NEW DELHI: India today faces a fundamentally different set of security challenges, driven by rapid technological disruption that is reshaping the nature of warfare, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan said Friday as he linked complex threats to the rise of AI, cyber capabilities, big data and private technology companies. “Technology today is defining…
New Delhi: From Bactrian camels to Zanskar ponies, a rare contingent of “animal soldiers” will for the first time be seen marching down Kartavya Path joining the 6,050 military personnel during the 90-minute Republic Day parade on Monday.They will be under the command of Captain Harshita Yadav, daughter of a retired IAF officer, and from…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Friday expressed concern over public money being siphoned off by corporate houses and said it was very shocking.The court should not be lenient towards them, observed a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi while hearing a plea of Bank of India against Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal on…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Friday said his govt was following Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s vision of a strong India as a weak nation could not achieve its goals. He added that the country now knew how to build, manage and use power.In a video address to a programme in Andaman and Nicobar Islands…
NEW DELHI: Over 40 election management bodies (EMBs) of the world on Friday unanimously adopted ‘Delhi Declaration 2026’, resolving to work together on five pillars – pure electoral rolls; conduct of free, fair and transparent elections; research and publications on working of different electoral systems; use of technology to facilitate election stakeholders and counter misinformation;…
Representative image (ANI) NEW DELHI: The south district police have arrested an alleged narcotics kingpin and uncovered a “chemical kitchen” of sorts that was operating as a factory for manufacturing high-end psychotropic substances like MDMA and heroin. The action to bust synthetic drug distribution in the city led to the arrest of Emmanuel (36), a…
Representative file image NEW DELHI: A pair of abandoned slippers and a gap in a broken stone wall leading into a forested ridge helped police crack the case of a 10-year-old girl’s sexual assault in central Delhi’s Prasad Nagar. The child was allegedly abducted, raped and left unconscious in the secluded area by an e-rickshaw…
VARANASI: A 24-year-old from UP’s Jaunpur allegedly chopped off a part of his left foot in an apparent bid to claim disability benefits for NEET medical admission. He initially lied to police, claiming he had been attacked. Cops discovered the shocking act of desperation through his diary and from his girlfriend’s statement.Suraj Bhaskar, a resident…
NEW DELHI: Arguing that US tariffs are hurting the job-intensive textile sector and calling Indian economy as “dead”, Congress’ Rahul Gandhi Friday urged PM Modi to show “accountability” and secure a favourable trade deal with US.Posting on X a video of his visit to a textile factory in Haryana, Rahul said, “50% US tariffs are…
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: As a precautionary step against any law and order incident during SIR-related hearings at panchayat/block/ward offices in West Bengal, the state chief electoral officer (CEO) has directed all district magistrates or district election officers (DEOs) to take steps to immediately file complaints or FIRs in the event of destruction of public property or…