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PATHANAMTHITTA: Kerala police on Monday arrested 14 more people, aged between 18 and 25, in connection with the rape and sexual abuse of a Dalit girl in Pathanamthitta district, raising the total number of accused under custody of 42.The survivor, who turned 18 two months ago, alleged in her complaint that she had been raped…
NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing push for “gender neutrality” in the overwhelmingly male-dominated environment of the armed forces, General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday said women officers were performing extremely well, at odds with the ” perception” of a serving lieutenant general who was harshly criticized for not living up to the standards required as commanding…
MUMBAI: India’s market capitalization fell below the $5 trillion mark for the first time in more than seven months, thanks to a falling market and a weakening rupee. India’s market capitalization was just over $5.7 trillion at its peak on September 27, 2024. On Monday, it closed at $4.8 trillion.Investor sentiment in Dalal Street was…
NEW DELHI: The opening of the Sonamarg Tunnel in J&K by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is just the beginning of a major infrastructure development in UT that will be a boon for tourism and reduce travel time between Srinagar and Leh. On Monday, road transport minister Nitin Gadkari announced the schedules of over a dozen…
NEW DELHI: The Union Law Ministry on Monday notified the appointment of Justice Krishnan Vinod ChandranChief Justice of Patna HC, as a judge of the Supreme Court with effect from the date on which he assumes office. In another order, the government appointed Justice Ashutosh Kumarjudge of Patna HC, as acting chief justice of the…
NEW DELHI: India will not reduce the number of its troops deployed across the actual control line with China in the short term, General Upendra Dwivedi said on Monday, asserting that “a degree of confrontation” still persists between the rival armies and that the two countries need to rebuild trust to reduce overall tensions.The army…
NEW DELHI: Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal for not “saying a word” in caste surveygrowing inflationissue of American indictment of Gautam Adani, among others. “Prime Minister Modi and AAP national coordinator Arvind Kejriwal do not even talk…
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs summoned Bangladesh’s acting high commissioner to India Nural Islam to the South Block at 2 pm on Monday to discuss ongoing border security issues. During the meeting, India reiterated its commitment to ensuring a crime-free border and highlighted its “expectation that all previous agreements will be implemented.”The MEA…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Monday said that “INDIA block is strong” amid reports of divisions within the alliance after the grand old party and the Aam Aadmi Party decided to contest against each other in the upcoming Delhi assembly elections. However, he added that the opposition alliance “will take a different stand…
Germany’s Tibet Support Group reaffirms its solidarity with Tibet during a meeting in Dharamshala (Image credit: ANI) DHARAMSHALA: Members of the Westerwald Tibet Support Group in Germany met in Dharamshala on January 10 to discuss the current struggles Tibetans face under Chinese repression.Organized under the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF), the meeting with Kalon Dolma GyariMinister…