The Indian Army has deployed a three-tiered robotic counter-infiltration grid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar village of Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kupwara district, ahead of the 79th Independence Day celebrations.Speaking to on Thursday, an Indian Army officer said that the troops are tasked with ensuring zero infiltration along the LoC.“Our task as the…
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has flagged its concerns over the authenticity of data being fed into the Jal Jeevan Mission’s (JJM’s) Integrated Management Information System (IMIS), noting that the quality of uploaded information is essential to fill the visible gaps in the ambitious scheme of providing functional tap water connection to every rural household…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tribute to victims who suffered during India’s 1947 Partition on the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, remembering the “upheaval and pain endured by countless people” after the unplanned partition.PM Modi said it’s the day to honour the grit of people who faced “unimaginable loss and still find…
NEW DELHI: A bench headed by Justice J B Pardiwala, which had recently passed scathing remarks against a Allahabad high court judge for allowing criminal proceedings in a civil matter, was a portrait of restraint when it found itself dealing with a similar case on Wednesday. “This time I am not going to lose my…
Despite being designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) in 2019, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) surprisingly evaded being labelled as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) until now. However, the US state department’s sudden interest in the rebel group, particularly its subsidiary Majeed Brigade, has raised eyebrows and sparked curiosity about possible motivations.The development comes…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court prima facie disagreed on Wednesday with the argument that the Election Commission had no authority to conduct an intensive revision of electoral rolls and observed that it was within the sole domain of the poll panel to decide when and how to conduct the exercise. A bench of Justices Surya Kant…
NEW DELHI: Noting that the present adoption law is too cumbersome and frustrating for adoptive parents, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said the procedure needed to be streamlined and simplified to encourage childless couples to take the legal route to adopt rather than doing it illegally.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and K V…
KOLKATA: All theatres in Bengal, single-screen or multiplex, must show at least one Bengali film during the 3pm-9pm prime slot daily throughout the year, Mamata Banerjee govt has ordered.“Our CM has come up with this directive to promote Bengali language and film industry. Till now, 12pm to 9pm was considered prime time and so Bengali…
NEW DELHI: Nearly half a century after New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida) came into existence, Supreme Court on Wednesday asked UP government to consider replacing it with a metropolitan council for people-centric governance. The direction was based on findings of an SC-constituted SIT, which gave a stinging report into the functioning of Noida Authority,…
Just a year ago, it would perhaps have taken a big leap of faith for PM Narendra Modi to travel to China. The two countries’ relationship was still on ventilator. The border was relatively quiet, but disengagement of troops at the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh was still incomplete.Now, as Modi gets ready to…