NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday ordered framing of charges against Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram and six others in connection with a visa scam, holding that prime facie, a case was made out against them for criminal conspiracy and illegal gratification. The court, however, discharged the eighth accused, Chetan Shrivastava, after concluding that…
NEW DELHI: Indian Railways’ first dedicated high-speed test track is expected to be complete by March 2026. The 64-km track, on which trains will be tested at a speed of 220 kmph, is being developed in Jodhpur division in Rajasthan with an investment of Rs 967 crore.Railway officials said the stretch is being built in…
NEW DELHI: India has proposed an assistance package worth $450 million for the purpose of rebuilding cyclone-hit Sri Lanka. It will include $350 million in concessional lines of credit and $100 million of grants, announced external affairs minister S Jaishankar who is visiting the Indian Ocean neighbour as a special envoy of PM Narendra Modi.Earlier…
BHUBANESWAR/MALKANGIRI: A richer package rolled out by Odisha drew 22 Maoist insurgents from neighbouring Chhattisgarh to lay down arms Tuesday, marking the first mass surrender in state this year and coming just three months before Centre’s deadline to end left-wing extremism nationwide. Police credited a revised policy that lifts rewards to nearly 20% above Chhattisgarh’s…
PATIALA: An FIR was filed on Tuesday in connection with a Rs 8 crore online fraud that allegedly drove retired Punjab IG Amar Singh Chahal to attempt suicide a day earlier.Chahal allegedly shot himself on Monday with a licensed revolver of his IRB gunman at his residence in Patiala, sustaining a chest wound. After undergoing…
JAIPUR: The jolly red suit of Santa Claus ran into Sanatan lines in Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar district. An official order from the additional district education officer cautioned that any private school, including those run by missionaries and Christian trusts, found “compelling” students to dress as Santa for Christmas would face action.“For the past few years, children…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Tuesday dismissed a batch of petitions by Kashmiri separatist leaders and others challenging a trial court order framing charges against them under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in a terror funding case.A bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain rejected the appeals by Masarat Alam Bhat, Shabir…
NEW DELHI: Union agriculture and rural development minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday said that the newly-enacted Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act (VB-G RAM G) will address labour shortage faced during peak farm seasons, thereby striking a balance between welfare of farmers and labourers.In a virtual address on the occasion of…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Imran Masood said Rahul Gandhi is the acknowledged leader of the party, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s, issuing a clarification after a remark of his – “if Priyanka was the PM, Hindus would not have faced persecution in Bangladesh like today” – triggered a row.Masood explained that he was asked a question…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday hit out at Rahul Gandhi and claimed he was losing support within Congress, allies and even his family as it seized on the comments of CPM MP John Brittas and Congress MP Imran Masood. With Robert Vadra chiming in to say there was countrywide support for the “Priyanka-as-PM” view, BJP…