External affairs minister S. Jaishankar (file photo) Quad foreign ministers will meet this week in Atlanta on the sidelines of a G20 ministerial gathering, official sources confirmed, signalling the strategic forum remains resilient despite recent India-US diplomatic turbulence. This will be the second meeting of the grouping this year, after the event India hosted in…
Multi-agency raids in Assam, Mizoram and Manipur exposed over Rs 270 crore in narco-hawala transactions NEW DELHI: In a major crackdown on cross-border narco-hawala networks in northeastern states, multi-agency search operations by at least 38 teams at 38 locations simultaneously, revealed illicit transactions of over Rs 270 crore, and led to arrest of six people…
Massive fire broke out at Shiv Market, opposite Jammu Railway Station NEW DELHI: Around 35 to 40 shops were completely gutted after a massive fire broke out at Shiv Market, opposite Jammu Railway Station, in the early hours of Monday. No casualties or injuries have been reported so far, while fire and emergency services teams…
Former SC judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul alleges in his book that ex-CJI D Y Chandrachud was overly deferential to the government on judicial appointments NEW DELHI: Former CJI D Y Chandrachud was more deferential to the govt than necessary in matters of judicial appointments, former SC judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul has said in…
National Urban Enclave 2026 NEW DELHI: Even as the Centre moots directly elected mayors with a fixed five-year tenure and a mayor-in-council system, municipal heads from different cities at National Urban Conclave flagged that the move would serve little purpose without giving mayors adequate powers. Rajkot mayor Nehal Shukla also called for time-bound financial audits…
Targeting PM Modi further, Kharge called the prime minister a “habitual liar” NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge triggered a controversy on Sunday with his remark, “Modi ka baap bhi jayega” (Modi’s father will also be defeated), at a programme in Patna.In a video shared by ANI, a person can be heard shouting, “Modi nahi…
Women founders are building India’s social startups NEW DELHI: A survey of more than 145 organisations working in the social impact space shows that over 57% of non-profits have at least one female founder – more than three times the 18% share reported among Indian startups. Moreover, female representation in the nonprofit sector outpaces corporate…
J&K Congress distances itself from Farooq Abdullah’s Pakistan remarks; Kashmiri Pandit groups seek FIR NEW DELHI: The Jammu and Kashmir Congress has distanced itself from National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah’s remarks that Pakistan was helping Kashmiris by keeping the Kashmir issue alive at international fora.“The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee has distanced itself…
The Cybersecurity Training Institute will focus on training, research and capacity building. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Rs 169-crore data centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute at Info Valley-II in Jatni, near Bhubaneswar, Odisha.Spread across 18.55 acres, the facility’s foundation stone was laid by then RBI…
Kharge calls anti-SIR campaign ‘second war of independence’, targets BJP-RSS NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the BJP and the RSS in Patna, accusing them of undermining democratic institutions and alleging irregularities in the electoral process.Addressing a gathering in Patna, Kharge said, “As long as RSS ideology is…
