(Top row, R-L): AM/NS India CSR head Vikas Yadvendu, Uttar Pradesh deputy CM Brajesh Pathak, Impact catalyst Aruna Goenka, and DPS RK Puram principal Anil Kumar with some of the winners of Times Critical Thinking Championship in Delhi (Top row, R-L): AM/NS India CSR head Vikas Yadvendu, Uttar Pradesh deputy CM Brajesh Pathak, Impact catalyst…
British citizen Jagtar Singh Johal, who was granted bail NEW DELHI/LONDON/BATHINDA: Delhi HC on Friday granted bail to British citizen Jagtar Singh Johal, who is charged with targeted killings and conspiracy linked to Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF), taking note of his “long period of incarceration” and acquittal in one of the cases. News of his…
Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference, in Kolkata on Friday NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission’s decision to bar her faction from using the All India Trinamool Congress name and its traditional “Flowers and Grass” election symbol.The EC…
The man was stabbed to death for allegedly spreading cake over a friend’s face during birthday party (Representative image) JAMMU: A 35-year-old man paid with his life, allegedly for smearing cake on his friend’s face on the latter’s birthday in Jammu’s Janipur area late Thursday.Police said Friday they arrested the prime accused, Neeraj, whose birthday…
Police said that their team busted LeT logistics module JAMMU: Three over ground workers (OGWs) of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), arrested recently in Rajouri district, had been active for several years and facilitated the movement of multiple terror groups across Rajouri-Reasi in Jammu division through the Pir Panjal region up to Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said Friday.All…
TFC will now be used for border tourism SRINAGAR: A trade facilitation centre (TFC) at Salamabad in border town Uri, which once facilitated duty-free, cashless barter trade between J&K and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), will now be used for border tourism, ending speculation about resumption of trade through the route.A senior tourism department official confirmed the…
Shashi Tharoor acknowledges grammar error in PM Modi birthday wish NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday acknowledged a grammatical error in his birthday greeting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi after an X user pointed out his mistake.Tharoor had extended his birthday wishes to Modi on Thursday. However, in his message, the Thiruvananthapuram MP…
NEW DELHI: There is a need to write the “intent” of policies, regulations and guidelines in brief while notifying them, a move that will bring clarity and communicate what it aims to achieve, suggested D Thara, secretary of newly created department of capital development under the housing and urban affairs ministry.Speaking at a conference of…
CHANDIGARH: Ending a prolonged standoff with state employees, the Bhagwant Mann government on Friday announced relief for around eight lakh employees and pensioners, increasing the Dearness Allowance (DA) by 8 per cent.The decision followed a meeting held here between chief minister Bhagwant Mann and representatives of employee and pensioners’ organisations.Ministers Aman Arora and Baljeet Kaur,…
NEW DELHI: The Congress and TMC on Friday mounted a joint attack on the ruling BJP following the arrest of Milan Pradhan, the Congress candidate for the upcoming Nandigram bypoll in West Bengal.Both parties pointed to two key factors surrounding Pradhan’s arrest: that it stemmed from an old case, and that it occurred just hours…
