Politics

A camera-trap image of a tiger on the southern fringes of Bhopal in July 2021, during a study conducted in collaboration with the MP forest department When night falls over Bhopal, the city belongs to the tigers. Unseen, yet ever-present, they prowl through the green corridors that cut across an urban sprawl of 2.4 million…

New Delhi : Puja Kumari from a village near Bokaro, Ishrat from a conservative Delhi household, Simran Pandey from the capital’s workingclass lanes, and Sakshi from Jharkhand’s tribal heartland are part of a quiet but distinct shift in India’s skilling landscape. This change is being driven by the Skill Impact Bond (SIB) — the country’s…

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that the three terrorists involved in the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack had been killed in a joint operation by security forces a day earlier.“I want to tell the House and people of the country that those who killed our people in…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it will “step in” if there is a mass exclusion of names following the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi told petitioners—who are challenging the Election Commission’s exercise—to point out any individuals…

The United States has conveyed its reservations to India about the ongoing UN 2-state conference that it sees as counterproductive to efforts to end the war in Gaza and ensure release of hostages. India is among the 120-odd countries and agencies participating in the conference that has been boycotted by both US and Israel.The US…

Modi meeting AIADMK netas, including EPS, at Tiruchirappalli airport is seen as reaffirmation of BJP-AIADMK alliance amid recent public spats CHENNAI/TRICHY : Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Tamil Nadu has come as a morale booster not just for BJP workers but also for AIADMK rank and file.His meeting with AIADMK netas, including Edappadi…

Mallikarjun Kharge (File photo) BENGALURU: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge‘s revelation that he was “denied” the Karnataka chief minister’s post in 1999 has reignited debate over Dalit representation in the state’s politics and triggered a sharp political crossfire.Kharge said Sunday at a public event in Dharwad that he was passed over for the top post despite…

OPS plans to quit NDA, may tie up with Vijay OPS, Tamil Nadu’s former CM and expelled AIADMK neta, is planning to quit BJP-led NDA, feeling ‘disrespected’ after PM Modi didn’t give him an audience during his visit to the state. OPS had written to Modi, requesting permission to receive him at the airport.OPS, facing…

NEW DELHI: The time has come for Delhi government to take a comprehensive decision on how civic services should be managed, the high court said Monday, citing the “enormous confusion” among various agencies, even on the key issue of controlling waterlogging. This, it said, had led to “passing the buck on most occasions”. It cited…

NEW DELHI: The government in Lok Sabha on Monday rejected the opposition’s charge that Operation Sindoor was halted under pressure from the US as claimed by President Trump, with both defence minister Rajnath Singh and external affairs minister S Jaishankar asserting that the truce offer came from Pakistan and India acted on it after achieving…