File photo: Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the BJP and the RSS over the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, calling it a “scam” carried out by the BJP-RSS ecosystem and questioning the silence of Prime Minister…
Mamata Banerjee, Dilip Ghosh (File photo): BJP says ‘TMC no longer exists’ as Mamata takes charge after Chandrima’s resignation NEW DELHI: West Bengal minister and BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Sunday claimed the Trinamool Congress was witnessing a “wave of resignations” and alleged that the party “no longer exists”, a day after former state president…
VISHAKHAPATNAM: A mechanized fishing boat carrying a crew of seven people went missing in the Bay of Bengal after it set sail from Vizag fishing harbour on July 1 for fishing.The boat, MM-V5-83, had seven fishermen on board. It went missing while returning to the fishing harbour with its catch due to gusty winds on…
NEW DELHI: Centre on Saturday revoked the emergency natural gas supply restrictions imposed in March during the West Asia conflict, restoring normal gas allocation to fertiliser plants, refineries, city gas distributors and industrial consumers as the ceasefire eased concerns over disruption of LNG shipments through Strait of Hormuz.Saturday’s decision follows a series of steps taken…
Photographic view during the Static Test of SOLVE-ST01 NEW DELHI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully conducted the first ground test of the solid motor for its Sub-Orbital Launch Vehicle for Experiments (SOLVE), a new test platform being developed to support the Gaganyaan human spaceflight programme.The static test was carried out at the…
SRINAGAR/JAMMU: A political storm erupted Saturday in J&K after it was found that a book for govt school libraries described the region as “India-occupied Kashmir” and “Indian-held Kashmir” and referred to banned JKLF founder Maqbool Bhat as “Shaheed”.Opposition BJP demanded education minister Sakina Itoo’s resignation, sought an immediate ban on the book and criminal action…
NEW DELHI: As the dates for the monsoon session were announced, Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh slammed the BJP, accusing it of splitting parties. He claimed the govt would still fail to secure a two-thirds majority.“We are going into this monsoon session knowing that they will bring back the delimitation bill….
Union home minister Amit Shah (File photo) NEW DELHI: Demonstrating its commitment to a ‘zero-tolerance’ policy against terrorism, govt Saturday designated 23 Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir-based functionaries of Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish and other terror outfits and affiliates as ‘individual terrorists’ under Schedule 4 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.Home minister Amit Shah said the 23 designated…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has issued a notice to Telegram over widespread circulation of pirated films, OTT shows and other audio-visual content on the platform, asking the messaging app to move beyond channel-wise takedowns and submit an Action Taken Report within 15 days. Telegram did not respond to the development Saturday.Officials said the information and…
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla (ANI file photo) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Saturday that the report of the three-member committee that probed corruption charges against Justice Yashwant Varma will be tabled in Lok Sabha in the monsoon session beginning July 20, keeping open the possibility of Parliament taking up the motion for…