI: Congress Monday raised questions about the intent of Modi govt to hold a caste enumeration in Census 2027 as it had announced earlier, pointing out that the question about the caste of the head of a household in the “houselisting” phase does not offer “OBC” as an option. Govt last week published the…
NEW DELHI: Highway construction agencies, including NHAI, are in a bind over the recent trend of road contractors quoting low bids of up to 48% less than the estimated project cost, largely due to aggressive bidding, which usually has a direct bearing on the quality of work.In a recent case, the road transport ministry cancelled…