AFSPA gives the armed forces deployed in areas declared as “disturbed”, powers to search, seize and arrest without a warrant, and to also use lethal force against law-breakers. NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Friday extended the application of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 in parts of Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland for a…
NEW DELHI: Unease within the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over a media report concerning Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar surfaced on Friday, with three BJP allies urging the Election Commission of India (ECI) to issue a clearer response.Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan was the first NDA ally to…
Bengal BJP chief backs Gyanesh Kumar, says he deserves ‘at least Padma Bhushan’ NEW DELHI: West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya has come out strongly in support of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid a growing Congress-led campaign against him. Bhattacharya said that Kumar deserves “at the very least, the Padma Bhushan” for overseeing peaceful…
NEW DELHI: You will soon be able to check if receiving a mobile call will mean running to the balcony of your home in the hope of getting network coverage just as you do in your current residence. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) Friday launched a platform that will rate buildings based on…
BJP rejects Omar’s statehood resolution, opposes Article 370 debate SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today brought a resolution before Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly seeking the restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. However, the resolution was fiercely opposed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) creating chaotic scenes forcing the speaker…
Amit Shah takes aim at Rahul’s ‘dead economy’ remark NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday took a veiled jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while highlighting India’s economic growth and recent upgrades in its growth forecast and sovereign rating.Addressing the UP International Trade Show 2026, Shah said some people were attempting to…
Child rape: Granite baron Veeramani’s premises raided NEW DELHI: DMK spokesperson T K S Elangovan hit back at allegations linking the party to Gem Granites chairman R Veeramani, saying the DMK should not be blamed for the alleged actions of an individual. His remarks came as Chennai police constituted a four-member Special Investigation Team (SIT)…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday upped the ante against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and put up posters demanding his removal in Delhi amid the ongoing row over the functioning of the poll panel and Special Intensive Revision of electoral list.Put up by the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee’s OBC department, the poster read, “Remove Gyanesh…
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday rebuked Pakistan over its remarks on Kashmir and minorities in India at the UN Human Rights Council, calling out Islamabad for its illegal occupation of parts of Jammu and Kashmir and demanding that it vacate them.Exercising India’s right to reply to the comments made by Pakistan at the council, Indian…
NEW DELHI: Facing the task of implementing Supreme Court’s ruling on calculating creamy layer criteria for OBC reservation from the retrospective date of 2012, Centre pleaded with the court to make the enforcement of the verdict prospective and grant it two years’ time to implement it.The court had in March held that the income of…
