India

NEW DELHI: A former police officer has claimed that he was given the order to arrest Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat to establish “Bhagwa terror” angle in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.Retired officer inspector Mehiboob Mujawar, who was a part of Maharashtra Anti-terrorism Squad that probed the case, claimed that the acquittal seven accused…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked citizens to share their ideas and suggestions for his Independence Day speech. Posting on social media platform X, the Prime Minister said, “As we approach this year’s Independence Day, I look forward to hearing from my fellow Indians! What themes or ideas would you like to…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has slammed the West Bengal govt’s decision to deny teachers who had joined universities in West Bengal from other states the benefit of extension of retirement age from 60 to 65 years on the parochial ground that they had not taught in state-domiciled institutions for a continuous period of 10…

NEW DELHI: The completion of the strategic Zojila Tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir has been pushed back to Feb 2028 due to multiple factors, including the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, a terrorist attack at the Sonamarg Tunnel project, and extreme adverse weather conditions, the road transport and highways ministry informed the Lok Sabha on…

NEW DELHI: In its first-ever enforcement action in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, the ED on Thursday conducted searches at nine locations in Port Blair and two in Kolkata in a money laundering case against a former Congress MP from the island and officials of the Andaman Nicobar State Cooperative (ANSC) Bank for alleged fraud of…

NEW DELHIl Parliament proceedings were disrupted on Thursday as opposition parties protested the revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls, while in RS, leader of the House JP Nadda accused them of displaying “double standards” by walking out when home minister Amit Shah started replying to the debate on Operation Sindoor on Wednesday, insisting that a reply…

NEW DELHI: On the eve of publication of the draft electoral roll in Bihar, based on enumeration phase of the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said physical and digital copies of the draft roll will be given to all recognised political parties by the 38 district election officers (DEOs), to…

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomes PM Modi to the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP) NEW DELHI: Canada has appointed diplomat Jeff David as the consul general in Mumbai, according to an announcement by Canadian foreign minister Anita Anand.This is the first diplomatic appointment by Canada here since the expulsion…

NEW DELHI: From being charged with surrendering to Donald Trump and suspending Operation Sindoor, to being attacked by the US President for not towing his line on the trade deal, events have moved fast for the Narendra Modi govt over the last 48 hours or so.The US President’s unsubstantiated claim that he coerced India into…

NEW DELHI: Moving closer to announcing the schedule for the election to the office of vice-president of India, the Election Commission on Friday said it has finalised the electoral college list.The list, which, as per the law, must include all elected members of the Lok Sabha and elected and nominated members of the Rajya Sabha,…