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NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi expressed support for students as their protests gained momentum, accusing the BJP of “destroying the future of youth”.In a statement on X, the opposition leader alleged that the BJP government was undermining the future of India’s youth. Drawing a parallel with the Ekalavyas, Rahul said, “cutting off the thumb…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday sought to know the Centre’s stand on the implementation of the proposal to deliberate on the legal guarantee of MSP, discussed almost a month after the prime minister announced in November 2021 the withdrawal of the controversial farm laws that led to the blockade of NH- 44 agitating…
Pranav Sontakke, a banker from Amravati district of Maharashtra, has proven that you don’t need huge amounts of money to give back to society.Growing up in a modest home, his schoolteacher parents had instilled in him the belief that true wealth was not measured in money, but in the ability to give.“We are not rich,…
NEW DELHI: Senior officials of ministry of housing and urban affairsincluding secretary K Srinivas, visited different sites in Rashtriya Smriti Sthal and adjoining Vijay Ghat for the funeral of late Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday afternoon. A decision on the location of the monument will be made soon.Previous teams of other staff had visited…
A senior Iranian official said Thursday that Tehran was willing to take on the case of Nimisha PriyaKerala nurse sentenced to death in Yemen for murder of Yemeni citizen. “We are willing to do everything we can as this is a humanitarian issue,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Iran-backed Houthi rebels continue…
NEW DELHI: Star Link may be headed for new regulatory problems in India with satellite communications The devices from the company led by Elon Musk reach the hands of insurgents and smugglers, raising red flags with the ministry of interior and the department of telecommunications.What has made the situation even more challenging for the government…
AGRA: the 17th century Mubarak Manzila Mughal heritage site also known as Aurangzeb‘s Haveli, was largely demolished in Agra just three months after the state archaeological department issued a notification to protect the monument. More than 100 rubble tractors were removed from the site after the demolition campaign, local residents said Thursday. They say a…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday was highly critical of the Punjab government’s approach towards implementing its December 20 order of hospitalization of farm representative Jagjit Singh Dallewal, whose fast-unto-death protest had continued for more than a month without medical help.“There is a deliberate attempt by the Punjab government and a section of the…
Chandigarh: Punjab govt dismissed on Thursday DSP Gursher Singh Sandhu in relation to a September 2022 interview with Lawrence Bishnoi while the gangster was in custody at the police’s Criminal Investigation Agency premises in Mohali’s Kharar.The dismissal order was signed by state home secretary Gurkirat Kirpal Singh. He noted that Sandhu, suspended since October 2024,…
NEW DELHI: Amid controversy sparked by a little-known Hindu group claiming that a temple exists beneath Ajmer Sharif’s dargah, Prime Minister Modi on Thursday handed over the ‘chadar’ that would be offered at the dargah in his name for the Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishticontinuing a tradition he has followed since assuming the top job…