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Pahalgam terror attack due to 'intelligence failure': Former Army Chief Shankar Roychowdhury

NEW DELHI, Apr 25 : Former Army chief General Shankar Roychowdhury (Retd) on Friday said the Pahalgam terror attack was due to "intelligence failure" and demanded accountability at the highest levels. Speaking to PTI, Roychowdhury, the country's 18th Army..

26 killed in terror attack at J&K

NEW DELHI, Apr 22Terrorists opened fire on a popular meadow near Pahalgam in Kashmir on Tuesday afternoon, killing 26 people, mostly tourists, and injuring over a dozen, in the deadliest attack in the region since the 2019 Pulwama strike.Among the victims..

Body of boy found

Bhubaneswar, Apr 21: The decomposed body of an 11-year-old boy, who had been missing for a week, was found in a septic tank at a village in Odisha's Puri district, police said. The deceased, Ashirbad Sahu, had gone missing on April 15 and his body was rec..

Sharad and Ajit Pawar already together: Sanjay Raut on meetings between uncle-nephew duo

Mumbai, Apr 21As three meetings between Sharad Pawar and his estranged nephew Ajit Pawar, who heads NCP, over a fortnight sparked speculation about their political reunion, Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday said the uncle-nephew duo has already come together.Reac..

Will Muslims be on Hindu Boards : SC asks Centre

New Delhi, Apr 16  Hearing the bunch of petitions challenging the Waqf Amendment Act, the Supreme Court today asked the Centre tough questions on multiple provisions of the new law, especially its provisions for 'Waqf by user' properties.The Court al..

Bangladesh looks to China in veiled threat to NE India Set up base here, invites Yunus

NEW DELHI, Apr 1 Bangladesh's interim Government adviser Muhammad Yunus has tried to jab New Delhi by issuing a veiled threat to India's North Eastern States while appealing to China to "extend" in the region. Mr Yunus, who was on a four-day visit to Beij..

US report names India, China... As State actors enabling drug trafficking

NEW DELHI, Mar 26Non-State groups are often supported both directly and indirectly by State actors, such as China and India, with materials and equipment used by drug traffickers targeting the US, according to the 2025 Annual Threat Assessment (ATA) of th..

Tamil Nadu MPs to meet Modi over delimitation issue

CHENNAI, Mar 23Chief Minister MK Stalin announced that a delegation of MPs from Tamil Nadu will soon be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reclaim the rights of the State related to the 2026 delimitation of the Lok Sabha Constituencies.The delegation..

Transparency, freeze: Parties on delimitation

New Delhi, Mar 22 : The DMK-led Joint Action Committee (JAC), holding its first meeting today over the impending delimitation exer-cise proposed by the Union Government, cited a lack of transparency and insufficient consultation with key stake-holders. In..

Modi calls for speedy implementation of agri Budget, keeping focus on action

New Delhi, Mar 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for expeditious implementation of the budgetary proposals for agriculture and rural development, urging stakeholders to focus on "action" instead of deliberating on a new budget.Addressing ..

Railway Minister initiates trial for crowd control measures

New Delhi, Feb 23 : The Railways conducted a trial for crowd control measures on Saturday at New Delhi Railway Station by restricting movements of unreserved passengers to a single platform and scheduling all Maha Kumbh special trains from there as and wh..

Rekha Gupta named next Delhi CM

NEW DELHI, Feb 19 Rekha Gupta has been announced as next chief minister of Delhi, marking the BJP's comeback in the national capital after 27 years.Rekha, a first-time MLA, won the Shalimar Bagh constituency in the Delhi Assembly elections, defeating AAP'..

‘Cancer vaccine for women to be available in 6 months’

NEW DELHI, Feb 18A vaccine to fight cancers affecting women will be available in five to six months, and those in the age group of nine to 16 years will be eligible for inoculation, Union Minister Prataprao Jadhav said on Tuesday.Addressing a press confer..

India, Myanmar discuss resuming border trade

New Delhi, Feb 15 India and Myanmar have discussed the importance of resuming border trade through roads and agreed to take steps on this issue, an official statement said on Saturday (February 15, 2025).The issue was discussed during a meeting between My..

31 Naxals, 2 cops killed in Ch'garh encounter

BIJAPUR, Feb 9In a major operation against the Left Wing Extremism, security forces gunned down 31 Naxalites during a fierce encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Sunday, police said.Two security personnel were also killed and as many others inj..

BJP sweeps away AAP in Delhi, Kejriwal and Sisodia defeated

New Delhi, Feb 8 The BJP on Saturday cleaned out the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi and returned to power in the city after more than 26 years, extending its saffron imprint and dealing a devas-tating blow to the Arvind Kejriwal-led party whose top leadership c..

