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GUWAHATI: Suspected militants waylaid at least three vehicles passing by two tribal villages along Manipur’s Ukhrul-Imphal Road Wednesday and abducted 20 Naga men, women and children at gunpoint, potentially igniting a fresh ethnic firestorm in a state already scarred by the Meitei-Kuki conflict. Ukhrul-headquartered organisation Tangkhul Naga Long alleged mass abduction was handiwork of Kuki…

SRINAGAR: The Ladakh govt Wednesday assured a delegation from Changthang region that it would study the proposed 13gw solar power project and examine how to take it forward after residents sought its implementation.The project, approved by the central govt on Oct 18, 2023, aims to develop transmission lines passing through Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana,…

Farooq Abdullah (File photo) NEW DELHI: Firing was reported at a function attended by former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah, who was accompanied by J&K Deputy CM Surinder Choudhary, according to Jammu and Kashmir Police. Officials said a gunman opened fire on Abdullah’s vehicle in Jammu as he was returning from the marriage…

NEW DELHI: Union home secretary Govind Mohan on Wednesday chaired a review meeting with all the states and Union territories (UTs) on the LPG supply situation in view of the developments in West Asia, and advised the state/UT brass to protect the LPG supply chain by ramping up security of the concerned infrastructure and personnel,…

File photo: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla NEW DELHI: A resolution seeking the removal of Om Birla as Speaker was defeated in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday by a voice vote amid protests and sloganeering by opposition members demanding an apology from Union home minister Amit Shah.With Speaker Birla absent during the debate, BJP MP…

NEW DELHI: Two Indian nationals have been killed, and another remains missing after merchant vessels carrying them came under attack in the ongoing conflict in West Asia, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said on Wednesday. The ministry added that several Indians have also sustained injuries in the Gulf region, with consular officials coordinating medical…

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha during a discussion on the Opposition’s resolution seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla, accusing the Congress leader of poor attendance and spreading misinformation about not being allowed to speak in the…

Indian Railways has directed station food outlets to switch to microwaves and induction stoves after LNG supply cuts linked to the conflict in the middle east. Prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday assured that the government would extend all possible help to Indians stranded in the Gulf as the Middle East crisis unfolds, saying authorities…

NEW DELHI: An Air India Express Boeing 737 MAX with 138 people on board made a hard landing in Phuket on Wednesday. The aircraft, which had taken off from Hyderabad, reportedly bounced once after the hard touchdown and then on the second contact with the runway, both the nose wheels got detached. It then got…

File photo: CEC Gyanesh Kumar NEW DELHI: Opposition parties on Wednesday voiced support for a proposal by the All India Trinamool Congress to move an impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.The proposal was announced by Trinamool Congress MP Saugata…