‘Don’t need permission to hoist Tricolour’: AISA chief tells Delhi High Court NEW DELHI: All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora on Thursday told the Delhi high court that no permission was required to hoist the national flag, while challenging a police notice directing her to execute a bond to maintain peace.The Delhi police…
MEA condemns attacks on Saudi airport, oil field; Indian national killed NEW DELHI: India on Thursday condemned attacks on civilian and energy infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, including a drone attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam and an attack on Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oil field on October 21. The attacks resulted in the death…
BJP targets Gandhi family over exhibition row NEW DELHI: The controversy over the removal of photographs from artist Raihan Vadra’s exhibition at Bikaner House has escalated into a political confrontation, with BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia targeting the Gandhi family and accusing it of focusing on regaining power.Speaking about the row, Bhatia took aim at…
NEW DELHI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai has questioned the Centre over its handling of protests by the CJP group in Delhi, raising concerns over restrictions at Jantar Mantar, preventive detention and bail proceedings involving its office-bearers.In a series of posts, former BJP leader K Annamalai invoked then-Gujarat CM Narendra Modi’s 2011 remarks…
Sonia Gandhi joins Instagram, shares first look of memoir ‘Belonging: A Journey of Love’ NEW DELHI: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi joined Instagram on Thursday and shared the first look of her upcoming memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, which is scheduled for release on November 10.In her first post on the social media…
EC announces by-election for Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sabha seat NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced that the by-election to the Rajya Sabha seat from Madhya Pradesh, vacated by former Union minister L Murugan following his resignation, will be held on November 12. The counting of votes will take place on the same…
INDIA bloc leaders to meet today to discuss strategy against CEC Gyanesh Kumar NEW DELHI: Leaders of the INDIA bloc will meet through video conferencing on Thursday evening to discuss their strategy over the ongoing row involving chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, sources cited by news agency ANI said, with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge…
CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka summoned NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka have been summoned by the Delhi Police Crime Branch to its Rajouri Garden office on Thursday, a day after they were released from judicial custody.The two leaders were released after a Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) court…
From Rijiju to Tripura opposition, outrage over alleged racial abuse of tribal youth NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday strongly condemned “racial” harassment of a tribal youth from Tripura’s Gomati district by a Delhi-based social media influencer Amir Shokeen.Rijiju took to X late Wednesday and shared a video of the incident, acknowledging the…
NEW DELHI: A Kuwait-flagged oil product tanker carrying 21 Indian seafarers was struck by an unidentified projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, with all crew members reported safe, Union minister of ports, shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal said.The vessel, M/T Al Dasma, was hit on October 21, amid the ongoing Middle East…