Handcuffed, chained, thrown like boxes : Indian migrants' American nightmare

New Delhi, Feb 6 They scaled treacherous mountains, pushed through dense, unforgiving forests, and trudged for hundreds of kilometres-all in pursuit of a singular dream: reaching the United States. For months, they journeyed across continents but at the e..

Delhi Exit Polls BJP comeback after 2 decades, AAP out

New Delhi, Feb 5Exit polls for the 2025 Delhi election have given the Bharatiya Janata Party a clear advantage (and predicted more woe for the Congress, which is expected to be routed again) when votes are counted Saturday. The hopes of the ruling Aam Aad..

Census, NPR unlikely in 2025 as only Rs 574 cr allocated

NEW DELHI, Feb 1 If budgetary proposals are anything to go by, the decadal census is unlikely to be carried out in 2025 as well with a meagre Rs 574.80 crore allocated for the exercise in the Budget pre-sented on Saturday.A meeting of the Union Cabinet on..

India announces own foundational model to take on Deepseek, ChatGPT

NEW DELHI, Jan 30 : India on Thursday outlined global AI ambitions with plans to build its own 'foundational model' that could take on the might of ChatGPT, Deepseek R1 and others, as it lined up "most affordable" common compute facility powered by 18,693..

BJP emerges richest party with Rs 7113-crore fund balance, Congress has Rs 857 crore: EC data

NEW DELHI, Jan 28 : The BJP, which claims itself as the biggest political party in the world, has a whopping cash and bank balance of Rs 7,113.80 crore against the principal opposition Congress party's Rs 857.15 crore as on March 31, 2024, according to fi..

5 get death sentence for gangrape, murder of girl in Chhattisgarh

Korba, Jan 23 : A court here sentenced five men to death for the gang-rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl, as well as the brutal killings of two of her family members in 2021 terming the crime as "extremely depraved, disgusting, bestial, and cowardly" t..

Cabinet approves continuation of National Health Mission for another five years

NEW DELHI, Jan 23 : The Union Cabinet on Wednesday reviewed the progress under the National Health Mission (NHM) over the last three years and was informed that with significant progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), India is..

If illegal migrants are in millions...: VP raises concerns Common theme of illegal migrants runs through

Raipur, Jan 22 Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday said "demographic disruption" is emerging as a serious threat to Nationalism, and called for united efforts against attempts to change "organic demography" through allurement and temptation.During ..

RG Kar rape-murder case Court finds accused guilty

KOLKATA, Jan 18A Kolkata Court on Saturday declared Sanjay Roy "guilty" of raping and murdering an on-duty doctor at the State-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a heinous crime that sparked nationwide outrage and prolonged protests.The Sealdah cour..

Don't invoke abetment of suicide offence mechanically: Supreme Court

NEW DELHI, Jan 17 : The Supreme Court on Friday said the offence of abetment of suicide under the Indian Penal Code should not be invoked mechanically against individuals only to soothe feelings of the distraught family members of the person who has died...

CUET-UG exams may be held in May

NEW DELHI, Jan 15 The National Testing Agency (NTA) may conduct the Common University Entrance Test-Undergraduate (CUET-UG) 2025 exam in Computer Based Test (CBT) in May, and the results may be announced in the first week of June, said the University Gran..

Cashless treatment scheme for road accident victims soon

NEW DELHI, Jan 8The Government will come up with a modified scheme by March to provide cashless treatment for road accident victims Nationwide, under which they will be entitled to a maximum amount of Rs 1.5 lakh per accident per person, Union Minister Ni..

Nation bids farewell to Dr Singh with State honours

New Delhi, Dec 28Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh was laid to rest with full State honours at Delhi's Nigam Bodh Ghat on Saturday, as the Nation bid an emotional farewell to the stalwart Congress leader who was fondly known as the 'Architect of Ind..

Former PM Dr Manmohan Singh passes away at 92

NEW DELHI, Dec 26 Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh passed away at the age of 92. Robert Vadra made the official announcement of his demise.Manmohan Singh was admitted to Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences after his health deteriorated, so..

Cong takes a dig at Modi's 2-day visit to Kuwait

NEW DELHI, Dec 21 Congress leader Jairam Ramesh took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the "frequent flyer PM" is off to Kuwait while the people of Manipur continue to wait for him to visit the violence-hit State. PM Modi embarked on a ..

‘Like Delhi, Hyd needs police unit to protect those from NE’

Hyderabad, Nov 25In cosmopolitan Hyderabad, people from North East India continue to face racism and exclusion. And this has increased post Covid, reveals a new research paper authored by two Professors at the University of Hyderabad (UoH).Their paper has..

Supreme Court questions delimitation delay in Manipur, NE States

New Delhi, Nov 21The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the Union Government over its inaction on the long-pending delimitation exercises in Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur, even as the Government defended its position, citing the delicate socio-..

