- Field joint nominee: SAD to Panthic parties
The SAD core committee today invited all Panthic parties to contest the Sangrur Lok Sabha byelection jointly even as the 11-member Iqbal Singh Jhunda sub-committee is learnt to have recommended a change in the leadership for the party’s revival.
- Promote Brigadier by May 31, AFT directs MoD
The Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) today directed the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Army headquarters to promote a Brigadier from the Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Department to the rank of Major General, the highest rank authorised in the department, by May 31.
- Rubaiya told to appear in TADA court
A TADA court in Jammu today summoned Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of former Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, in her 1989 kidnapping case in which charges against separatist leader Yasin Malik and others were framed in January 2021.
- Nehru institution - builder, BJP weakening democracy by bulldozing institutions: Rahul Gandhi
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday remembered India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary and described him as an institution-builder who strengthened our democratic roots, but lamented that the BJP has weakened democracy by bulldozing institutions.
- Apex court stays HC?s bail condition for Azam Khan
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Allahabad High Court’s bail condition imposed on Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan directing the District Magistrate of Rampur for taking possession of land attached to the Jauhar University campus in an alleged grabbing of enemy property case.
- Notaries? e - portal launched for more transparency
Seeking to usher in more transparency and reduce the use of paper, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday launched a dedicated portal for receiving applications online from those applying to become notaries. Union Minister of State for Law SP Singh Baghel was also present at the launch of Notaries Onli
- India, Hungary discuss Ukraine, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka crises
India and Hungary on Friday discussed the global economic situation, the Ukraine conflict, developments in the Indo-Pacific as well as in Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.
- On road to recovery despite headwinds: RBI
Despite several negative factors, the RBI is confident that robust reserve buffers, strong FDI pipeline, healthy merchandise exports and participation in global value chains should help the Indian economy withstand adverse global spillovers.
- Fighting fluoride in potable water, Telangana shows the way
Telangana is showing the way to fight fluoride in drinking water with the state managing to connect cent per cent households with potable water.
- 7 soldiers die in accident near LoC
Seven Army soldiers were killed and 19 others injured when the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into the Shyok river near the Line of Control (LoC) in Turtuk sector of Ladakh on Friday.
- Enhance Afghan capability to counter terrorist groups: National Security Adviser
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on Friday advocated enhancing the capability of Afghanistan to counter terrorism and terrorist groups which pose a threat to regional peace and security.
- Drones will soon be way of life: PM Modi
Vertical take-off drones, anti-drone systems and new technologies that will connect a drone with Indian-made satellite navigation system (NavIC) are among the technologies up on display at the two-day drone festival here.
- Monitor work on rural roads: Centre to states
The Centre has made a push with the states for more efficient implementation and monitoring of rural roads development works being undertaken under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).
- Rubaiya Sayeed told to appear in TADA court
A TADA court in Jammu today summoned Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of former Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, in her 1989 kidnapping case in which charges against separatist leader Yasin Malik and others were framed in January 2021.
- Congress questions PM Modi?s silence on drug haul in Gujarat
The Congress today questioned the government on drug recoveries from Gujarat with party spokesperson Pawan Khera saying recoveries from the Gujarat coastline had been happening intermittently since 2017. “Sometimes recoveries happened from Pipavav port, sometimes Mundra port,” the Congre
- Drugs on Cruise: Clean chit to Aryan Khan; Wankhede to face action for ?shoddy? investigation
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has given a clean chit to Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-cruise case in which he was arrested in October last year and had to spend about a month in jail.
- Grateful to day - old IIMC friends
When I went to Delhi to join the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) as a professor in November 2020, I was reminded of a summer afternoon in 1998. Walking up the slope leading to the portico, I could vividly remember some faces from two decades ago.
- Om Prakash Chautala gets 4 - year rigorous imprisonment in disproportionate assets case
A special CBI court in Delhi today sentenced former Haryana CM and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief Om Prakash Chautala to four-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) and imposed a fine of Rs 50 lakh in a disproportionate assets (DA) case.
- Panel probing incidents of fire in electric two - wheelers to submit report on May 30
An expert committee set up by the road transport ministry to investigate the cases of electric two-wheelers catching fire and suggest remedial measures will submit its report next week, a senior government official said on Friday.
- UGC extends Common University Entrance Test (UG) - 2022 application deadline to May 31
The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Friday announced the extension of application deadline for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG till May 31.
- India, Hungary discuss pressing global issues including Ukraine conflict
India and Hungary on Friday discussed the global economic situation, the Ukraine conflict, developments in the Indo-Pacific as well as in Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.