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NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday terminated five more government employees for suspected links with terrorist organisations.Since 2020, the Union Territory administration under Sinha has dismissed 85 government employees after they were found to be working for terror groups.Officials said the action is aimed at targeting the roots of the…

NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday formally launched the logo and official website for its Brics Presidency 2026, setting the tone for its upcoming chairmanship of the multilateral grouping. The launch took place in New Delhi, where external affairs minister S Jaishankar attended the event and outlined India’s priorities for the year ahead.The logo reflects Indian…

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday justified his decision to align with Sharad Pawar’s faction of the NCP ahead of the upcoming local body polls in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.In an interview with news agency ANI, Pawar said a joint election strategy was decided after it was learnt that votes would split…

General Upendra Dwivedi (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday reflected on Operation Sindoor, describing the counterterror military action as “ongoing” and warning Pakistan, that any “future misadventure will be resolutely responded.”General Dwivedi issued a direct warning to Islamabad, saying, “At least 6 terror camps still active across the LoC &…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday pronounced a split verdict on the constitutional validity of Section 17A of Prevention of Corruption Act that barred the agencies from probing corruption charges against government officials without the Centre’s permission.A bench of Justices KV Vishwanathan and BVNagarathna differed on the decision with the former judge observing that…

Coinciding with the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday distributed scholarships worth Rs 25.25 crore to 1,709 meritorious students from economically weaker sections under the Delhi Higher and Technical Education Assistance Scheme. Addressing the scholarship distribution programme at Thyagaraj Stadium, Gupta said providing financial assistance to students was the…

NEW DELHI: As turmoil in Iran polarised Indians, Congress MP Abhishek Singhvi on Monday said Iran must not fall as it is a friend of India, and those wishing its defeat are unaware that it will strengthen US bullying.Singhvi posted on X, “Iraq has fallen. Iran must not. Both were long-standing friends of India, consistently…

INDORE: A 64-year-old resident of Bhagirathpura area in Indore, which has been in the eye of a storm over the water contamination fatalities, died at a private hospital on Monday. However, local authorities did not attribute the death to the diarrhoea outbreak in the locality. Hospital sources said Bhagwandas died of multi-organ failure after a…

CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: The discovery of several Aadhaar, PAN, and voter identity cards in a garbage heap at Savarkar Chowk in Jalna city Sunday, barely three days ahead of the municipal corporation elections in Maharashtra, has raised concerns, reports Mohammed Akhef. Officials said the model code of conduct cell received a complaint, stating that 17 Aadhaar…

NEW DELHI: Retail inflation inched up to a three-month high in Dec, led by narrowing deflation in some food prices and fading favourable base effect, but remained below the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) tolerance level for the fourth month in a row.Data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Monday showed retail inflation,…