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NEW DELHI: Government sources on Thursday refuted Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi‘s allegations that Centre does not allow opposition to meet foreign dignitaries.In its response, it said that during any official visit, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) facilitates meetings for the visiting dignitary with Government officials and designated Government bodies. Any engagements outside the…

Then-Gujarat CM Modi accompanying then-PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in a meeting with Putin NEW DELHI: As Russian President Vladimir Putin prepares to visit India for a much-anticipated meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, old images of the two leaders have resurfaced online.The photographs, taken in Moscow in 2001, show Modi — then the Chief Minister…

NEW DELHI: Israel has urged India to formally designate Hamas and other groups acting against it as terrorist organisations, saying that New Delhi’s position carries significant weight across South Asia.Senior officials from Israel’s ministry of foreign affairs, speaking in Jerusalem, said they believe India understands the “networks and linkages” behind these organisations. They stressed that…

The Winter Session of Parliament, which began on December 1, had a rocky first week, with repeated disruptions in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Parliamentarians clashed over several issues, including former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s sudden exit, Delhi-NCR’s worsening air quality, and the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.On the first…

NEW DELHI: IndiGo’s nationwide operational crisis intensified on Thursday, with fresh flight cancellations and long delays reported across Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune. This has resulted in leaving lakhs of passengers stranded and triggering widespread anger amongst them. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has summoned the airline’s senior management to its headquarters…

NEW DELHI: Road deaths in India touched an all time high of little over 1.77 lakh in 2024. Road transport ministry in a written reply to the Lok Sabha shared the number of people killed in road crashes last year, though the ministry is yet to publish the annual report on road accidents.In 2023, road…

Supreme Court (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday took note of concerns over the workload of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) engaged in the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. Amid reports alleging excessive pressure and even suicides, the top court directed state governments to deploy additional staff to reduce the working…

NEW DELHI: The release of Farhan Akhtar‘s ‘120 Bahadur’ has once again brought the legendary Battle of Rezang La back into the national consciousness. As the film revisits an episode carved into Indian military history, this story goes far beyond cinema — it is a retelling of courage, cold winds, last bullets and men who…

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s severe air pollution found its way into a discussion in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday when it took up a bill on the prevention of water pollution relating to Manipur. DMK MP P Wilson suggested govt reconsider holding the winter session when Delhi becomes a “gas chamber” and shifting various ministries and statutory…

Chandrashekhar Azad (File photo) NEW DELHI: Defending Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Mohibbullah Nadvi, who used the word “jihad” in Parliament, Aazad Samaj Party (ASP) chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Thursday said the term means the same as “jaddojahad” (struggle/great effort) in Hindi.“’Jihad‘ is simply an Arabic term for what we describe in Hindi as ‘jaddojahad’ —…