File photo: Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday claimed that several MLAs from the ruling BJP-led alliance in Uttar Pradesh are in contact with his party ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections, while saying the SP would not make commitments it could not…
The Russian military’s total strength now reportedly stands at 2,441,630 personnel (Photo: AP). Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an executive order on Monday to raise the strength of Russian troops by 15,500, bringing the total number of active personnel to 1.55 million.The executive order doesn’t mention the reason for the increase, though such orders have…
A US Navy artist’s rendering of the Boeing F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter, the planned successor to the Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet fleet. The US Navy has formally selected Boeing to build its next carrier-based fighter under the F/A-XX programme, ending a competition that had run for years and putting the manufacturer back at the centre of…
Spain’s changes housing rules after protests After days of protests, Spain’s tenants may finally see some relief. The demonstrations, sparked by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her Madrid home, have prompted the government to approve a fresh package of measures aimed at easing pressure on tenants and the wider housing market.The two decrees…
File photo: A student walks past a burning bicycle next to the Baggio High School, blocked in protest of the government’s release of next year’s draft budget, in Lille, France France was hit by a nationwide wave of strikes and student protests, with civil servants walking off the job and high school students blocking hundreds…
Police said that a woman has alleged that 2 men sexually assaulted her after threatening to circulate photographs and videos of her bathing on social media (AI Image) PATNA: In a chilling case of voyeurism and blackmail, a woman in Banka district has alleged that two men filmed her while she was bathing and then…
MPs from opposition parties and BJP clashed over provisions of the bill with two DMK MPs, A Raja and P Wilson, dubbing the bill violative of Article 300(A), which says no one will be deprived of their property save by the authority of law. NEW DELHI: The vesting of assets is the single-most contentious provision…
Intending to stress that Congress should try to spread the opposition umbrella as BJP and RSS are on a weak footing, his argument was that if appeased, Kumar would not have defected to the BJP camp. NEW DELHI: Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh Tuesday told CWC that the political landscape would have been different if Nitish…
Noting that the action was taken against him almost two months after the incident, despite the probe agency claiming to have video footage, the court said, ‘It defies reason as to why it took the agency to arrest the detenu 54 days after registration of the first FIR’. NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh govt failed to…
The consignment comprised 15,000 red, pink, white, and orange Lilium blooms cultivated at an altitude of 10,600ft at the world’s highest flower field at Choglamsar, Leh. SRINAGAR: The first consignment of Ladakh-grown Lilium flowers was dispatched to major flower markets in India on Tuesday, in what the Union Territory administration called a major step towards…
