US rejects China’s “nature reserve” plan at Scarborough Reef, backs Philippines A China Coast Guard vessel collided with a Philippine government ship carrying out a fuel assistance mission for fishermen in the disputed South China Sea on Friday, damaging parts of the Philippine vessel, according to the Philippine Coast Guard.The incident took place about 54 … Read more
NEW DELHI: Former Union minister and BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu’s convoy was attacked on Friday while he was on his way to Pathankot to attend a party event.According to Bittu’s office, his security team has reportedly apprehended three individuals allegedly linked to the AAP.“If anything happens to Ravneet Singh Bittu, the chief minister of … Read more
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee registered her “strongest protest” after the Election Commission barred the rival factions from using party’s name and reserved election symbol in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly bypolls, news agency PTI reported, citing sources.“Mamata submitted response to EC’s interim order seeking three preferred names, symbols “under strongest protest”, at … Read more
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the Election Commission for barring TMC from using party name and symbol in the upcoming assembly bypolls in West Bengal, accusing the poll panel and Bharatiya Janata Party of joining forces to split a party.In a social media post on X, Rahul pointed … Read more
NEW DELHI: Air India Express suspended eight crew members for three months for failing to complete the mandatory post-flight declaration, news agency ANI reported, citing sources.The incident took place on August 2 after the flight landed in Amritsar from Dubai.According to ANI, the crew was required to undergo the post-flight declaration within two hours of … Read more
SC last week asked govt to reconsider its decision not to reduce the cut-off percentile NEW DELHI: Nudged by Supreme Court to reduce the cut-off percentile for admission to super specialty medical courses to fill around 2,000 vacant seats, Centre Thursday told the court that the qualifying percentile for NEET-SS may go from the existing … Read more
The bench directed the state chief secretary to submit what remedial measures would be taken to prevent such incidents NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday took strong exception to 31 unnatural deaths in Manipur’s relief camps – set up after the eruption of Kuki-Meitei ethnic clashes in 2023 to shelter internally displaced persons (IDPs) – including … Read more
Kharge and Rahul Gandhi targeted BJP over “malgovernance” and “lighting of diyas” New Delhi: Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi targeted BJP over “malgovernance” and “lighting of diyas” during its lamp-lighting campaign for PM Narendra Modi’s birthday.“In Balaghat, more than 30 tribal children have died amid illness, malnutrition and a lack of basic health facilities. The … Read more
EC barred both factions from using party symbol, name in Bengal bypolls NEW DELHI: Election Commission Friday froze All India Trinamool Congress‘s reserved “flowers and grass” poll symbol after acknowledging a split between factions led by Mamata Banerjee and Arup Roy.Pending final settlement, neither faction can use AITC’s name or symbol. For Oct 6 assembly … Read more
A street vendor sells walnuts on the occasion of the Sayar festival, in Mandi on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) KOKERNAG: In Gohan village, around 100km south of Srinagar, Shabir Ahmad was among many harvesting walnuts from a towering tree. The work has become increasingly difficult. “My back aches now,” Ahmad said. J&K produces 3.5 lakh tonnes … Read more