Justice Khanna is new CJI

New Delhi, Nov 11 Justice Sanjiv Khanna took over as the 51st Chief Justice of India this morning, succeeding former Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, who retired from the country's top legal post yesterday. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of o..

Delhi reports 5-year record high in Chikungunya, Malaria cases

New Delhi, Nov 11Delhi registered a record high number of Chikungunya and Malaria cases in the past five years, while dengue cases declined, according to official data.As of November 9 this year, 728 malaria cases and 172 chikungunya cases were reported i..

Bombs for Myanmar's PDF seized at Mizoram

NEW DELHI, Nov 7 Security forces seized a large cache of explosives believed to be meant for anti-junta resistance forces in Myanmar near the Indo-Myanmar border in Mizoram on Wednesday, people familiar with the matter said.Two men were caught with the &#..

Census next year, delimitation soon after

New Delhi, Oct 28The Government is set to conduct the much-delayed Census next year, and to complete the process by 2026, with suggestions being taken on whether caste enumeration would be part of the exercise, as per sources.Following the completion of t..

PM warns against ‘digital arrest’ frauds

NEW DELHI, Oct 27 On the 115th edition of his Mann Ki Baat radio address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday cautioned people against “digital arrest” frauds. He said investigative agencies are working with the State Government to deal wit..

Drones : Shah warns of emerging security threats

NEW DELHI, Oct 22 :  While peace has largely been restored across hotspots like J&K, Left-wing extremism-hit areas, and the North-East region, emerging threats like drones, narcotics trade, cybercrime, terrorism and attempts to spread unrest thro..

"My family expected a boy but celebrated my birth as victory": Miss India World Nikita Porwal

Mumbai, Oct 22 Femina Miss India World 2024 winner Nikita Porwal says she grew up in a traditional family where her parents were unfamiliar with concepts like feminism and women empowerment, but their actions embodied these values.Ms Porwal, who grew up i..

Haryana to implement SC order on SC/ST sub-categorisation immediately Fair distribution of benefits, the reason

Chandigarh, Oct 18 The Haryana Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Nayab Saini in its first meeting today decided to formally accept the Supreme Court's decision regarding the sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) reservation..

Priyanka Gandhi to make electoral debut from Wayanad as EC announces bypoll

NEW DELHI, Oct 15 : With the Election Commission (EC) announcing the bypoll to the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, the stage is set for Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's electoral debut from the Kerala constituency that could see her enter Parliament five y..

'Blot on democracy': Activist Sonam Wangchuk condemns detentions outside Delhi's Ladakh Bhawan

NEW DELHI, Oct 13 : Delhi Police on Sunday detained several people from outside the Ladakh Bhawan, where climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has been leading an indefinite hunger strike since October 6 to press for their demand to include Ladakh in the Sixth ..

At least 13 new MLAs in Jammu and Kashmir are from political families

Srinagar, Oct 13 : At least 13 newly elected MLAs in Jammu and Kashmir come from political families whose members have won or contested elections in the past, with the National Conference accounting for the maximum number of such legislators.The National ..

PM Modi's Principal Secretary chairs high-level meet on Delhi air pollution

New Delhi, Oct 11 : PK Mishra, principal secretary to the prime minister, on Friday, expressed concern over the slow progress in clearing landfill sites and delays in implementing waste-to-energy projects in the national capital.Chairing a meeting of the ..

Ratan Tata, industry titan and National icon, dies at 86

HT News DeskMUMBAI, Oct 10 :  Ratan Tata, the Chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, has died, the group announced in a statement on Wednesday. He was 86. Ratan Tata, who ran the conglomerate for more than 20 years as Chairman, had been undergoing intensive..

BJP notches Haryana hat-trick, NC wins J and K

NEW DELHI, Oct 8The BJP came back from behind on Tuesday to stop Congress's celebrations on its tracks and snatch an incredible win for a historic third term in Haryana, defying exit polls' predictions. Jammu and Kashmir, too, turned all projections on it..

"UN like old company, not entirely keeping up with market": S Jaishankar

New Delhi, Oct 6External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday took a critical view of the United Nations, saying it was "like an old company", not entirely keeping up with the market but occupying the space.During an interaction at the Kautilya Economi..

Criticism of Govt no ground for criminal case against scribe: SC

NEW DELHI, Oct 5Protecting a journalist who is facing a criminal case for writing what was perceived to be against Uttar Pradesh Govt, Supreme Court said the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression should be respected in a democracy and crit..

J-K elections phase III: Over 65 pc turnout as three Kashmir border districts see highest polling in 30 years

JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Oct 1 : The three border districts of Kashmir -- Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara -- registered a voter turnout of 60 percent, with traditional boycott bastions of Sopore and Baramulla towns witnessing the highest turnout in an election in..