SRINAGAR: Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah will hold a meeting with the dissident legislators of National Conference (NC) on Friday and listen to their demands, party sources said, adding that he will try to redress the grievances of the MLAs.The meeting comes in the wake of an open revolt that has shaken the…
Vehicle transfers cost up to 10x statutory fees; UP, Bihar and Bengal ranked worst on the Ease of Vehicle Ownership Index 2026. NEW DELHI: Vehicle ownership transfers can cost up to 10 times the statutory fees, with total expenses, including agent charges, in the range of Rs 13,000-14,000 in parts of Bihar, Rs 7,000-8,000 in…
NEW DELHI: Elected student union representatives from Delhi, Punjab, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Assam and the Northeast, on Wednesday, joined a rally organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at the University of Delhi on Wednesday. They called for upholding democratic values and protecting constitutional institutions, the ABVP said in a statement.Over 15,000 students and…
The decision was taken at the 11th session of the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP), held in Jakarta, Indonesia. NEW DELHI: Three major works of India’s literary, historical and intellectual heritage, Kalhana’s ‘Rajatarangini’, the ‘Mahabharata’ and Kautilya‘s ‘Arthashastra’, have been added to Unesco’s Memory of the World Regional Register…
NEW DELHI: A CRPF constable allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle on Thursday while on duty at Mizoram governor’s official residence in Aizawl.According to police officials, the constable was identified as Sudhir Swami, who was posted at Gate 2 of Lok Bhavan. The 31-year-old man allegedly shot himself around 10 am.Officials added that…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of home affairs (MHA) on Thursday notified the Immigration and Foreigners (Exemption) (Amendment) Order, 2026, introducing specific amendments to the Immigration and Foreigners (Exemption) Order, 2025.Under the amended order, Indian nationals travelling to or returning from Nepal or Bhutan by land or air will be required to produce any one of…
Puri was declared elected unopposed to the Upper House. NEW DELHI: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh on Thursday after the nomination papers of the two other candidates were rejected, leaving him as the sole contender in the by-election.BJP state president Hemant Khandelwal collected Puri’s certificate…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the High Powered Enquiry Committee (HPEC), constituted to investigate violence during student protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar in July, had received very few complaints from those affected by it.During the hearing, the panel told a bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant that it had issued notices…
He further challenged Rahul, saying the country’s 80-year-old democracy would not be swayed by such tactics NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday challenged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to debate him in Parliament, asking him to bring his allegations and arguments to the House instead of taking political debate to the streets. Taking…
INDIA bloc stages dramatic mock arrest of CEC Gyanesh Kumar over SIR row NEW DELHI: The INDIA bloc on Wednesday held a state-level protest at Freedom Park in Bengaluru, demanding the immediate resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged manipulation of electoral rolls under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.Video footage from the…
