Politics

India has taken note of reports that an Islamist group in Dhaka called the ‘Saltanat-e-Bangla’, backed by a Turkish NGO called the ‘Turkish Youth Federation’, has put out a map of the so-called ‘Greater Bangladesh’ that includes parts of India, said foreign minister S Jaishankar.The map was displayed in the Dhaka University. “The Government of…

Mumbai/Pune: It has been painful to endure accusations for 17 years, Lt Col Prasad Purohit told TOI after being acquitted in the Malegaon blast case on Thursday. Purohit, currently stationed at an Army unit in Mumbai, said, “I did not do anything against my country. There is nothing above the nation. How can a serving…

NEW DELHI: Deciding to call it “vote chori” for better political messaging, the opposition Thursday resolved to keep its collective focus on Special Intensive Review of electoral rolls during the remainder part of the monsoon session. After the discussion on the Pahalgam terror attack, it is set to demand one on SIR, a move that…

DHARMASTHALA: Partial skeletal remains, suspected to be of a man, were found on the third day of exhumations by the special investigation team (SIT) probing into alleged mass burials near Karnataka’s Dharmasthala town.The remains were found about 4ft deep at the sixth of 13 alleged burial sites identified by the complainant. Discovered in a forested…

NEW DELHI: Congress neta Rahul Gandhi Thursday said US President Donald Trump has stated a fact that India has a “dead economy”, asserting that the BJP govt is running the country to the ground because PM Narendra Modi “works for just one person, Adani”.Claiming there is “total confusion”, Rahul said the Modi govt has destroyed…

Pityush Goyal (File photo) NEW DELHI: Amid Donald Trump’s offensive, the government on Thursday dug its heels in on trade, saying it will not compromise on the interests of farmers.Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal‘s statement in Parliament reflected the stalemate between India and the US over the sensitive issue of farm and dairy sectors….

New Delhi, Jul 24 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh conducts the proceedings of the house during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Thursday. (Sansad TV/ANI Video Grab) NEW DELHI: As Opposition parties continued to disrupt proceedings in the Rajya Sabha to press for a discussion on the special intensive…

NEW DELHI: In a significant breakthrough, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested a key conspirator involved in the brutal killings of three women and as many children in Manipur’s Jiribam district in November last year.The accused, identified as Thanglienlal Hmar alias Boya, a resident of Moinathol Dilkshosh Ghaat in Assam’s Cachar district, was…

Former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Accusing the previous governments of “ruining” Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said an “honest” regime led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is on the contrary working for the welfare of people. He lauded his party’s government for acting tough against drug smugglers and bringing…